Prose

First Place

Robin Weaver

Second Place

Gurami

Third Place

jstro

1st runner-up

Bonzodog

2nd runner-up

David Alan Jones

3rd runner-up

Leila Eadie

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Poetry

First Place

Sal and Sharon Buttaci

Second Place

Daworth

Third Place

j.j di Salvo

1st runner-up

Curtis O. Fletcher

2nd Runner-up

Reddragyn8269

3rd Runner-up

Luminia

1st random Drawing

Rance Wells

Second Random Drawing

Robert C. Greene, Ph.D.

3RD Random Drawing

Mike Allen

Prizes

First Place Short Story	First Place Poetry
Contest Short Story Published in the November/December Issue of The RIM	Contest Poem Published in the November/December Issue of The RIM
Writer's Desk Calendar by Bylines value $13.95	Writer's Desk Calendar by Bylines value $13.95
Gift Certificate to Amazon.com value $15.00	Gift Certificate to Amazon.com value $15.00
The RIM Magazine Year's Subscription Value $25	The RIM Magazine Year's Subscription Value $25
Second Place Short Story	Second Place Poetry
Contest Short Story Published on the RIM Website	Contest Poem Published on the RIM Website
The Writer's Block by Jason Rekulak value $9.95	The Writer's Block by Jason Rekulak value $9.95
Gift Certificate Amazon.com value $10	Gift Certificate Amazon.com value $10
The RIM Magazine Year's Subscription Value $25	The RIM Magazine Year's Subscription Value $25
Third Place Short Story	Third Place Poetry
Contest Short Story Published on the RIM website	Contest Poem Published on the RIM Website
Grants for the Serious Writer; 3rd Edition Provided by Funds for Writers value $8.95	Grants for the Serious Writer; 3rd Edition Provided by Funds for Writers value $8.95
The RIM Digital Magazine Nov./Dec. 2004 Issue [upon publication] value $5	The RIM Digital Magazine Nov./Dec. 2004 Issue [upon publication] value $5
Runner-up Short Stories [3 awarded]	Runner-up Poetry [3 awarded]
The RIM (digital magazine) Nov/Dect 2004 Issue [upon publication] value $5	The RIM (digital magazine) Nov/Dec 2004 Issue [upon publication] value $5
Just by entering the writer's contest, you will get a chance to win one of three great random drawing prizes. First Random Drawing Prize Second Random Drawing Prize Third Random Drawing Prize Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing Leslie Edgerton; Paperback. Value $16.99 Workshop in November of 2004: How to Self-Edit Without Driving Yourself Crazy. Speaker: Bestselling Author and Teacher Connie Flynn. Value $15.00. Workshop in December of 2004: Writing with sensual detail. How to flavor your prose with emotion. Speaker: Award-winning Author Melody Thomas and Historical Author Blythe Gifford value $15.00. Online Workshops are being provided by Earthly Charms - Promotion for Writers which offers writers bookmark/ad design, postcards, magnets, pens, author labels and more. Writing Workshops. Special offers through their ezine. For more information on their personalized service contact them at earthlycharms@aol.com or visit
Please note: Prizes require name, nickname for subscriptions, and email address. Some prizes require a mailing address from the successful contestant.

Submission Guidelines

• Your prose or poetry work must be based on the theme Chivalry Lives--however you choose to interpret that.
• Tell us your tale in 1,000 words or less.
• Double space between paragraphs.
• Send as a *.doc or *.txt attachment. Do not attach anything but the story.
• You must include the following information on your attached document:
  1. Your real name.
  2. Your Renderosity nickname (if you have oneit is not necessary to be a Renderosity member to participate in this contest).
  3. Your email address.
• Winners will need to provide us with a mailing address.
• Do not insert html formatting.
• Email your entry to: editor@renderositymagazine.com

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  Contest Rules:

• Contest Theme: Chivalry Lives! Only one entry per author. Enter a short prose piece (fiction or nonfiction) or poem which illustrates the theme.
• Contest begins Friday, October 1, 2004, ends Sunday, October 24, 2004 at Noon Renderosity Server Time. (Entries MUST be timestamped by this date/time).
• Winners will be announced November 1, 2004 in the Magazine Interact Forum and on The Renderosity Interactive Magazine.
• Who may not enter: members listed as judges or current Magazine Staff, and Administrators. You do not have to be a member of Renderosity or a RIM subscriber to enter.
• Very Important: your story/poem must be a new work, 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, the poetry and short story winners agree to not publish their stories until 90 days after the publication of the Nov/Dec issue of The RIM [due to be published mid-September].
• No sexual or extreme violence. Stories/poems must be suitable for all audiences.
• Only one entry per author is allowed (even if you have multiple email accounts, only one entry per person).
• By uploading your prose or poetry, you are declaring that this is your original work. (Contest winners will be required to sign a statement verifying this.)
• By entering the contest you are giving The Renderosity Interactive Magazine permission to publish your short story or poem if you should be declared one of the contest winners [with the exception of the Random Drawings].
• Authors will remain the intellectual property holder of their entries.
• The decision of the judges is final.
• The RIM Writer's Contest is sponsored by The Renderosity Interactive Magazine [The RIM].

Very Important

• To enter this contest you must submit your entry via email: editor@renderositymagazine.com
  [see above under rules/guidelines].
• Submitting your entry via email will enable the writers of the non-winning entries to retain their non-published status of their story/poem.
• Please DO NOT submit your entry to the upload area!
• Entries will ONLY be accepted by email submission.