ok, i entered in the full moon rising contest and no one e-mailed me saying my work was accepted nor was deniend entre. i posted it yesterday. how long do i have to wait.

I've just checked the contest entries, and I don't see an entry by akura_. I've no idea what's happened, would you mind resubmitting your entry? Thanks, Kev.

Akura, that automatic message you get after submitting is misleading. I've entered many challenges and contests, and never once got any e-mail message confirming my entry. (Though I did get an IM once, from the nice folk who ran the Ultimate Fire contest.) Most of the time, you don't hear anything. It's a good idea to upload your entry early (as you did), so you can check to see if it appears. If you don't see it on the contest page within a couple of days, just re-submit it. Upload glitches are very common, unfortunately.