In The JungleThe dark, mysterious jungle has invoked many tales...tales of dread, tales of woe, tales of mystery, and even tales of self-exploration. What do you think of when the Jungle comes to mind? Tell us in your words!

Your entries do not need to be true stories. They don't even need to be stories! Poetry, prose, even essays are welcome! - - - - - -

Submission Guidelines

• Your story/poem must be based the montly challenge theme: "In The Jungle"

• Tell us your story 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).

• IMPORTANT: 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

Image Submission

• You may use your own image but must supply a matching thumbnail with your entry.

• Before uploading your text: right click on the following images and save to your hard drive.

• Rename the image: thumb.jpg or main.jpg

Thumbnail:

Use this image as your thumbnail image

Full Image:

Use this as your Full Image

Contest Rules:

• Challenge Theme - Enter Contest Theme: "In the Jungle".

• Contest begins April 17, 2009 - and - ends May 05, 2009 at 8:00am Renderosity server time.
  (Entries MUST be timestamped by the contest ending date and time.)

• All members and moderators can enter - except for challenge managers

• No sexual or extreme violence - stories/poems/images must be suitable for all audiences and abide by Renderosity's Terms of Service.

• Only one story/poem [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 story/poem you are agreeing that this is your original work.

• Authors will remain the intellectual property holder of their entries.- - - - - -

Judging / Voting:

• Judging will begin at the close of the contest.
• Voting will take place within this month's challenge page.
• To vote ... click on the story or poem that you like, and vote for your favotie, using the voting button under that specific story or poem.
• Voting is open to all Renderosity members.
• Duplicate or clone votes will be disqualified.
• Voting will begin May 05, and will close on May 10 - NOON - Renderosity time.
• First place winner picks the theme for the next challenge, subject to approval with the challenge manager(s).
• Announcement of winners will be in the Writer's Forum, and within the Challenge page.- - - - - -

Voting Rules

• The winners will be posted the day after the close of voting.
• First place winner will be the one with the most points. Second and Third place accordingly.
• All voting will be Anonymous, as will the posting of the entries.- - - - - -

Artists grant permission to Renderosity for the use of submitted stories/poems/images for an undetermined period of time. This is strictly for posting within the contest archives. The Artist will remain the intellectual property holder.

All Entries are copyrighted, and cannot be copied, reprinted, or linked to, without written permission of the author/artist. 

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/index.php?contest_id=1015

That was fun!

Who won?

oh, my goodness, auntietk, thank you so much for responding to this thread.  I've been totally buried and forgot all about this challenge :(  I'm so sorry!!  I'll get this going right now!!

Jeni

Congratulations to our winners!  I placed all 4 entries in a 1-4th place :)

Again, I apologize for my distraction this month!  Things are winding down, and I'm a LOT more organized :)

Jeni

1st Place Entry #4 by jo_dis on May 4, 2009 6:32 am

2nd Place Entry #1 by beachzz on April 22, 2009 12:10 am

3rd Place Entry #3 by yomah on April 28, 2009 11:18 am

4th Place Entry #2 by Wolfspirit on April 27, 2009 10

Cool!  Can't wait for the next one!  :)

Thanks!

Had grand fun in  the JUNGLE

and really enjoyed the other searching artists who contributed to its poetic moment

Me too.  When's the next one, Jen?  Any topic yet?

I have a plan for a series of challenges to start in the next couple of weeks.  I'm going to use the topics given from the tie-win of the first challenge ;)   

Sounds like fun!  Hopefully this time I'll remember in time to actually submit something!!  :D

If you miss one, there will definitely be others :)