Contest
Make new friends
But keep the old
One is silver
And the other is gold.

The holidays are a time for friends and family to gather and celebrate the bonds that brought and keep them together. Spanning religion, race and creed, the true meaning of the holidays is companionship.

Description/Rules
Create a holiday-themed scene consisting of at least one of *MadPrinceFeanor's original characters and/or one of *Rya-kun's original characters and/or one of your original characters engaging in some holiday festivities!

Holidays are not limited to calendar holidays, if you want to draw Fauchevont and Atropa partaking of an equinox esbat, be my guest! Think outside the box and use your imagination! (Most importantly, have fun!)

All forms of art are accepted, including (but not limited to) drawings, paintings, photography, writing, photomanipulation, and anything else you can think of. The only stipulation is that it must be a finished piece, no rough sketches or works in progress will be accepted.

All submitted artwork must be new pieces, not something already submitted to your gallery.

No limit to the number of entries!

A fire burns bright
It warms your heart
We've been friends
Right from the very start.

Contest will end December 31st, 2009 (New Year's Eve). Entries will be judged on the first of the new year. Judging will be done by and . There will be three categories: art containing *MadPrinceFeanor's characters, art containing *Rya-kun's characters, and art containing both. So if you submit the aforementioned example of Fauchevont and Atropa, your art would be judged in all three categories (and thus have more chances to win stuff!) If a piece wins first place in one category, it will not be eligible to place first in another.

Grand Prize
Digitally-colored single-character drawing from *Rya-kun and accompanying short-story from *MadPrinceFeanor; three-month subscription.
(Examples: [link] [link])

First Runner-up
Pencil sketch from *Rya-kun and accompanying poem from *MadPrinceFeanor; one-month subscription.
(Examples: [link] [link]

Second Runner-up
Chibi sketch from *Rya-kun and accompanying haiku from *MadPrinceFeanor
(Examples: [link] [link])

A circle is round
It has no end
That's how long
I want to be your friend.

Character Lists
These lists may be changed and added to throughout the contest, so keep an eye on them! Most of these characters have references throughout *MadPrinceFeanor's and *Rya-kun's galleries (be sure to check the lovely gifts section of *MadPrinceFeanor's journal for references as well!) And of course, feel free to note either *MadPrinceFeanor or *Rya-kun with any questions or concerns at any time.