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May 30th, 2007 : 2nd Annual Inspiring Creativity Contest

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Well, sorta annual. The last one was in November/December 2005. But I’ve decided to bring it back and start doing it annually. *big smile*

I believe that developing creativity and imagination can help in so many ways with day-to-day life as well as with life as a whole. When it comes to my own creating (drawing, writing, etc.), having a schedule or a deadline helps especially if made fun. Likewise, I created this contest.

This year’s theme is fairy tales. It can relate in any way you please but it needs to tie back in some visible way, shape, or form.

Interested?

Sections:

• poems
• stories
• art
• photography
• blends
• colorizations
• cg art
• vectors
• designs
• (everything but articles and tutorials)

Language entries are welcomed. Image lanuage entries will be judged/grouped together with the English entries for that section as the image itself is what is being judged. Written language entries will have their own sections.

Out of all English entries and all Image language entries, Skye chooses the finalists.
For written language entries, the language staff for said language will decide finalists.

A section needs at least 5 finalists to continue onto judging.

Depending on the number of finalists per section determines the numbers of winners.
If there are at least 5 finalists, there will be one winner.
If there are at least 10 finalists, there will be two winners.
If there are at least 20 finalists, there will be three winners.

Normal submission rules apply: English | Croatian | French | Swedish | Portuguese. Edit: June 8: And Polish!

No link back is required but, if you wish to link to the contest, please link to this update:

Entries can be something you’ve already made if it relates to the theme, but nothing already on the site.

Timeline

• May 30th - Contest begins, Entries open.
• (Edited 7/13) August 5 - Entries closed. all dates moved back
• August 8 - Finalists announced. Judging begins.
• August 19 - Judging ends.
• August 22 - Winners announced.

Prizes

• Participants - Your imagination and creativity are sparked. And you have fun!
• Finalists - Your entries are posted on the site.
• Winners
  1. You are plugged* for 2 months in SF’s updates, which are archived forever (or as long as I use Wordpress)
  2. You are plugged* for 1 months in SF’s updates, which are archived forever (or as long as I use Wordpress)
  3. You are plugged* for 2 weeks in SF’s updates, which are archived forever (or as long as I use Wordpress)

Judging:

• I will nominate up to 10 volunteer judges. Each judge will rate each entry on a scale of one to ten. Each entry’s total will be added and then divided by the number of judges who ranked it (averaged). This score will be the Judge’s Score.
• I will rank each entry on a scale of one to ten. This score will be Skye’s Score.
• The Judge’s Score will be multiplied by three. Skye’s Score will be left as-is. The two will be added together to form the Final Score. Thus, the judges will form 75% of the vote and Skye will form 25% of the vote. The Final Score will be out of 40 points.
• Depending on the number of finalists, the top 1-3 entrees per section will win.

Judges***: This is not the total list. More will be added as they are recruited.
Aelyn, Walker, Rilla, al-Kahinat

Submit your Entries through the submission forms. Mention the contest in the comments section to have your submission entered. English | Croatian | French | Swedish | Portuguese. Edit: June 8: And Polish!

* If you have an appropriate** website, the website will be plugged. If you do not have a website or if it is not appropriate, your user profile will be plugged, thereby plugging all of your work on SF.
** Appropriate - Kid friendly. Determined by Skye.
*** Judges are allowed to enter. However, they cannot rate their own entry/ies. Because of the averaged score, this will even out. They will be allowed to rate other entries in categories they enter but if any oddity in scores occurs, their votes will be discounted. I will only appoint a judge if I trust them.

If you have any questions, feel free to comment with them below. They will be answered as a comment response and then referenced in this post.

Questions & Answers

How many entries can each person submit?

As many as they want! You can enter as many entries as you want in as many sections as you want. Each entry will go through the process separately. Entering multiple entries ups your chances of winning. Each person can only win once per section. You can win in multiple sections but, for example, you can’t get both first and second place in a section.

How do you determine whether a submission is kid-friendly? Are there any restrictions?

It is mainly a case-by-case basis. I have no way of knowing how old my visitors are and I want to make sure it is ok for anyone to view. Think of a young child you know (reading age to pre-teen). Would you want them seeing/reading it? If it is an image, it is a pretty much all or nothing thing. If it is written and the problems are minor, it can be edited.

Can I submit the same thing in multiple languages?

For images, no. For written works, yes. An image submission is the same from language to language with only the artist’s comments being different. Written submissions, however, would vary. A Croatian reader might visit the site and be more comfortable reading in their native language than in English. So, as long as you translated it yourself, I would consider them different submissions. By that same token, if you have works up on the site already in one language and want to submit the same thing translated into a different language for the contest, you can.