Featured Story
The Featured Story is the grand winner of this theme’s contest. They are chosen by a judging panel including Cold Open Stories Creative Director and Community Judges.
Official Selection
The Official Selection are finalists in this theme’s contest, and are based on the scores of the judging panel’s runners-up.
Editors' Choice
The Editors’ Choice are runners-up pulled by the Cold Open Stories Editorial Team, chosen on the merits of their judging scorecards.
Judging Panel
Colyn DeGraaff
Colyn DeGraaff (He/Him) is a communications director, intercultural advisor, and designer living in Canada. He launched Cold Open Stories with the goal of merging Warhammer’s setting with the presentation of old time radio, and to tackle the stigma behind fan fiction and give amateur authors a place to explore non-canon stories.
