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Renderosity Magazine's Issue 8
Bonus Online Content Writer's Contest!

A Winter's Tale

Two Contests In One
Best Short Story and Best Poem

Winners Announced A special thank you to everyone who entered the contest We appreciate your continued support of the Magazine! And a special thanks to dialyn for her help with the contest :]

Short Story	Poetry
First Place #9 - nate01 Story will be featured in Issue 8's magazine	First Place #24 Wanda Burns Poem will be featured in Issue 8's magazine
Second Place #7 locomouse Story will be featured in Issue 8's Bonus Online Content	Second Place #23 Claymor Poem will be featured in Issue 8's Bonus Online Content
"Marry Your Muse" autographed book - Random Drawing Winner - #27 OritH

Prizes:

First Place Best Short Story: Story will be featured in Renderosity Magazine's Online Bonus Content section! First Place Best Poem: Poem will be featured in Renderosity Magazine's Online Bonus Content section! Both First Place Winners: will receive a copy of Renderosity Magazine [Issue 8] - due to be published mid-December. Bonus Prize: "Marry Your Muse: making a lasting commitment to your creativity" by Jan Phillips [autographed by author]. Bonus Prize Selection: After the Poetry and Short Story winners have been chosen, the remaining entries will be placed in a random drawing. One entry will be selected at random and awarded the Bonus Prize.

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All entrants agree, by entering this contest, to allow Renderosity to use their entries for promoting Renderosity Magazine: online, in print, on CD, or in any other medium used to promote the magazine. Also, by submitting your entry into this contest, you are granting Renderosity the right to retain your entry in its archive and to display the the entry within this community to promote Renderosity or future contests held as a part, or extension of this community. Renderosity does not seek ownership of any of the entries! Full copyrights remain with the individuals submitting their entries into this contest.

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Submission Guidelines

Tell us your tale in 1000 words or less. Ignore the 5 line limit on the box when you upload - that limit is only for "image contests" Double space between paragraphs. Type directly in the upload box or copy/paste from Notepad (or similar editing program). Copy/Pasting from complex word processing programs, such as MS Word, can change certain characters. If you use MS Word: Copy/Paste from Word into Notepad, then Copy/Paste into the contest upload box. Do not insert html formating

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Image Submission

Before uploading your text: right click on the following appropriate images and save to your hard drive. Rename the image: thumb.jpg or main.jpg When you upload your text - upload the appropriate images (either Poem or Story).

Short Story Thumbnail: Use this image as your thumbnail image when uploading your Short Story text.	Poem Thumbnail Image: Use this image as your thumbnail image when uploading your Poetry text.
Short Story Full Image: Use this image as your full image when uploading your Short Story text.	Poem Full Image: Use this image as your full image when uploading your Poetry text.

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Contest Rules:

Contest Theme - A Winter's Tale: Only one entry per member - Enter a short story or poem depicting a Winter Tale: Both fiction and nonfiction works accepted
Contest begins Sept 15th - and - Ends Oct 11th, 2003 at Noon Renderosity Server Time. (Entries MUST be timestamped by the contest ending date/time.) Winners announced: Oct 19th, 2003 in the Magazine Team Forum All members and moderators can enter: with the exception of those members listed as judges or current Magazine Staff, and Admins. Very Important : your "tales" must be new works , not previously posted online, in your gallery, or anywhere else publicly. Entries must not appear online anywhere during the contest or until the Contest Winners have been posted. By entering into the contest, "Poetry and Short Story Winners" agree to not publish their stories until 90 days after the publication of Issue 8. No sexual or extreme violence - "tales" must be suitable for all audiences and abide by Renderosity's Terms of Service. Only one "tale" [either poem or short story] per member allowed (this includes member clones - that is, even if you have multiple accounts, only one entry per PERSON). By uploading your "tale" you are agreeing that this is your original work. (Contest winners will be required to sign a statement verifying this.) Authors will remain the intellectual property holder of their entries. Judges' decision is final. The Renderosity Magazine Bonus Online Writer's Contest is sponsored by The Renderosity Magazine!