All right, everyone! Since this isn't a normal Games, you aren't submitting a tribute for review. Thus, the form is going to be a bit different.

In essence? The challenger isn't your tribute. The challenger is you.

If you'd like to compete, leave a comment below with the following information:

Username (duh)

What to Call You (doesn't have to be your real name, but I don't want to type out full usernames every time I'm announcing pairings or victory)

Strongest Genre

Favorite Author

Other

For example:

Your Host

Username: TheCatKing

Call Me: Joe

Strongest Genre: Fantasy and horror

Favorite Author: Jim Butcher

Other: Did you find the password?

The Competitors (22 out of 22)

Competitor 1:

Username: MyNameIsInigoMontoya

Call Me: Ishmael (no Katie)

Strongest Genre: Horror?

Favorite Author: Neil Gaiman

Other: Battle Me Joseph

Competitor 2:

Username: HannahFare

Call Me: Hannah

Strongest Genre: Fantasy and romance

Favorite Author: Maggie Stiefvater

Other: 2 battle

Competitor 3:

Username: annie1loves1you

Call Me: Annie

Strongest Genre: Fantasy

Favorite Author: Mike Mullin

Other: To Battle! Or maybe to hugs and friendship?

Competitor 4:

Username: CAKersey

Call Me: Maybe (or call me Carl, or Zaddy, or whatever you're in the mood for, but don't call me baby anymore)

Strongest Genre: Horror and LGBTQPIAA2S fiction. We stan spooky gays.

Favourite Author: Oscar Wilde? Margaret Cavendish? Mary Shelley? All of the above?

Other: It's time to du du du du-du-duel

Competitor 5:

Username: TheFactionless

What to call me: Shailee

Strongest Genre: Young Adult or Romance

Favourite author: Patrick Ness

Other: two battle

Competitor 6:

Username: bent_unbroken

What To Call Me: the guy that talks with his hands more than his mouth (and that's saying something, let me assure you). I've also been known to respond to Shane.

Strongest Genre: it's honestly been so long since I've written (foray back into HG Author Games aside) that i don't know how to answer this really. Poetry? And stories where theres no obvious hero or villain. Life's interesting like that.

Favorite Author: impossible to choose, but here a quick list of SOME that come to mind...Tolkien, Becky Albertalli, Patrick Ness, Adam Silvera, John Green, Poe, Stephen King...

Other: As MacArthur once said, "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." So...to battle!

Competitor 7:

Username: Aceh3x

Call Me: Ace

Strongest Genre: Writing, because I am unhelpful and would like to dodge the question

Favorite Author: (see Ishmael's)

Other: To battle or not to battle? That is the question.

Competitor 8:

Username: statueoflaliberte

Call Me: Ollie

Strongest Genre: Yikes, I'd probably have to go with Essay or Narrative Nonfiction if I'm being honest but if we're talking fiction, I'd say Realistic Fiction or Romance? I don't even know.

Favorite Author: Jeannette Walls

Other: I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to battle! This isn't Author Games: One Shot, One Best Friend!

Competitor 9:

Username: LightOfTheMooneh

Call Me: Moon

Strongest Genre: Not Historical Fiction

Favorite Author: Don't have one, but if you need an author, the last book I read was by Libba Bray.

Other: To Battle! Let's fight, Croc... come and join.

Competitor 10:

Username: glxssheart-

Call Me: I was gonna use a nom de plume but y'all know me too well. Just call me Clara.

Strongest Genre: Not sure? I'm tempted to say Adventure. Horror may be a close second if I can actually find the heart to write it.

Favourite Author: Erm...Rick Riordan? Or Charles Dickens if we're going classical.

Other: I've come back from the grave and I'm ready to battle!

Competitor 11:

Username: yellowbillycat

Call Me: Alan

Strongest Genre: General Fiction, I guess? Does Poetry count? Or bad, seventh-grade fanfiction?

Favorite Author: Amy Tan

Other: One battle, two battle, red battle, blue battle!

Competitor 12:

Username: canaria_

Call Me: Morgan (or Jay if you're a vet)

Strongest Genre: Can I say persuasive essay?

Favourite Author: I have no idea

Other: It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to battle

Competitor 13:

Username: Ragamuff-n

Call Me: Dan

Strongest Genre: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Favorite Author: Phillip Pullman

Other: i like "To Battle!" in fighting games

Competitor 14:

Username: Katastrofreee

Call Me: Kata

Strongest Genre: Fantasy

Favorite Author: Tolkien

Other: I like shorts, they're comfy and easy to wear. (And fight me)

Competitor 15:

Username: ForgottenDragonBite

Call Me: Dragon

Strongest Genre: Science Fiction

Favorite Author: Ursula Le Guin

Other: I don't like people reading my writing. Whoops.

Competitor 16:

Username: FabulouslyNerdy13

Call Me: Nerdy

Strongest Genre: uhh, does fan fiction count?

Favorite Author: George R. R. Martin

Other: TO BATTLE

Competitor 17:

Username: ShayTree

Call Me: Shay

Strongest Genre: I guess action since that's the only thing I've written outside of AG tbh

Favorite Author: Madeline Miller possibly

Other: hi welcome to battle (chili's)

Competitor 18:

Username : LIONXU

Call Me : A pangender octopus who cosmos the cosmos in search of love, or Etta.

Strongest Genre : The type where everyone dies because life's not fair, is it? I... well, I shall never be king.

Favourite Author : Tolkien, Derek Landy or Asimov.

Other : one battle, two battle, red battle, blue battle.

Competitor 19:

Username: Jordietheshortie

Call Me: Jordie or Jordan

Strongest Genre: Drama

Favourite Author: Matthew Quick

Other: Battling to beat Carl. Always.

Competitor 20:

Username: Clove_Thenardier

Call Me: Amanda, or Clove (as you can probably tell, Amanda's the real name, Clove's the pen name i used to use here)

Strongest Genre: Fantasy

Favorite Author: First i can never ever pick a single favorite, but some of my many favs at the moment include Tomi Adeymei, Jenna Moreci, and Kendare Blake.

Other: To battle, to battle! My kingdom for a battle!

Competitor 21:

Username: adonian

Call Me: Karla

Strongest Genre: Young Adult/Teen Fiction

Favorite Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz, or Oscar Hijuelos

Other: Hey, battle battle, hey, battle battle, swaaang!!! --General Chad Danforth

Competitor 22:

Username: Jazzy_Cube

Call me: Jacob

Strongest Genre: Fantasy/Horror??

Favorite Author: Oh god that's really hard. Marie Lu or maybe Patrick Ness.

Other: Here cuz Ace dragged me here but let's dooooo it