I've have been a bad, bad, bad admin, please forgive me! I was steamrolled by life--I shall not ever be this late again! I deeply apologize to everyone, particularly the contestants, anyway, without further a do here's our WINNERS! Congrats everyone and good job! All of our entries were fantastic. :)

:star: FIRST PLACE :star:
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:star: SECOND PLACE :star:
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:star: THIRD PLACE :star:
Visit to the Shrine by Kasla


Points will be showing up momentarily :) As well, please check out our current contest for June/July 'Star', thank you!
I apologize for my lateness!! I should have had this all done yesterday...anyway! On to our next contest! It's a simple probably well used prompt but I can't help but think of summer time when I think of stars--there's no other time I watch them more than during those warm summer nights in the backyard. So here's to those I suppose! Good luck!

Also please don't forget to vote on our previous contest here. And if you do nothing else PLEASE READ THIS JOURNAL. Thank you!

Prompt: Star

Contest Ends: July 31st Midnight (US Central Time)
Voting Begins: August 1st
Voting Ends: August 7th

Rules
:bulletred: Any type of artwork is accepted!
:bulletred: Any level of skill is accepted!
:bulletred: WRITING is accepted!
:bulletred: Entries must fill the prompt in some way, shape, or form!
:bulletred: Entries must contain Sango as a main focus!
:bulletred: Entries must be submitted before the end of the contest!

~PRIZES~
:bulletyellow: First Place: 200 points!
:bulletblue: Second Place: 100 points!
:bulletgreen: Third Place: 50 points!

If we have less than three entries, then all participants will get a consolatory 15 points. :) Because we love each and every entry! As well, if there are ties for a certain place, the tied participants will receive full points for their placement.

All points will be provided by me. :)
(Please be sure to check out the voting and current contest journals!)

So this is just your admins checking in on you wonderful group members! We have some basic questions for you all that we'd like answers to.

Contest
:bulletblack: How do you feel about these bimonthly contests? Are they too long? Too short? Too much?
:bulletblack: Should there be a break between contests?  
:bulletblack: Should contests be biyearly (spanning six months)?
:bulletblack: What about the prompts? Would you like to get to choose the prompts? Should there be some sort of prompt submission process?
:bulletblack: Are the prizes good enough?

General Group Stuff
:bulletblack: Is this group interesting/active enough?
:bulletblack: Do you have any suggestions for increasing activity?
:bulletblack: Do you have any suggestions period for anything pertaining to the group?

Some of this is kind of vague and I apologize for that--but, essentially, the comments for this journal is an open floor for all you group members to get your opinions heard. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns this is the time to say them! Of course, if you'd rather do so privately, admin inboxes are open to you!
A big thank you to our participants! You guys are what make these contests :) I'm so glad to see the numbers grow. Now the voting begins! It will run for one week, from now to June 7th, and you can leave your vote as a comment on this journal. EVERYONE in the group should leave a vote--even the participants! Thank you and good luck!

Voting Closes: June 7th Midnight (US Central Time)!

Here's some quick links to the submissions :)

:thumb535893757: Visit to the Shrine by Kasla Rain on my window by katewind :thumb529563842:
May is coming to a close and so is our contest! You have five-ish days until May 31st Midnight (US Central Time) to get out and finish any entries you may have been sitting on! Be sure to check out our current entries in the mean time so you're ready for the vote as well! Voting will run from July 1st to July 7th.

A big thank you to the participants so far and huge good luck to everyone! :D

Current entries can be found below. ^_^

:thumb529563842: Rain on my window by katewind

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