Dragon Hunt: Play to win! Collect 7 Dragons to win a hoard of prizes
Will you rise to the challenge? Join the hunt now!
Update 5-9-24: Announcing our winners! Fr. Cassidy Stinson and Benjamin Stapleton completed the hunt by the deadline, and have mastered the hoard of prizes!
Congratulations, and may the winners enjoy a whole ton of epic reading!
Calling all quill-seekers and dragon-lovers as we kick off the Dragon Hunt! Start a fun, cosy journey with friends on social media, and collect dragon stickers to win!
Follow authors, screenshot sightings, and get all seven to claim your hoard of exciting ebooks from our legendary authors! The game begins on May 1, ends May 8.
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Watch the video overview of the game!
Here's how to play in 3 steps:
👉 Follow the Profiles: Follow the profiles tagged in this post. Whenever you spot a dragon sticker, snap a screenshot!
👉 Collect 7 Dragons: Capture screenshots of all seven dragons.
👉 Submit to Win: Send your screenshots in a message to the LegendFiction Games Account before/by May 8.
(Yep, you will need to set up a free profile in LegendFiction. We’re looking forward to meeting you!)
And that’s it!
🐲 Epic Win: All submissions are reviewed by our founder and head muggle, Dominic.
🐲 Announcements: Winners will be announced in a special post inside our community, after the seven-day hunt.
🐲 Get Connected: Comment on the Game post in the community to share sightings, collaborate with fellow hunters, and make new friends along the way.
🏆 $133 Prizes Await
The victorious hunters will be rewarded with a hoard of ebooks from our talented authors!
If you were to buy these prizes for yourself, they’d cost over $133. That’s probably an average month, and a lot of packages at your front door. But hey… this way, you can enjoy them on your kindle or e-reader for free!
Follow these authors: they are the ones who will release the random sightings of dragons. Press each link:
See the prizes!
Let’s talk about the epic wins here:
Love Treachery, & Other Terrors by Katy Campbell
Fairies have one job. They are tasked with helping people learn and practice virtue. I am sure you've heard stories of fairies taking the form of beggars, blessing those who help them, and cursing those who don't. However, not all fairies are good. Instead of helping people practice virtue, some encourage vice. These are the types of fairies you generally want to avoid. Nothing would delight them more than seeing you destroy someone you love.
Unfortunately, for the young King Alexander, his sister falls victim to a pair of such fairies who convince her to launch a coup. Alexander has no choice but to flee to a barbarian kingdom and try to build himself a new life among the uncouth locals. Even if happiness were possible in such a place, could he live with himself if he left his people at the mercy of such evil beings? And even if he wanted to help his people, how could he possibly match the fairies' power?
This quirky coming of age story is about responsibility, courage, and self sacrifice.
Katy Campbell is a LegendFiction mentor!
A Book Lover’s Guide to Fake Dating by Amelia Leedom
All Herschel wanted was to prove to the love of his life that he could be more than just a "best friend." All Jenna wanted was to live out her romance novel fantasies and try a fake date situation. Too bad no matter how many plans you put into place and rules try to follow, real people just don't act like characters from a book.
Amelia is a LegendFiction mentor!
Murder Most Picante by Karina Fabian
It ain’t easy being a Magical creature in the Mundane world. Vern, a Faerie dragon whose size, power and knowledge were diminished after battling St. George, has been called to emigrate to the Mundane. Living in the garage of Little Flower Parish and dealing with neighbors who accuse him of eating cats and ruining their gardens, he’s hard pressed to find a reason to be in our world. Then a field comes to life and starts killing farmhands. While Vern can sympathize with vengeful jalapenos, murderous magic must be managed. He and Father Rich team up solve the mystery. It’s a whole new world with geeky fans, paranoid parishioners, bumptious authorities, zoo incarcerations, and a snickering saint who just wants Vern to do the right thing.
Karina is a LegendFiction mentor!
Avalon Lost, by Mary Rose Kreger
5 stars on Amazon.com, Amazon Top New Release for 2 weeks in Teen/Young Adult Parental Issues category. Unless he finds her, the kingdom falls. Philia Pendragon is the greatest teen fencer in modern Wales, but she longs for another world. Late at night, she's haunted by memories of a magical, medieval kingdom, and the loving father she was forced to leave behind. Can Philia navigate shifting portals and hidden traitors to return to the Enchanted Isle? Will Owain is the most determined apprentice in the King's Watch. Selected by His Majesty for a high-risk mission, Will must forego his quest to rescue his mother from the traitor Lord Amaranth. Can Will find the King's lost daughter, Philia, by year's end and prevent the King from forfeiting his throne to Lord Amaranth?
AVALON LOST's visual storytelling, compelling characters, and epic fight scenes will appeal to fans of The Legend of Zelda universe and John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series. Enjoy this new YA fantasy book for teens and adults! Your adventure begins here.
Mary Rose Kreger is a LegendFiction mentor!
The Divided Kingdom by Allison Ramirez
Adeline Rye adores books, history, and art but feels unseen in a society that values advance in medicine and technology above all else. With her father as the leader of their island civilization called Mirror, she has little room for error. To ensure peace and eliminate violence, the islanders are divided across three separate communities and commanded to abide by the 613 laws given to their leadership by The Originator. Forty years prior, The Originator guided the people to the safety of the island at a time when lawless raiders pillaged and burned their homeland.
When Adeline, with the help of her two best friends, begins to question the community divisions and the 613 laws they live by, she is met with opposition at seemingly every turn. In her quest for answers, she meets Cayde, who is experiencing a complicated reality of his own. Together they work to unravel the secrets behind the island kingdom of Mirror and discover what it means to be truly seen.
There Be Dragons Short Story Anthology
This is our short contest for this season on LegendFiction, and we’re publishing the winning entries in a fiction anthology, available as an ebook and in print!
A selection of daring, dangerous, exciting, and wondersome stories all about dragons, by members and guests of LegendFiction.
Dawn of LegendFiction Short Story Anthology
An anthology three years in the making...
Discover forty-three epic, humorous, ominous, whimsical, and fantastical stories curated from LegendFiction's contest finalists and honorable mentions. Hosted by LegendFiction, the fiction writing community for Christian nerds (Catholic & Orthodox authors). This is more than a mere giftbox of tales. You are steps away from becoming a wayfarer through world after world of imagination. Embrace the dawn of LegendFiction.
Special Bonus Prizes:
Short Story: ‘How the Dead Sing’ by Catherine Stewart
Only one person knows the real reason why the cemetery is the noisiest place in town. Haunting songs and haunted people combine for a tale of the magic of music as you, too, come to discover how the dead sing.
Only available in super exclusive places, or to winners of this game!
The Rose & The Bull by Tasha Kazanjian
In a world inspired by Gaelic myth and legend, a storyteller meets a young man trapped by a curse and must find the tale that will save them both. Rós hasn’t told a story in over a year. Once a shenachie, a weaver of tales, she now serves as an herbalist’s apprentice. Lured into the woods by dark magic, she meets Kiar, a warrior caught in a witch’s spell. Kiar believes that Rós holds the key to freeing him, but it will mean remembering the stories that brought her so much grief. As winter turns to spring, Rós tells tale after tale, but soon realizes that the only story powerful enough to defeat the witch might be the one she’s most afraid tell—the story of her own past.
Only available in super exclusive places, or to winners of this game!
BONUS: A Limited, Member-Only Prize!
So far, everything listed is a gift to those on the LegendFiction free tier.
But if you’re a paying member - $5 per month - you can unlock an extra gift!
Four of our hoard hosts are offering a free, beta review of your work!
That’s right! You can submit 5000 words, or your first chapter of your WIP, and these names will read, review, and respond with helpful and critical feedback:
These beta reviews are first come, first served. And… there’s only four!
Each one is valued at $50, maybe even more.
Here’s how to win a members-only bonus prize…
First, collect all 7 dragons by screenshotting them as soon as you see them.
Then submit them to the LegendFiction Game account.
Then… we’ll let you know the next steps!
Gotta level up first to hit that next level! The first four members who make it all the way through the final bonus round win a free beta read…
Which means you could win $180+ worth of amazing prizes.
That was a whole lot!
In case you forgot, follow all these authors right now! They are the ones who will release the random sightings of dragons. Press each link:
Starting May 1, the hunt begins. Collect all 7 dragons before May 8, and submit them to the LegendFiction Games profile as a chat:
This is what you’ll see when you press this button:
Announcing the Winners
All winners are announced inside LegendFiction, so set up your profile free today to join in the fun. You can also share sightings with other members, network and chat privately, and make new friends!
Are you in? Say ‘dragon’ in the comments, for the heck of it! And ask your questions below!
Let the Dragon Hunt begin.
May the odds be ever in your favor.
And may the lore be with you!