{"id":6574,"date":"2015-06-01T19:30:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T00:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/?p=6574"},"modified":"2015-06-01T21:33:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T02:33:42","slug":"merlins-nightmare-2015-clive-staples-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2015\/06\/01\/merlins-nightmare-2015-clive-staples-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Merlin&#8217;s Nightmare: a 2015 Clive Staples Award semi-finalist!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6576\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2015\/06\/01\/merlins-nightmare-2015-clive-staples-award\/clivestaplesaward_2015_small\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small.png?fit=300%2C300\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small.png?fit=300%2C300\" class=\" wp-image-6576 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small.png?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small.png?resize=250%2C250 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small.png?resize=174%2C174 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One round down, two to go!<\/p>\n<p>MERLIN&#8217;S NIGHTMARE has progressed past the first round of nomination voting to become one of the twelve semi-finalists in the <a href=\"https:\/\/clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/01\/announcing-the-semi-finalists-in-the-2015-clive-staples-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 CLIVE STAPLES AWARD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be announced at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realmmakers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REALM MAKERS<\/a> catered costume dinner on August 7th. Registration is still open for the conference, so come and join us, it&#8217;s going to be incredible!<\/p>\n<p>To make the semi-final round is quite an honor, for there is some excellent competitors on the list!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Draw of Kings, by Patrick Carr<\/li>\n<li>A Time to Die, by Nadine Brandes<\/li>\n<li>Blood for Blood, by Ben Wolf<\/li>\n<li>Golden Daughter, by Anne Elisabeth Stengl<\/li>\n<li>Haunted, by Charity Tinnin<\/li>\n<li>Merlin&#8217;s Nightmare, by Robert Treskillard<\/li>\n<li>Reapers, by Bryan Davis<\/li>\n<li>Resistance, by Jaye L. Knight<\/li>\n<li>Saving Yesterday, by Jessica Keller<\/li>\n<li>The Seahorse Legacy, by Serena Chase<\/li>\n<li>The Seventh Door, by Bryan Davis<\/li>\n<li>The Warden and the Wolf King, by Andrew Peterson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">So, if you&#8217;ve read two books in the above list, <b><a style=\"font-size: 24px;\" href=\"http:\/\/beckyminor.polldaddy.com\/s\/the-clive-staples-award-reader-voting-semi-final-round\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>you are eligible to vote for the novels that make it to the finals<\/u><\/a><\/b>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Merlins_Nightmare_200x300.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6589\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2015\/06\/01\/merlins-nightmare-2015-clive-staples-award\/merlins_nightmare_200x300\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Merlins_Nightmare_200x300.jpg?fit=200%2C300\" data-orig-size=\"200,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Merlin&amp;#8217;s Nightmare by Robert Treskillard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Merlins_Nightmare_200x300.jpg?fit=200%2C300\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-6589 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Merlins_Nightmare_200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"Merlins_Nightmare_200x300\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Views: 55<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nOne round down, two to go! MERLIN&#8217;S NIGHTMARE has progressed past the first round of nomination voting to become one&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2015\/06\/01\/merlins-nightmare-2015-clive-staples-award\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Merlin&#8217;s Nightmare: a 2015 Clive Staples Award semi-finalist!&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,16,24,42,18,6,99,86,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-merlin-spiral","category-3-merlins-nightmare","category-andrew-peterson","category-anne-elisabeth-stengl","category-awards","category-books-authors","category-bryan-davis","category-c-s-lewis","category-my-novels","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CliveStaplesAward_2015_Small.png?fit=300%2C300","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p67v0M-1I2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6574"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6597,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6574\/revisions\/6597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}