The What If Puzzle Hunt!
The What If Puzzle Hunt is a six-week-long contest sponsored by What If? magazine and The Amanda Project running on this site from Monday, March 1st to Friday, April 9th, 2010.
Every Monday at 4 PM ET, we'll be posting a new Amanda puzzle here in our sidebar.
It's a three step affair:
- Solve the puzzle (which will result in a secret sentence)
- Use the secret sentence to write a short story (in 250 words or less)
- Email us your short story at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (by Friday at 11:59 PM ET)
At the end of each week, a panel of editors will read your submissions and select one writer to win a SIGNED copy of the first book in The Amanda Project series, AND a YEAR-LONG subscription to What If? Magazine!
But that's not all! Editors' top choices will also be PUBLISHED in the summer issue of What If? magazine!!!
Wait, what is the Amanda Project?
Basically, this site is about a girl named Amanda Valentino. She started at our school, Endeavor High, on Halloween. She vanished in March. Her friends—Hal Bennett, Callie Leary, and Nia Rivera—have set up this website to try to find other people that knew her so they can discover more about who she was and why she disappeared. Since Amanda left, she’s been sending Hal, Callie, and Nia cryptic clues, and they need help to decipher what they mean.
The Amanda mystery is told through an eight-book series—and on the website, of course—and each book will include writing from readers like you. The first book about Amanda, Invisible I, is in stores now. By signing up and helping us search for Amanda, you'll have a chance to have your own writing featured in one of our books, or in the Zine we're putting together. And even before you read the book, we have a ton of stories and pictures and other clues for you to help us figure out. Want to find out more? Read on!
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Questions? Comments? Confusion? Elation?
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What is What If?
What If? is Canada's creative teen magazine, publishing top quality teen poetry, fiction, reviews, photos and artwork since February 2003.
Puzzle #1 (March 1st - March 5th)
Puzzle #1 is up! Amanda left us a secret message. Can you decode it? PLAY NOW! Puzzle #1 closes Friday, March 5th @11:59 PM
Puzzle #2 (March 8th - March 12th)
Puzzle #2 is up! Amanda sometimes jumbles her words. Can you unscramble them? PLAY NOW! Puzzle #2 closes Friday, March 12th @11:59 PM
Puzzle #3 (March 15th - March 19th)
Puzzle #3 is up! Are you good with pictures? Can you solve a rebus? PLAY NOW! Puzzle #3 closes Friday, March 19th @11:59 PM.
Puzzle #4 (March 22nd - March 26th)
Puzzle #4 is up! Find the missing sentence from Callie's Book. PLAY NOW! Puzzle #4 closes Friday, March 26th @11:59 PM.
Puzzle #5 (March 29th - April 2nd)
Puzzle #5 is up! Someone left this note in your locker...PLAY NOW! Puzzle #5 closes Friday, April 2nd @11:59 PM.
Puzzle #6 (April 5th - April 9th)
Puzzle #6 is up! Can you name that tune? PLAY NOW! Puzzle #6 closes Friday, April 9th @11:59 PM.