====== The Map of the Fortnight Contest Rounds ======

//For the MotF main page please go [[map_of_the_fortnight|here]].//
==== Winners of the most rounds ====

**27 Rounds** //(Quintuple Map Aces)//
  * Reagent

**16 Rounds** //(Triple Map Aces)//
  * Prince di Corsica
  * NeonHydroxide

**14 Rounds**
  * Upvoteanthology

**10 Rounds** //(Double Map Aces)//
  * TheKutKu

**9 Rounds**
  * B_Munro
  * Kaiphranos
  * Martin23230

**7 Rounds**
  * zalezsky

**6 Rounds**
  * Alex Richards
  * Krall
  * Jajax
  * rubberduck3y6

**5 Rounds** //(Map Aces)//
  * Blomma
  * lock

==== List of contest rounds ====

This is a list of all of the contest rounds of the Map of the Fortnight map contest, including the challenge for each round and the winner.

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**//MotF 01: Steampunk/Clockpunk - July 24th to August 7th, 2009//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a steampunk / clockpunk world or region.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Sapiento]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130717|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=131911|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 02: Decolonised Africa - August 12th to August 26th, 2009//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing either the whole or part of the continent of Africa during or after the process of decolonisation.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Sapiento]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=132312|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=133607|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 03: Averted Peninsular War - August 28th to September 11th, 2009//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the world 90 years after Napoleon failed to install his brother on the Spanish throne, averting the Peninsular War.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Legolas]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=133712|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=135005|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 04: The Paranormal - September 12th to September 26th, 2009//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing something paranormal.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Legolas]] and [[offtopic:Sovereign12]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=135017|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=136264|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 05: Cold War: UK vs. US - September 26th to October 10th, 2009//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a cold war between the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Nugax]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=136266|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=137584|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 06: Industrialised Southern Song - October 11th to October 25th, 2009//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting the results of industrialisation by the Southern Song Dynasty.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Scarecrow]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=137605|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=138891|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 07: The Fall of the Conquistador's Empire - October 27th to November 10th, 2009//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the successor states to the Cortezian Empire after the Great Revolt of 1788-1793.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:B_Munro]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=139054|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=140610|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 08: Disbanded North American Viceroyality - November 11th to November 25th, 2009//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the situation either before or after the disbandment of the Vicroyality of North America, including various sub-divisions such as Princely States, Protected Nations, Royal Colonies.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:B_Munro]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=140611|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=143632|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 09: Alternate partition of the Ottoman Empire - December 13th to December 26th, 2009//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of the Middle East at least twenty years after an alternate partitioning of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War One.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Krall]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=143633|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=145139|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 10: THE REVOLUTION HAS FAILED! - February 8th to February 21th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the aftermath of a failed revolution.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Rubberduck3y6]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3131801|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=149649|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3153710|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 11: March Across Attica - March 1st to March 14th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** The Persians win at the Battle of Marathon and ultimately triumph against Greece. Create a map showing the results of this victory!

**Winner:** [[offtopic:B_Munro]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3169605|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=151435|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3203245|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 12: WHAT ONCE WAS OURS... - March 22th to April 4th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** ... shall //always// be ours. Make a map showing the irredentist claims of a country in an AH scenario.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Shaucker]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3236766|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=153325|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3276120|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 13: ALL ABOARD! - May 3rd to May 16th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Create a map of an ATL transport network.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Sir Scott]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3296428|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=156462|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3344438|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 14: THE KING IS DEAD! - May 17th to May 30th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the events leading up to, the moment of, or the aftermath of a king or other sovereign being killed, deposed, or rendered unable to rule in some way.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Zuvarq]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=156463|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=157464|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3368307|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 15: Long After The End... - May 31th to June 13th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a post-apocalyptic Earth or part of a post-apocalyptic Earth where society has redeveloped along different cultural and technological lines.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:B_Munro]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=157467|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=158508|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3398833|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 16: The Caliphate of Rûm - June 14th to June 27th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of an Islamic nation that either has reforged or is on its way to reforging Rome's once great empire. The nation need not necessarily be the caliphate, but it must contain the city of Rome and be a dominant power in the Mediterranean.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:JMan]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=158514|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=159887|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3435448|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 17: May God Have Mercy On My Enemies - June 28th to July 11th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of the world or a part of it in a world where a military genius, who was not born in our world, was born and brought a nation to victory over another.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:JMan]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=159655|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=160761|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3457041|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 18: I Am Become Death - July 12th to July 25th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the world, or a part of it, after the USA or another powerful state (Russia/USSR, Britain, Germany etc.) developed //The Ultimate Weapon//.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:tormsen]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=160766|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=161868|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3488909|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 19: IN ABSENTIA - July 26th to August 8th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Your map will be in a world where the Roman Empire either never existed or never grew to the prominence it did in our timeline, and so was overshadowed or replaced by another empire as the founder of European/Mediterranean civilisation.

Your challenge is to make a map showing said Roman Empire equivalent, a direct continuation of the empire in a different place (similar to the Byzantine empire of our timeline), the countries that result from its cultural and linguistic dominance, or a later country claiming succession from said empire (similar to the Holy Roman Empire of our timeline).

**Winner:** [[oftopic:tormsen]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=161870|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=163022|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3549435|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 20: Through A Glass, Darkly - August 9th to August 22nd, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of an AH as imagined by a person in an AH (for example the fake alternate history novel "The Grasshopper Lies Heavy" in the real alternate history novel "The Man in the High Castle").

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Whanztastic]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=163023|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=164296|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3575077|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 21: VOX POPULI - August 23th to September 5th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map related to one or several plebiscites or referenda, the purpose of which is to decide whether the region being polled will become part of one nation or another.

**Winner:** Initially tied between [[offtopic:Ares96]] and [[offtopic:LSCatilina]]; decided to be LSCatilina after the Map Duel for Honour and Glory.

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=164297|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=165562|Voting thread]]**

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=174420|Map Duel for Honour and Glory thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3908814|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 22: The Mouse That Roared - September 6th to September 19th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a world where one nation managed to ultimately succeed over a significantly superior foe in war. This enemy nation need not necessarily be superior in terms of land, population or technology, but it should - on paper - have a significant advantage over the lesser nation in warfare.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Akkismat]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=165563|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=166802|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3655884|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 23: Welcome to the DMZ  - September 20th to October 3rd, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a demilitarised zone (DMZ). The DMZ may exist between several nation states, or between several sides in a civil war, or wherever a DMZ might appear. The DMZ may be officially decided upon, or may be an unofficial DMZ come about through an unspoken understanding.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Zauberfloete]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=166805|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=168203|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3707043|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 24: Nothing Lasts Forever  - October 4th to October 17th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a country which has existed continuously (or almost continuously) for at least over a century, but whose government and organisation has changed so significantly over the intervening time that it is almost unrecognisable.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Trovador]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.org/discussion/showthread.php?t=168098|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=170374|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3779543|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 25: TO SALTED EARTH, THROUGH BURNING SKY - October 25th to November 7th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a depressing and dystopian world. It may be a sparse, post-apocalyptic wasteland, or a world of oppressive, impersonal authority.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:rvbomally]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=170375|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=171708|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3826788|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 26: Guns, Germs and Steel - November 8th to November 27th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map that depicts a world where Europe did not achieve global domination. The map may depict the globe, or a region of the world.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:B_Munro]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=172081|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=174188|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3908814|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 27: Over Mountain, Plain and Sea - November 28th to December 11th, 2010//**

**Challenge:** Make a map set in a world where a major (or at least significant) trade route existed where none existed in our timeline, or where a relatively minor trade route from our timeline is made much more popular and important.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Krall]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=174189|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=176596|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3958619|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 28: Sons of Chaos - January 2nd to January 15th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an ATL terrorist network. Training camps, major attacks, sources of arms and money; anything related to a terrorist group's operations is generally okay.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Scarecrow]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3982908|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180627|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 29: Our God is a Jealous God - January 16th to January 29th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the spread of an ATL religion (this can be a religion that did not exist in OTL, a sect of an OTL religion that did not exist in OTL, or an OTL religion or sect that is vastly different to how it is in OTL) through any region you wish, or across the whole world.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:tormsen]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180629|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=182252|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4221578|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 30: The Ministry of Truth - January 29th to February 12th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make two maps: One must show the world as it is depicted to the people of a 1984-esque totalitarian state by their government, whilst the other must show how the world actually is. The map need not show the political situation of the world; it may show population figures, ethnic distribution, the nation's victories/defeats, economic prosperity, or anything at all that an authoritarian government might want to lie to their population about.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:B_Munro]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=182253|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=184123|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4221578|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 31: All You Can Annex Buffet - February 13th to February 26th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map concerning a harsh peace treaty that has been imposed on the losing side of a war.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Nymain1]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=184132|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=185912|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4283642|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 32: Never Again - February 27th to March 12th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting all or part of a war from the point of view of someone from 10 years before the war starts. Said person has been informed that such a war will start in 10 years, but has otherwise only been provided with the vague location and nature of the war.

**Winner:** [[offtopic: Japhy]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=185921|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=187738|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4388211|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 33: The Pilgrimage  - March 13th to April 2nd, 2011 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a pilgrimage route and/or the holy sites of a certain religion in an alternate timeline.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:big_tex|Big Tex]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=187742|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=190462|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4563603|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 34: Dancing with the Devil  - April 3rd to April 23rd, 2011 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of an uneasy alliance between a generally free, democratic nation and a generally repressive, autocratic nation.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:B_Munro]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=190939|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=193407|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4563603|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 35: Natio Vetus, Gloria Nova  - April 24th to May 7th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a nation that is either attempting to revive or recreate a long dead empire (e.g. Mussolini's Italy trying to revive the Roman Empire) or that considers itself to be the cultural or spiritual successor of a long dead empire (e.g. Russia's claim as the "Third Rome").

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Krall]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=193408|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=194933|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4563603|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 36: They Arrived - May 8th to May 21st, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the world some time after aliens arrive. Whether their arrival is peaceful and scientific, an unwanted stranding, or an aggressive invasion of Earth does not matter.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:TheLoneAmigo]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=194948|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=196687|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4617167|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 37: Melting Pot - May 22nd to June 4th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing ethnic, racial or national heritage in a "nation of immigrants".

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Petros >Peter Fergus<]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=196688|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=198499|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 38: The Not French Revolution - June 5th to June 18th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing where a revolution analogous to the French Revolution from OTL in ideals and/or circumstances takes place in a country that is not France. The map may show the nation during the revolution itself, after the revolution succeeds, or after the revolution fails.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:B_Munro]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=198501|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=200234|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 39: A People out of Place - June 19th to July 2nd, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an ethnic group that has moved out of its place of origin and is now primarily located elsewhere.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Scarecrow]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=200235|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=202098|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 40: Castles Made of Sand - July 3rd to July 16th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the decline of a once mighty empire.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Ofaloaf]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=202099|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=203670|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 41: Gold! - July 17th to July 30th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the aftermath or effects of a rush for a resource (such as gold or oil) in a region.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Martin23230]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=204029|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=205604|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 42: Mostly Harmless - July 31st to August 20th, 2011 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of the world from the point of view of alien onlookers.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Martin23230]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-205802|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=208057|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 43: PUNK'S NOT DEAD - August 21st to September 3rd, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a "punkified" world.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Martin23230]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=208058|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=209867|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 44: The North-South Divide - September 4th to September 24th, 2011 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a North-South cold war.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:B_Munro]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=209880|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=213138|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 45: Alternate Soviet Union - September 25th to October 8th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a super-power level socialist state.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Martin23230]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=213140|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=214958|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 46: A New (FillInNation) - October 9th to October 22nd, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a self-governing settler colony.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Horatius Cocles]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=214963|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=216609|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 47: If Death Had Come Later - October 23rd to November 5th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the effects of a great conqueror living longer.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Martin23230]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=216611|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=218661|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 48: Blink and You'll Miss It - November 6th to November 19th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a short-lived state or a region in transition.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Kaiphranos]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=218662|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=220572|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 49: For the Game, For the World - November 20th to December 3rd, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a sports competition (or something directly related to a sports competition) from an alternate world.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:tnowacki]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=220595|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=222428|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 50: Fifty Years is a Long Time - December 4th to December 17th, 2011//**

**Challenge:** Make two maps set fifty years apart.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Blomma]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=222529|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=224669|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 51: The Map and the Mirror - January 9th to January 21st, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a scenario which is an ironic reverse of OTL.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Blomma]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=227093|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=228743|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 52: Weird World War I - January 22nd to February 4th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a world war from an alternate timeline which is radically different to our own in some manner.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Blomma]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=228744|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=230492|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 53: The Benevolent Co-Prosperity Sphere - February 6th to February 25th, 2012 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a world where a former regional underdog has gained the upper hand and is now imposing its will on its weaker neighbours.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Future8]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=230495|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=233154|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 54: If I Ran The Zoo - February 26th to March 10th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting the ideal world of a historical figure.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Martin23230]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=233159|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=234928|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 55: The Wild, Wild... - March 11th to March 24th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a frontier region where the authority of organized states is thin.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Pischinovski]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=234936|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=236662|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 56: The True Believers - March 25th to April 7th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a world where a religion that became a major religion in OTL remains or becomes minor and restricted to a small area.

**Winner:** Initially tied between [[offtopic:Kaiphranos]] and [[offtopic:Iserlohn]]; decided to be Kaiphranos after Iserlohn's concession of Map Duel for Honour and Glory II: Electric Boogaloo.

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=236667|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238344|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 57: My Name is Ozymandias - April 8th to April 21st, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an extinct country or civilisation from the perspective of archaeologists studying its ruins. 

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Kaiphranos]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238351|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=240138|Voting thread]]**


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**//MotF 58: Natural Philosophies - April 22nd to May 12th, 2012 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the results of an alternate scientific revolution that took place at a different time and/or at a different place than the one in OTL.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Kaiphranos]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=240140|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=242414|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 59: The Indomitables - May 13th to May 26th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a state which has managed to retain its independence in a region divided between colonial powers, or how the state's independence affects the broader geopolitical situation.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:aesir|Æsir]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=242422|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=243919|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 60: L'État, C'est Moi - May 27th to June 9th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the world or a part of it following the successes of a monarch who was unsuccessful in our timeline.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Kaiphranos]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=243921|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=245313|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 61: The Petting Zoo - June 10th to June 30th, 2012 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a world in which an animal that was domesticated in our timeline was not domesticated, or an animal that was not domesticated in our timeline was.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Krall]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=245318|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247488|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 62: Let Us Not Be Deceived - July 1st to July 14th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a "Cold War" scenario where one or both of the participants are following an ideology other than Communism or Liberal Democracy (i.e. the ideologies of the USSR and USA respectively during the Cold War of our timeline).

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Martin23230]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247491|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=248938|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 63: Those Strange Tongues - July 15th to July 28th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the linguistic geography of a region that is dominated by a language that did not dominate that region in our timeline.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Ares96]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=248939|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=250254|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 64: Air, Water, Earth, Fire - July 29th to August 18th, 2012 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the effects of an alternate history natural disaster.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Kaiphranos]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=250256|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=252436|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 65: The Miracle - August 19th to September 1st, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a nation that has achieved an "economic miracle" and become an advanced economy that did not do so in our timeline.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:JJDXB]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=252446|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=253850|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 66: The Gun Is Our Government - September 3rd to September 15th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a supposedly anarchic or stateless region, showing the people and organisations that hold actual power in the region.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:VulcanTrekkie45]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=253851|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255241 |Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 67: Neither Istanbul nor Constantinople - September 16th to October 13th, 2012 (Extended by two weeks)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map set in a world where the city on the Golden Horn - currently known in OTL as Istanbul - is widely known by a name other than Istanbul or Constantinople.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Gorm the Old]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255242|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=258150|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6820768|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 68: A Mile Between, A World Away - October 14th to October 27th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a region where two opposed major powers share a border.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:JJDXB]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=258151|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259381|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6858085|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 69: ALL ABOARD! 2 - October 28th to November 10th, 2012//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an ATL transport network.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Blomma]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259385|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260974|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6942153|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 70: The People's Choice - November 11th to December 1st, 2012 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a vote (election, referendum, plebiscite, etc.) that is highly controversial or outright rigged.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Alex Richards]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260976|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262942|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7034754|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 71: The Maps are Never Right in Those Books - December 2nd to December 22nd, 2012 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of an ATL that is incorrect.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Zaius]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262943|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265803|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7134105|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 72: The Eye of the World - January 7th to January 19th, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a seemingly stagnant, long-running and high profile conflict in an alternate timeline.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Horatius Cocles]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266432|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=267861|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7219934|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 73: Off the Map - January 20th to February 9th, 2013 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country that has a government and controls territory but isn't universally recognized as a state.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Krall]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=267878|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=269950|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7317718|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 74: In the Wake of Giants - February 10th to February 24th, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the aftermath of the decline of a large empire, powerful civilisation, or major international organisation.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Zaius]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=269967|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=271331|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7380908|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 75: The Little Country that Could - February 25th to March 9th, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a war or the events surrounding a war where one nation managed to ultimately succeed over a superior foe.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Zaius]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=271333|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272636|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7425805|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 76: Meet the New Boss - March 10th to March 23rd, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country that existed in OTL ruling a region that it did not rule in OTL.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Hiiragi]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272637|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=273918|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7492951|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 77: On the Road Again - March 24th to April 13th, 2013 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the travels of one person or a small group of people in an alternate timeline.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Ares96]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=273920|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=276251|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7580951|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 78: The Name of the Game - April 14th to May 4th, 2013 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map that is used for a board game in an alternate timeline.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Martin23230]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=276253|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=278657|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7697903|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 79: The Empire Under the Sun - May 5th to May 25th, 2013 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the largest country in the world at its largest extent.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Zuvarq]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=278658|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=280784|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7755291|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 80: Risorgimento - May 26th to June 8th, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an alternate national unification.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Nanwe]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=280785|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=282213|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7863587|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 81: This Land is Ours - June 9th to June 29th, 2013 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an alternate territorial dispute.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=282214|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284280|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7926352|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotM 1: In the Course of Human Events - June 30th to August 3rd, 2013 (Special four-week contest round)(Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a successful independence movement.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Nanwe]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284281|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=287637|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8056078|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 82: The Candle that Burns Twice as Bright - August 4th to August 17th, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a great but short-lived empire.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Daeres]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=287638|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=288976|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8188622|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 83: Atop a Throne of Skulls - August 18th to September 7th, 2013 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the details or effects of a huge loss of human life that was caused by human action.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Pischinovski]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=288977|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=290890|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8188622|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 84: And There was Peace in the Kingdom - September 8th to September 28th, 2013 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a formerly war-torn region, that is now peaceful and stable.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=290891|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=292760|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8252816|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 85: A New Beginning - September 29th to October 12th, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the results of the first election in a country after a long period of undemocratic government.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Pischinovski]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=292759|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=294060|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8412753|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 86: The Pen is Mighter - October 13th to October 26th, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a world where a conflict that happened in our timeline, or in the canon of a fantasy/sci-fi world, was avoided peacefully through diplomacy.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Pischinovski]] 

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=294061|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=295172|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8412753|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 87: Smells Like Team Spirit - October 27th to November 9th, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a geographic distribution of sports teams.

**Winner:** Initially tied between [[offtopic:lock]] and [[offtopic:Rubberduck3y6]]; decided to be lock after the Map Duel for Honour and Glory III: Map Harder.

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=295173|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=296656|Voting thread]]**

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=309133|Map Duel for Honour and Glory III: Map Harder thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9388826|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 88: Public Enemy Number One - November 10th to November 23rd, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a state that is considered to be an international pariah.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Goldstein]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=296658|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=297869|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8944251|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 89: In My Benevolent Shade - November 24th to December 7th, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country's system of client states.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=297870|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=299252|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8816385|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 90: Not Built in a Day - December 8th to December 28th, 2013//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the territorial evolution of a country.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Blomma]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=299253|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=301311|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8816385|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 91: Irredenta! - January 12th to January 26th, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the territorial aspirations of a country, or a political, ethnic, or similar group.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=302952|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=304426|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9388826|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 92: My Thousand Masks - January 26th to February 16th, 2014 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a number of overlapping international organisations.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Alex Richards]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=304428|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=306886|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9614990|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 93: Making a Mark on the Map - February 16th to March 9th, 2014 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an artificially created landmass or body of water.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=306888|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=308915|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9614990|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 94: This is Planet Earth - March 9th to March 23rd, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the initial stages of a worldwide unification.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Zauberfloete]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=308916|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=310251|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8944251|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 95: Ab Urbe Condita - March 23rd to April 6th, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing one or several city-states.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Alex Richards]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=310252|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=311435|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 96: Just in Case - April 6th to April 20th, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a war plan.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Zaius]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=311436|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=312637|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 97: The Conqueror - April 20th to May 4th, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an empire built through the efforts of a single person.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]] 

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=312638|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=313935|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 98: Greener Pastures - May 4th to May 18th, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a legal discrepancy between countries that prompts related border traffic.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Lord Roem]] 

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=313936|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=315319|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 99: The Dust Has Settled - May 18th to June 1st, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a continent before and after a world war.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]] 

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=315320|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=316444|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 100: The Centenary - June 1st to June 15th, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the 100th anniversary of an event..

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Nanwe]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=316445|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=317851|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 101: Diaspora - June 16th to June 29th, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a population that has moved from its original homeland.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]] 

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=317852|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=319326|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotM 2: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - June 29th to August 3rd, 2014 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a full timeline, and a map illustrating that timeline.

**Winner:** Tied between two teams; one consisting of [[offtopic:Jonathan Edelstein]] and [[offtopic:Kaiphranos]], the other consisting of [[offtopic:Alex Richards]] and [[offtopic:Reagent]]. The winning team shall be decided by the ongoing Map Duel for Honour and Glory IV: The Squeakquel.

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=319327|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=323347|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9570989|Initial Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 102: The Last Straw - August 3rd to August 24th, 2014 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the details or effects of a single deliberate action that leads to immediate and far-reaching political ramifications.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]] and [[offtopic:Alex Richards]] 

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=323348|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=325601|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 103: Sunshine and Lollipops - August 24th to September 7th, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a utopia.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Martin23230]] 

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=325602|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=327065|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 104: Mind the Gap - September 7th to September 28th, 2014 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an urban rail system.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:lock]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=327066|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329168|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 105: The Weak Suffer What They Must - September 28th to October 12th, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a forced population transfer or its aftereffects.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329169|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=330807|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9848489|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 106: Maps in the Mirror - October 12th to October 26th, 2014//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a scenario from an ATL which is, in some manner, the ironic reverse of a scenario from OTL.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=330808|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=332391|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 107: The Locked Country - October 26th to November 16th, 2014 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country which has isolated itself from the rest of the world.

**Winner:** Tied between [[offtopic:Gryphon]], [[offtopic:False Dmitri]], and [[offtopic:Krall]]. The winner shall be decided by the ongoing Map Duel for Honour and Glory V: The Mappening.

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=332392|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=334860|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 108: Seasons of Discontent - November 16th to December 7th, 2014 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the aftermath of a period of rapid climate change.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Makemakean]] and [[offtopic:Ares96]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=334861|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=337399|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 109: Puzzling States of America - January 11th to January 25th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the United States of America with alternate internal borders.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:rvbomally]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=341225|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=342802|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 110: Danse Macabre - January 25th to February 8th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the aftermath of a pandemic.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Alex Richards]] and [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=342804|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=344310|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 111: There's Gold in Them There Hills - February 8th to February 22nd, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the aftermath or effects of a rush for a resource (such as gold or oil) in a region.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=344311|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=345783|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 112: The Tail Wagging the Dog - February 22nd to March 15th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a union between multiple countries within which a previously subordinate country has become dominant, and the previously dominant country has become subordinate.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Future8]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=345784|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=347935|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 113: Tickled Punk! - March 15th to March 29th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a "punkified" world, where the technology and culture of a specific era has survived and become exaggerated.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:lock]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=347936|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=349395|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 114: From Sea to Sea - March 29th to April 12th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country that borders two major bodies of water.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:lock]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=349393|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=350789|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 115: Weird World War II - April 12th to May 3rd, 2015 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the second world war in an alternate timeline which is radically different from our own Second World War in some manner.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=350790|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=352808|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 116: Between a Rock and a Hard Place - May 3rd to May 17th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a buffer state.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:zalezsky]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=352809|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=354296|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 117: False Friends - May 17th to May 31st, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a place, event, organisation, or similar thing from an ATL that shares a name - but little else - with a place or event from OTL.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:zalezsky]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=354297|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=355761|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 118: The Pale Continent - May 31st to June 14th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing all or part of Europe in a timeline where it was colonised by countries from another region.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:SRegan]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=355763|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=357223|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 119: Blink and You'll Miss It 2 - June 14th to June 28th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a short-lived state or region in transition.

**Winner:** Tied between [[offtopic:Aven]] and [[offtopic:ndeignacio]]; decided to be Aven after Map Duel for Honour and Glory VI: The Undiscoverd Map.


**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=357224|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=358649|Voting thread]]**

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=364213|Map Duel for Honour and Glory thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-11225271|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 120: Let's Go A-Viking - June 28th to July 12th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a state founded by Vikings.

**Winner:** Tied between [[offtopic:Aven]] and [[offtopic:zalezsky]]. The winner shall be decided by the ongoing Map Duel for Honour and Glory VII: Krall's New Nightmare.

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=358650|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=360226|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 121: The Promised Land - July 12th to July 26th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a voluntary mass settlement.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:zalezsky]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=360227|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=361738|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 122: And the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth - July 26th to August 9th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a nation of long oppressed people who have achieved independence in their own nationstate.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:zalezsky]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=361739|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=363244|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotM 3: Encyclopedia Cartographica -  August 9th to September 6th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make an encyclopedia article for a country, province, international organisation or similar entity.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:ToixStory]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=363246|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=366512|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-11320260|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 123: Bricks and Marble - September 6th to September 20th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an alternate city or an alternate version of an OTL city.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:TheLoneAmigo]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=366513|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=367972|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-11421331|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 124: On the Shoulders of Giants - September 20th to October 4th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the world or part of it where society has redeveloped following an apocalyptic event.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=367974|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=369282|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-11556373|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 125: HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, BATMAN! - October 4th to October 18th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a continent or region that is very politically diverse and fragmented.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=369283|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=370506|Voting thread]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-11556373|Victory Announcement]]**

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**//MotF 126: Nix the Notion of Nation - October 18th to November 1st, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a significantly influential sovereign political entity that is not a nation state.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:zalezsky]]

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=370507|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=371870|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 127: This Too Shall Pass - November 1st to November 15th, 2015//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a region during two different periods - one a golden age of progress and power, the other a dark age of regression and chaos.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=371871|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=373231|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 128: To the Victor - November 15th to December 6th, 2015 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a pivotal battle.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=373232|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=375240|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 129: Into the Black Hole - December 6th to December 27th, 2015 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a dystopian country.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=375241|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=377163|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 130: The Fifteenth Point - January 3rd to January 24th, 2016 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an alternate division of the Central Powers OR the Entente, in a Treaty of Versailles-esque cutting.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:DPKdebator]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-130-the-fifteenth-point.377769/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-130-the-fifteenth-point-voting-thread.379646/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 131: Race to the Other Side - January 24th to February 14th, 2016 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an alternate long-distance road (can be a railroad or a highway), involving some sort of competition between 2 or more countries (or companies). It can involve 2 separate routes or different starting points on the same route.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Rubberduck3y6]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-131-race-to-the-other-side.379647/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-131-race-to-the-other-side-voting-thread.381552/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 132: Deus Vult - February 14th to February 28th, 2016//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an alternate crusade, of any religion.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-132-deus-vult.381551/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-132-deus-vult-voting-thread.382607/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 133: And Then There Were Few - February 28th to March 20th, 2016 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Show a map of the world having the least nations as realistically possible.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]] and [[offtopic:AnachronistRocketeer]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-133-and-then-there-were-few.382608/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-133-and-then-there-were-few-voting-thread.384169/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 134: What has the Emperor Ever Done for us? - March 20th to April 3rd, 2016//**

**Challenge:** Show a state which claims to be a remnant or successor of a formerly great empire, but is far from it.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:JoeyB2198]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-134-what-has-the-emperor-ever-done-for-us.384170/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-134-what-has-the-emperor-ever-done-for-us-voting-thread.385330/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 135: Island Paradise - April 4th to April 17th, 2016//**

**Challenge:** Show a state which consists of entirely islands. NOTE: Does not need to be a paradise.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Rubberduck3y6]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-135-island-paradise.385331/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-135-island-paradise-voting-thread.386424/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 136: Ferdinand's Gambit - April 17th to May 1st, 2016//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a surviving Austria-Hungary.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-136-ferdinands-gambit.386425/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-136-ferdinands-gambit-voting-thread.387637/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 137: Substitute Scramble - May 1st to May 23rd, 2016 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a region or place where colonization was not fought over in OTL. It can be Antarctica, Asia, or even Arabia, as long as you deem it wasn't fought over colonially. Go nuts! :D

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Rubberduck3y6]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-137-substitute-scramble.387638/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-137-substitute-scramble-voting-thread.389148/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 138: Changing Clockwork - May 23rd to June 13th, 2016 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a //country// going through/after a major political reform.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-138-changing-clockwork.389147/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-138-changing-clockwork-voting-thread.390699/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 139: Feel the Rhythm - June 13th to June 27th, 2016//**

**Challenge:** Make a map based on a song. :o Doesn't necessarily have to be about history, although it should of course be adapted into a map.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Rubberduck3y6]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-139-feel-the-rhythm.390700/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-139-feel-the-rhythm-voting-thread.391982/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 140: Divide and Conquer - June 27th to July 11th, 2016//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an alternate distribution of land after a conflict (EDIT: or land dispute) with the same victors as OTL. Examples would include a different division of Germany after WWI, or an alternate Reconstruction period after the Civil War.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:CourageousLife]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-140-divide-and-conquer.391984/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-140-divide-and-conquer-voting-thread.393097/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 141: A Conquest of Irony - July 11th to July 25th, 2016//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a nation or ethnic group taking over another nation that conquered them at some point in the past. (For example: the Philippines conquering Spain, India conquering Great Britain, etc.)

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-141-a-conquest-of-irony.393098/|Entries thread]]**
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-141-a-conquest-of-irony-voting-thread.394136/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 142: Perversas - July 25th to August 9th, 2016//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a Roman province where there definitely shouldn't be one. Ultimately, what counts as "shouldn't" is up to the mapmaker (it could be a Roman Germania, it could be a Roman Olympus Mons), but it can be absurd. :)

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:ThePicene]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-142-perversas.394137/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-142-perversas-voting-thread.395361/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 143: The Great Game - August 9th to September 2nd, 2016 (Extended by two weeks)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a non-military struggle for influence and power in a given region.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Doctor President]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-143-the-great-game.395360/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-143-the-great-game-voting-thread.397277/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 144: Res Publica - September 2nd to September 26th, 2016 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a further integrated European Union or alternate equivalent.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Zek Sora]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-144-res-publica.397278/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-144-res-publica-voting-thread.399199/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 145: We've Always Been at War with Eastasia - September 26th to October 10th, 2016//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a country that controls a huge part of the world, likely one of the only ones left. It doesn't need to be dystopian, but, much like 1984, the world should be divided up into only a couple of nations. Feel free to make a map of the whole world or just one of the major powers.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-145-weve-always-been-at-war-with-eastasia.399200/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-145-weve-always-been-at-war-with-eastasia-voting-thread.400288/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotM 4: This is Your Life - October 10th to December 5th, 2016 (Extended by three weeks)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map or maps of any political entity throughout its history, and depict how it changed over time. (Make sure to say how, too!)

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Zek Sora]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-4-this-is-your-life.400286/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-4-this-is-your-life-voting-thread.404738/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 146: Atlantis Reborn - December 5th to December 19th, 2016//**

**Challenge:** Make a map expanding on the world of Atlantis (yes, it's meant to be broad :p).

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:SRegan]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-146-atlantis-reborn.404740/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-146-atlantis-reborn-voting-thread.405732/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 147: Micronation Extravaganza - December 19th, 2016 to January 2nd, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of an OTL micronation that somehow becomes a regional or world power. For example, what if Molossia took over Nevada somehow?

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Falkanner]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-147-micronation-extravaganza.405733/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-147-micronation-extravaganza-voting-thread.406658/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 148: The Sick Man - January 2nd to January 19th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a declining great power.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:fjihr]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-148-the-sick-man.406659/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-148-the-sick-man-voting-thread.407936/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 149: Don't Look at Them, My Child - January 19th to January 29th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the main population areas/population density of a country (particularly the underclass, but it can really be anything as long as it shows population in some way)

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-149-dont-look-at-them-my-child.407935/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-149-dont-look-at-them-my-child-voting-thread.408821/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 150: Sesquicentennial - January 29th to February 26th, 2017 (extended by two weeks)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map/maps showing a region 150 years apart.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-150-sesquicentennial.408822/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-150-sesquicentennial-voting-thread.410879/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 151: Always the Bridesmaid - February 26th to March 14th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a secondary power that is constantly overshadowed by a more powerful ally (or just a secondary power in general).

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Sicarius]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-151-always-the-bridesmaid.410878/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-151-always-the-bridesmaid-voting-thread.412050/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 152: #Map - March 14th to March 26th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map with 140 characters or fewer.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Guildencrantz]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-152-map.412051/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-152-map-voting-thread.413211/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 153: Map of the Fortnight - March 26th to April 9th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an event that spans two weeks.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:CourageousLife]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-153-map-of-the-fortnight.413210/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-153-map-of-the-fortnight-voting-thread.414247/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 154: If Stirling Never Stopped - April 9th to April 23rd, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country analogous to the Dominion of the Draka, e.g. a large militaristic China, or a hostile expanding British Raj.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:theman7777]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-154-if-stirling-never-stopped.414248/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-154-if-stirling-never-stopped-voting-thread.415299/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 155: Implausible Colonizers - April 24th to May 7th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the colonial empire of a nation not known for it in OTL.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:zalezsky]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-155-implausible-colonizers.415300/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-155-implausible-colonizers-voting-thread.416303/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 156: The Man from Nantucket - May 8th to May 21st, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the result of a region of the Earth being ISOTed. The map can either be of the ISOTed region in its new world or the world it left behind.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Rubberduck3y6]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-156-the-man-from-nantucket.416304/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-156-the-man-from-nantucket-voting-thread.417386/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 157: From Here to Eternity - May 21st to June 4th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a region, or the world, in the near future (next hundred years).

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Jockehh]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-157-from-here-to-eternity.417387/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-157-from-here-to-eternity-voting-thread.418735/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 158: Antiquated Union - June 4th to June 18th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a union of two or more countries that weren't allied (or at least weren't one country) in our timeline.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:theman7777]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-158-antiquated-union.418736/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-158-antiquated-union-voting-thread.419681/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 159: Ten Seconds to Midnight - June 19th to July 2nd, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a world or region on the verge of destruction.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:zalezsky]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-159-ten-seconds-to-midnight.419682/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-159-ten-seconds-to-midnight-voting-thread.420822/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 160: Somebody Once Told Me - July 3rd to July 16th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a conflict or war between puppet states in a larger alliance.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Milites]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-160-somebody-once-told-me.420821/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-160-somebody-once-told-me-voting-thread.422057/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 161: The World is Gonna Roll Me - July 17th to July 30th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a country with exceptionally bad luck. This could mean that the country was scapegoated, divided, or just spiraled into a depression.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Emperor Lapland]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-161-the-world-is-gonna-roll-me.422056/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-161-the-world-is-gonna-roll-me-voting-thread.423144/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 162: I Ain't the Sharpest Tool in the Shed - July 31st to August 13th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country that is significantly behind the times in terms of technology and science.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Kaiphranos]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-162-i-aint-the-sharpest-tool-in-the-shed.423145/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-162-i-aint-the-sharpest-tool-in-the-shed-voting-thread.424206/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 163: Making Another Mark on the Map - August 13th to August 27th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an artificially created landmass or body of water.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Reagent]] and [[offtopic:Flashman]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-163-making-another-mark-on-the-map.424207/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-163-making-another-mark-on-the-map-voting-thread.425192/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 164: She Was Looking Kind Of Dumb - August 28th to September 10th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the aftermath of a country or subregion after having went through the rule of a terrible or stupid leader.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:BryanIII]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-164-she-was-looking-kind-of-dumb.425191/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-164-she-was-looking-kind-of-dumb-voting-thread.426080/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 165: Don't Stop Believin' - September 10th to September 30th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a religion's struggle to survive against hostile faiths.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Baconheimer]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-165-dont-stop-believin.426081/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-165-dont-stop-believin-voting-thread.427278/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 166: England Is My City - September 30th to October 23rd, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map from the perspective of an unreliable narrator.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Yanranay]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-166-england-is-my-city.427279/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-166-england-is-my-city-voting-thread.428883/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 167: The AH.com Switcheroo - October 23rd to November 5th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map reversing a common AH trope.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Reagent]] and [[offtopic:Flashman]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-167-the-ah-com-switcheroo.428881/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-167-the-ah-com-switcheroo-voting-thread.429934/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 168: She's So Fine - November 6th to November 20th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country or region seen as the best in something.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:SpicyJuan]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-168-shes-so-fine.429935/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-168-shes-so-fine-voting-thread.430912/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 169: The Years Start Coming - November 20th to December 7th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a country or singular polity that has existed for a long time.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:HowAboutThisForAName]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-169-the-years-start-coming.430913/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-169-the-years-start-coming-voting-thread.432035/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 170: To Shining Sea - December 7th to December 25th, 2017//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a country or region that extends from one major body of water to another.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:SpicyJuan]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-170-to-shining-sea.432036/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-170-to-shining-sea-voting-thread.433190/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotM 5: World on Your Shoulders - December 25th, 2017 to February 16th, 2018 (Extended by two weeks)//**

**Challenge:** Make a mini atlas of a nation, region, or planet in an ATL.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Kaiser_Jaeger]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-5-world-on-your-shoulders.433191/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motm-5-world-on-your-shoulders-voting-thread.437146/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 171: A Nation is Born - February 16th, 2018 to March 2nd, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country or nation at its inception.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Xibalba]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-171-a-nation-is-born.437147/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-171-a-nation-is-born-voting-thread.438236/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 172: The Empty Quarter - March 2nd, 2018 to March 16th, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a region thought to be uninhabited or sparsely populated.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Iserlohn]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-172-the-empty-quarter.438237/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-172-the-empty-quarter-voting-thread.439451/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 173: I Come to Bury Caesar - March 16th, 2018 to April 8th, 2018 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the effects of a significant historical figure's death.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:lock]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-173-i-come-to-bury-caesar.439452/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-173-i-come-to-bury-caesar-voting-thread.440976/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 174: Another Star On The Flag - April 8th, 2018 to April 22nd, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a state, province or other subnational region that does not exist in OTL.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Kanan]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-174-another-star-on-the-flag.440978/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-174-another-star-on-the-flag-voting-thread.442079/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 175: The Fruited Plain - April 22nd, 2018 to May 6th, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map that relates to the agriculture of a country or region.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Upvoteanthology]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-175-the-fruited-plain.442080/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-175-the-fruited-plain-voting-thread.443036/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 176: The Spirit of '76 - May 6th, 2018 to May 20th, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting all or part of British North America, 100 years after the failure of the American Revolution.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Guildencrantz]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-176-the-spirit-of-76.443039/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-176-the-spirit-of-76-voting-thread.443973/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 177: Ain't Big Enough for the Two of Us - May 20th, 2018 to June 4th, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a region where two rivals share a substantial border.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:JoeyB2198]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-177-aint-big-enough-for-the-two-of-us.443974/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-177-aint-big-enough-for-the-two-of-us-voting-thread.444909/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 178: Why They Changed It I Can't Say​ - June 4th, 2018 to June 18th, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map featuring a city which has undergone a recent name change.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Reagent]] and [[offtopic:Implied]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-178-why-they-changed-it-i-cant-say.444910/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-178-why-they-changed-it-i-cant-say-voting-thread.445786/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 179: Third Place Ain't So Bad​ - June 18th, 2018 to July 1st, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a "Third-World" or developing country which is better off than in our timeline.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:JoeyB2198]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-179-third-place-aint-so-bad.445755/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-179-third-place-aint-so-bad-voting-thread.446664/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 180: About Face - July 1st, 2018 to July 15th, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a conflict or competition where one of the participants has unexpectedly switched sides.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:JoeyB2198]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-180-about-face.446665/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-180-about-face-voting-thread.447622/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 181: The Mapmaker Lies Heavy - July 15th, 2018 to August 5th, 2018 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map from the perspective of someone in another timeline, showing what they think our timeline would look like.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-181-the-mapmaker-lies-heavy.447623/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-181-the-mapmaker-lies-heavy-voting-thread.449156/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 182: Deuxième Belle Époque​ - August 5th, 2018 to August 19th, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting all or part of Europe in 1944, thirty years after the Black Hand failed to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

**Winner:** - [[offtopic:procrastinating2much]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-182-deuxième-belle-Époque.449157/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-182-deuxième-belle-Époque-voting-thread.450197/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 183: The Lotus Eaters - August 19th, 2018 to September 10th, 2018 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a place whose inhabitants think of it as a utopia.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-183-the-lotus-eaters.450199/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-183-the-lotus-eaters-voting-thread.451647/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 184: In Varietate Concordia - September 10th, 2018 to September 24th, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a supranational union.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Iserlohn]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-184-in-varietate-concordia.451648/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-184-in-varietate-concordia-voting-thread.452635/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 185: The Bonnie Red Flag - September 23rd, 2018 to October 14th, 2018 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting the outcome of a communist or socialist revolution in the Confederate States of America.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Dr.Kafka]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-185-the-bonnie-red-flag.452569/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-185-the-bonnie-red-flag-voting-thread.453955/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 186: The Visible Hand - October 14th, 2018 to November 4th, 2018 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the territories controlled directly or indirectly by a trading company or corporation.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:SpazzReflex]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-186-the-visible-hand.453957/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-186-the-visible-hand-voting-thread.455313/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 187: At The Ballot Box​ - November 4th, 2018 to November 19th, 2018//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of an election, referendum, plebiscite, or other vote.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:HowAboutThisForAName]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-187-at-the-ballot-box.455314/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-187-at-the-ballot-box-voting-thread.456240/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 188: Sting Like A Bee - November 19th, 2018 to December 10th, 2018 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** With a POD after 1805 CE, make a map depicting an Egyptian state that is a major world power.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Zorqal]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-188-sting-like-a-bee.456242/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-188-sting-like-a-bee-voting-thread.457645/|Voting thread]]**

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**//Map of the Month 6: By Any Other Pen - December 2nd, 2018 to January 6th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map that is a cover of, based on, a sequel to, or otherwise inspired by, a map previously created by another poster on alternatehistory.com.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:TheKutKu]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-6-by-any-other-pen.457159/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-6-by-any-other-pen-voting-thread.459542/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 189: This Sceptred Isle - January 6th, 2019 to January 21st, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of an empire ruled from an island.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Xibalba]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-189-this-sceptred-isle.459545/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-189-this-sceptred-isle-voting-thread.460458/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 190: So Far From God - January 21st, 2019 to February 4th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country, state, or city overshadowed by a larger or better-known neighbor.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-190-so-far-from-god.460459/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-190-so-far-from-god-voting-thread.461415/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 191: Lost And Found - February 3rd, 2019 to February 25th, 2019 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Choose one - make a map set in a world where Robert E. Lee’s Special Order 191 is not discovered by Union forces, OR make a DBWI map originating in such a world, speculating on the consequences of the order being discovered.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-191-lost-and-found.461393/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-191-lost-and-found-voting-thread.462800/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 192: The Simple Life - February 25th, 2019 to March 17th, 2019 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a group, community, or place which has deliberately rejected certain technologies.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-192-the-simple-life.462801/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-192-the-simple-life-voting-thread.464104/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 193: To The Strongest - March 17th, 2019 to April 1st, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the aftermath of a disputed succession or succession crisis.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:JoeyB2198]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-193-to-the-strongest.464105/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-193-to-the-strongest-voting-thread.465085/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 194: Fool Me Once - April 1st, 2019 to April 15th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an act of trickery, espionage, subterfuge or surprise attack, or the consequences of such an act.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-194-fool-me-once.465086/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-194-fool-me-once-voting-thread.465904/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 195: Phoenix From The Ashes - April 15th, 2019 to April 29th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a nation that has regained independence after a significant period of foreign subjugation (10+ years).

**Winner:** [[offtopic:JoeyB2198]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-195-phoenix-from-the-ashes.465905/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-195-phoenix-from-the-ashes-voting-thread.466729/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 196: Bread and Circuses - April 29th, 2019 to May 13th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map on a topic related to food or entertainment.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Gabzcervo]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-196-bread-and-circuses.466730/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-196-bread-and-circuses-voting-thread.467544/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 197: The Sister Republics - May 13th, 2019 to June 3rd, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting a country with multiple client states.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:TheKutKu]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-197-the-sister-republics.467545/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-197-the-sister-republics-voting-thread.468769/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 198: Vae Victis - June 3rd, 2019 to June 17th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting the consequences of a war for the losing side.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:TheKutKu]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-198-vae-victis.468770/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-198-vae-victis-voting-thread.469570/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 199: Beyond The Horizon - June 17th, 2019 to July 7th, 2019 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the settlement of a frontier region.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Skallagrim]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-199-beyond-the-horizon.469571/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-199-beyond-the-horizon-voting-thread.470750/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 200: The Bicentennial - July 7th, 2019 to July 28th, 2019 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a city, province, nation, or other entity two hundred years after its founding.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:TheKutKu]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-200-the-bicentennial.470751/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-200-the-bicentennial-voting-thread.472111/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 201: Abandon Big Ben - July 28th, 2019 to August 12th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the permanent relocation of a national capital.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:ThePheonixRises]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-201-abandon-big-ben.472112/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-201-abandon-big-ben-voting-thread.472989/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 202: Dust to Dust - August 12th, 2019 to August 26th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the world in the aftermath of an apocalyptic event.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Valdore Javorsky]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-202-dust-to-dust.472990/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-202-dust-to-dust-voting-thread.473936/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 203: Under One Banner - August 26th, 2019 to September 9th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the success of an alternate pan-nationalist movement.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:deleonism]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-203-under-one-banner.473937/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-203-under-one-banner-voting-thread.474847/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 204: Take Me Out/I Miss You - September 9th, 2019 to September 30th, 2019 (Extended by one week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a world where an OTL assassination failed, or an OTL assassination attempt succeeded.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:SpazzReflex]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-204-take-me-out-i-miss-you.474848/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-204-take-me-out-i-miss-you-voting-thread.476028/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 205: You Pan Handle It - September 30th, 2019 to October 14th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an ATL country, province, state, or other region with a noticeable panhandle.​

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Ernak]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-205-you-pan-handle-it.475993/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-205-you-pan-handle-it-voting-thread.476718/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 206: Goodbye Lenin - October 14th, 2019 to October 28th, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting an alternate post-Soviet eastern bloc.​

**Winner:** [[offtopic:KaiserEmu]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-206-goodbye-lenin.476719/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-206-goodbye-lenin-voting-thread.477473/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 207: Come Hell For Hot Water - October 28th, 2019 to November 19th, 2019 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country which has gained control of a valuable port.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Višeslav]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-207-come-hell-for-hot-water.477474/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-207-come-hell-for-hot-water-voting-thread.478664/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 208: The Age Of Miracles Is Over - November 19th, 2019 to December 3rd, 2019//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country which survived longer than it did in OTL, but which now faces destruction.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Kanan]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-208-the-age-of-miracles-is-over.478666/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-208-the-age-of-miracles-is-over-voting-thread.479471/|Voting thread]]**

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**//Map of the Month 7: The Way I See It - December 2nd, 2019 to January 13th, 2020 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make two maps - one showing a country, and the other showing how the inhabitants of that country perceive the world in which they live.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Ernak]] & [[offtopic:TheKutKu]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-7-the-way-i-see-it.479443/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-7-the-way-i-see-it-voting-thread.481731/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 209: Guns Of The North - January 13th, 2020 to January 27th, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a revolt, revolution, or civil war that is in some way reversed from a analogous event that occurred in OTL.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:XTrapnel]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-209-guns-of-the-north.481733/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-209-guns-of-the-north-voting-thread.482515/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 210: Split Down The Middle - January 27th, 2020 to February 10th, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing two separate countries that had previously been united.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:TheKutKu]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-210-split-down-the-middle.482517/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-210-split-down-the-middle-voting-thread.483351/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 211: Last Man Kneeling - February 10th, 2020 to February 24th, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country whose main religion was once widespread, but is now no longer widely practiced outside its borders.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Prince di Corsica]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-211-last-man-kneeling.483353/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-211-last-man-kneeling-voting-thread.484203/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 212: Ententes Discordante - February 24th, 2020 to March 16th, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing multiple competing alliance systems.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:TheKutKu]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-212-ententes-discordante.484204/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-212-ententes-discordante-voting-thread.485472/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 213: Völkerwanderung - March 16th, 2020 to March 30th, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a group or people that has ended up in a very different place than OTL.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Prince di Corsica]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-213-völkerwanderung.485473/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-213-völkerwanderung-voting-thread.486368/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 214: Happy Little Accident - March 30th, 2020 to April 20th, 2020 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map that includes a border that was drawn unintentionally, based on a misunderstanding, by mistake, or containing an error.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:SpazzReflex]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-214-happy-little-accident.486370/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-214-happy-little-accident-voting-thread.487673/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 215: Upside Down Town - April 20th, 2020 to May 11th, 2020 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a city that has taken a very different path in its history.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Prince di Corsica]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-215-upside-down-town.487674/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-215-upside-down-town-voting-thread.488900/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 216: The Spice Must Flow - May 11th, 2020 to May 26th, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country whose economy depends on a single export.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:TheKutKu]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-216-the-spice-must-flow.488902/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-216-the-spice-must-flow-voting-thread.489778/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 217: Cast Adrift - May 26th, 2020 to June 9th, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a country that has lost the support of its Great Power backer.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Prince di Corsica]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-217-cast-adrift.489779/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-217-cast-adrift-voting-thread.490676/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 218: I'm Not Like Other States - June 8th, 2020 to June 22nd, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a country with a unique form of government.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Kaiphranos]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-218-im-not-like-other-states.490644/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-218-im-not-like-other-states-voting-thread.491462/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 219: The Edge Of The World - June 22nd, 2020 to July 7th, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the furthest outpost of an empire.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Prince di Corsica]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-219-the-edge-of-the-world.491464/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-219-the-edge-of-the-world-voting-thread.492311/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 220: Army With A Nation - July 7th, 2020 to July 21st, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a state that seems to exist only to support military conquest, like OTL Prussia or Sparta.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Jajax]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-220-army-with-a-nation.492312/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-220-army-with-a-nation-voting-thread.493175/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 221: Stretch Goals - July 21st, 2020 to August 3rd, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing territories which a country wishes to acquire.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Prince di Corsica]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-221-stretch-goals.493137/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-221-stretch-goals-voting-thread.493983/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 222: The Vast Expanse - August 3rd, 2020 to August 17th, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map of a country that is sparsely populated or has a low population density.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Flashman]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-222-the-vast-expanse.493984/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-222-the-vast-expanse-voting-thread.494816/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 223: The Black Sheep - August 17th, 2020 to August 31st, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a state, province, or other subnational entity that has substantial political or cultural differences from the rest of the country it is part of.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Jajax]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-223-the-black-sheep.494817/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-223-the-black-sheep-voting-thread.495676/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 224: Rock The Casbah - August 31st, 2020 to September 21st, 2020 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a form of entertainment or recreation in a majority-Muslim country.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Reagent]] & [[offtopic:TheKutKu]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-224-rock-the-casbah.495677/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-224-rock-the-casbah-voting-thread.496834/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 225: Under The Whiplash - September 21st, 2020 to October 12th, 2020 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country that has just undergone a sudden change in its governing ideology.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Prince di Corsica]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-225-under-the-whiplash.496837/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-225-under-the-whiplash-voting-thread.498004/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 226: Translatio Imperii - October 12th, 2020 to November 1st, 2020 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country that has just undergone a sudden change in its governing ideology.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:rexnerdorum]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-226-translatio-imperii.498005/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-226-translatio-imperii-voting-thread.499099/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 227: Here Be Dragons - November 1st, 2020 to November 23rd, 2020 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing areas of a world that are unknown, unexplored, or depicted with inaccuracies.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Jajax]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-227-here-be-dragons.499100/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-227-here-be-dragons-voting-thread.500301/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 228: City On A Downhill - November 23rd, 2020 to December 7th, 2020//**

**Challenge:** Make a map featuring a city that is on the decline or has fallen on hard times.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Jajax]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-228-city-on-a-downhill.500302/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-228-city-on-a-downhill.500302/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 229: Punk It Up! - December 7th, 2020 to December 28th, 2020 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map from a “punkified” world featuring exaggerated technological or cultural aspects.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Prince di Corsica]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-229-punk-it-up.501062/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-229-punk-it-up-voting-thread.502297/|Voting thread]]**

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**//Map of the Month 8: The World Turned Upside Down - December 28th, 2020 to February 1st, 2021 (Extended by a week)//**

**Challenge:** Make a map that is oriented in some way other than with north at the top.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Prince di Corsica]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-8-the-world-turned-upside-down.502298/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-8-the-world-turned-upside-down-voting-thread.504447/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 230: Musical Thrones - February 1st, 2021 to February 15th, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map that shows an OTL dynasty ruling a country they did not rule in our history.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Jajax]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-230-musical-thrones.504448/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-230-musical-thrones-voting-thread.505313/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 231: Bought With Blood And Steel - February 15th, 2021 to March 1st, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country that has recently achieved the status of a great power through victory in a major conflict.

**Winner:** [[offtopic:Jajax]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-231-bought-with-blood-and-steel.505314/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-231-bought-with-blood-and-steel-voting-thread.506096/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 232: On A Pale Horse - March 1st, 2021 to March 16th, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country that has recently achieved the status of a great power through victory in a major conflict.

**Winner:** TheReformer

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-232-on-a-pale-horse.506097/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-232-on-a-pale-horse-voting-thread.506826/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 233: Mare Nostrum - March 16th, 2021 to March 30th, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a country that has recently achieved the status of a great power through victory in a major conflict.

**Winner:** Xibalba

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-233-mare-nostrum.506827/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-233-mare-nostrum-voting-thread.508018/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 234: Everything Old Is New Again - April 6, 2021 to April 26 ,2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an alternate Renaissance or any resurgence of interest in an ancient culture.


**Winner:** Prince di Corsica

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-234-everything-old-is-new-again.508020/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-234-everything-old-is-new-again-voting-thread.509305/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 235: This Is Our Land - April 27, 2021 to May 17 ,2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a native population which has survived contact with an invading force and become a nation.


**Winner:** Prince di Corsica

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-235-this-is-our-land.509307/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-235-this-is-our-land-voting-thread.510498/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 236: Never Gonna Give You Up - May 18, 2021 to June 7 ,2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map featuring a prehistoric or protohistoric setting.


**Winner:** Prince di Corsica

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-236-the-map-before-time.510499/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-236-the-map-before-time-voting-thread.511730/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 237: Never Gonna Give You Up - June 8, 2021 to June 28,2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting the last remaining colony of what was once a much larger colonial empire.


**Winner:** CourageousLife

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-237-never-gonna-give-you-up.511731/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-237-never-gonna-give-you-up-voting-thread.512816/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 238: Caveat Emptor - June 29, 2021 to July 12,2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting the last remaining colony of what was once a much larger colonial empire.


**Winner:** Reagent

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-238-caveat-emptor.512817/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-238-caveat-emptor-voting-thread.513522/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 239: Never Gonna Give You Up - July 13, 2021 to July 26,2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting the last remaining colony of what was once a much larger colonial empire.


**Winner:** Njordr

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-239-a-house-divided.513523/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-239-a-house-divided-voting-thread.514235/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 240: A Dialect With an Army - July 27, 2021 to August 9, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map from a world where an OTL dialect is regarded as its own separate language.


**Winner:** Prince di Corsica

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-240-a-dialect-with-an-army-voting-thread.514988/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-240-a-dialect-with-an-army-voting-thread.514988/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 241: Scum And Villainy - August 10, 2021 to August 23, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing either a criminal organization, or the extent of a criminal activity such as smuggling or piracy.


**Winner:** RedBeret

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-241-scum-and-villainy.514990/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-241-scum-and-villainy-voting-thread.515794/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 242: In The Footsteps Of Xenophon - August 24, 2021 to September 6, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an alternate city - either one that was never built in our world, or a different version of an existing city.


**Winner:** JoeyB2198 (NeonHydroxide)

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-242-in-the-footsteps-of-xenophon.515795/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-242-in-the-footsteps-of-xenophon-voting-thread.516606/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 243: Joined At The Hip - September 7, 2021 to September 27, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing an alternate city - either one that was never built in our world, or a different version of an existing city.


**Winner:** The Humble Barn Owl (NeonHydroxide)

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-243-the-city-that-never-was.516607/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-243-the-city-that-never-was-voting-thread.517741/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 244: Joined At The Hip - September 28, 2021 to October 11, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map featuring two countries that have been co-equal allies for a century or more.


**Winner:** Reagent

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-244-joined-at-the-hip.517742/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-244-joined-at-the-hip-voting-thread.518519/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 245: Sic Semper Tyrannis - October 12, 2021 to November 1, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the fall of an authoritarian leader.


**Winner:** NeonHydroxide

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-245-sic-semper-tyrannis.518520/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-245-sic-semper-tyrannis-voting-thread.519712/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 246: The Beacons Are Lit - November 2, 2021 to November 15, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a long-range communications system.


**Winner:** NeonHydroxide

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-246-the-beacons-are-lit.519713/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-246-the-beacons-are-lit-voting-thread.520431/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 247: A Crown From The Gutter - November 16, 2021 to December 6, 2021//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the establishment of a new dynasty or royal house.


**Winner:** Prince di Corsica

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-247-a-crown-from-the-gutter.520432/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-247-a-crown-from-the-gutter-voting-thread.521435/|Voting thread]]**

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**//Map of the Month 9: At A Fork In The Road
 - December 7, 2021 to January 10, 2022//**

**Challenge:** Make two maps showing different outcomes resulting from a single event (such as a battle or an election.)


**Winner:** NeonHydroxide

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-9-at-a-fork-in-the-road.521436/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-month-9-at-a-fork-in-the-road-voting-thread.522980/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 248: Neither Holy, Nor Roman, Nor An Empire - January 11, 2022 to January 25, 2022//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a political entity that no longer lives up to its name, or whose official designation does not reflect reality.

**Winner:** NeonHydroxide

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-248-neither-holy-nor-roman-nor-an-empire.522981/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-248-neither-holy-nor-roman-nor-an-empire-voting-thread.523544/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 249: The Early Bird - January 25, 2022 to February 22, 2022//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the effects of a technology being invented or widely adopted earlier than in our world.

**Winner:** Prince di Corsica

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-249-the-early-bird.523545/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-249-the-early-bird-voting-thread.524424/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 250: A World Made For Two - February 22, 2022 to March 7, 2022//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing the effects of a marriage or love affair.

**Winner:** NeonHydroxide //(uncontested)//

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-250-a-world-made-for-two.524425/|Entries thread]]**

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**//MotF 251: On Old Foundations//**

**Challenge:** Make a map which is a cover of or exists in the same timeline of a previous MOTF winner.

**Winner:** HeX and Ernacius (tie)

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-251-on-old-foundations.525335/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-251-on-old-foundations-voting-thread.526141/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 252: Definitely Not the Territory//**

**Challenge:** Make a horrible educational map.

**Winner:** NeonHydroxide

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-252-definitely-not-the-territory.526142/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-252-definitely-not-the-territory-voting-thread.526778/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 253: Tail Wagging the Dog II//**

**Challenge:** Make a map showing a previously subordinate country that has overshadowed its former dominant power.

**Winner:** NeonHydroxide

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-253-tail-wagging-the-dog-ii.526780/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-253-tail-wagging-the-dog-ii-voting-thread.527562/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 254: The Sayings of the Elders//**

**Challenge:** Depict an endangered language.

**Winner:** TheKutKu

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-254-the-sayings-of-the-elders.527470/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-254-the-sayings-of-the-elders-voting-thread.528143/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 255: Our Fathers' Fathers Say Things Were Better Then//**

**Challenge:** Make a map depicting an attempted or successful socio-economic or socio-cultural political backlash.

**Winner:** NeonHydroxide

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-255-our-fathers-fathers-say-things-were-better-then.528144/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-255-our-fathers-fathers-say-things-were-better-then-voting-thread.528700/|Voting thread]]**

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**//MotF 256: Sources? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Sources!//**

**Challenge:** Depict an ahistorical theory that has gained mass acceptance.

**Winner:** Prince di Corsica

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-256-sources-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-sources.528702/|Entries thread]]**
**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/motf-256-sources-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-sources-voting-thread.529390/|Voting thread]]**

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