We had a number of entries this round, showcasing quite a variety of island empires! Check out the entries here, then vote for your favorite to win this round of Map of the Fortnight!
While everybody submitted awesome maps, especially gwertheyrn’s awesome topography, xibalba’s and spazzreflez’s sleek and realistic maps or crazy boris and rexnerdorum’s very original world, I have to give my vote to mako tocham just because of how original both the story and especially the map itself is, we need more good handdrawn/painted maps, and in this case the medium really fits then story
I usually try to remain impartial and not weigh in, but I've got to say, I really liked @Crazy Boris's entry - it's a unique scenario in a part of the world that doesn't get much attention, and I can tell a lot of effort went into both the names and also drawing all the little islands of the High Arctic! (And I'm a sucker for unconventional map projections. )