"well, i'm outta the contest. i think. i thought they sent me an email that said they didn't like my stuff. maybe i was dreaming...?" Hey bloodsong....I got a better one at least..here is the @mail message - "Thank you for participating and all the effort you put in for your entries. It was a very difficult decision to make for the judges to short list down to three to see who should be the choice winner. However, we have decided to give away some last minute prizes to the last six short listed entries. Congratulation! :) as one of your entry has made it to the 5th place. For this, you would receive a copy of WinZip 9 demo. We would keep you posted once the final result are published. We are letting you know early prior to the contest result because we are afraid that some of the contestant may be of old age and may get a heart attack when they expect to win but did not. Please do not disseminate this notification otherwise we might forfeit your WinZip 9 for free copy of WinZip 5 instead. Again, thank you for your fine support to the contest".