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| The Avar Press Xen Cryptogram Competition REWARD Be the first to solve the Xen cryptogram! The current reward is $2500, through November 30, 2012. After that this opportunity is set to expire. Open to the international community. No entry fee and nothing to buy. Announced December 1, 2007. Official Rules: alfatdeheabhelewcahblealcandesmothysifbrycabularrcarphebaribevilabyld mologbalcehenbeleefsybsaampodehaccokuppeeirrabencameallegyogavel obatboedulphraccalaperarifraufinthawetecjobchoupmadsirchabttoapiefafty boishychaptdepluhcenieblamcyipeecdiclapcundedowmis 1. The contest winner shall be determined by the first correct solution to the challenge cryptogram shown above. 2. The encrypted message is contained in the novel Xen, on page 156 of the first printing and page 177 of the second printing of the Complete and Unexpurgated Edition. While the cryptogram is copyrighted by D. J. Solomon, the text of the puzzle and hints are also available on the Xen website, www.xenbook.com, and may be copied and used in any fashion desired so long as appropriate attribution is provided to the author. 3. As noted, the encrypted message is a continuous text cipher, without boundaries between words, like the Kryptos sculpture ciphers at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virgina as well as E. A. Poe's (? W. B. Tyler’s) first cryptogram solved by Terence Whalen in 1992. The maximum prize of $2500 is equivalent to the Poe cryptographic challenge solved in 2000 by Gil Broza of Toronto. 4. The Competition is open to the international community. 5. No purchase is necessary and there is no entry fee. 6. The Competition is open from December 1, 2007-November 30, 2012. 7. Cash awards, in US dollars, are as follows, based on when the solution is received:
$750 from December 7, 2007 - December 31, 2007 $1000 from January 1, 2008 - May 31, 2008 $1250 from June 1, 2008 - November 30, 2008 $1500 from December 1, 2008 - May 31, 2009 $2000 from June 1, 2009 - November 30, 2009 $2500 thereafter, through November 30, 2012, all local Eastern time 8. The answer as well as the maximum cash prize have been deposited with legal counsel. Click here for verification. 9. Avar Press will be solely responsible for determining the contest winner, in conjunction with legal counsel. 10. In order to get credit and the cash award, both of the following must be provided:
A method by which the plaintext has been derived 11. Proposed solutions shall be submitted by fax to 910-640-2470. 12. In the event that two or more correct solutions are received, the Competition winner shall be based on the first entry received by fax. The order and the date and time of entry will be based on the receipt of a correct solution by fax. 13. Submission of an entry constitutes the contestant's agreement and permission to publication of that entry in any fashion that Avar Press chooses, without further compensation to the winner. The winner is responsible for all taxes on prize money to the extent allowed by his/her local jurisdiction. This contest is void where prohibited. |
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