I do not see anything in those rules which indicate how many winners there will be. Were the rules edited at some point in time? Spike, you indicate that none of the mods involved built the rules, yet that is not what I was told when I complained about the unclear copyright trap waiting to ensnare somebody reading the software box and not looking at his feet. Here is the link to that thread: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=748153 Contests are good. Members like them because they give a chance to show off. Sponsors like them because they get to advertise. Sites like them because galleries and winner's circles are magnets for visitors. But this present situation isn't a good situation. As long as the wording of the rules is vague, people are going to suffer misunderstandings and hurt-feelings, if not outright anger. You do not have to take my advice, in fact, I'd recommend seeing an intellectual copyright lawyer. He or she will perhaps suggest something like moving the clause stating that "the artist retains all copyright" to the front of the paragraph. Follow that with a sentence stating that the winning artists grant to Renderosity the right to display the winning entries in an onsite gallery and to feature the work in the official Renderosity magazine [note: this seems to be the intended use?] for a period not to exceed one year from the closing date of the contest. This type of sentence shows the quid pro quo of a contract (the artist gets a prize and the website gets nice-looking advertising material); it limits the use to 2 or 3 reasonable purposes (not cat-pan liners, beach towels, or sweat-shirt designs); and a year is a reasonable amount of time (many if not most artists look at last year's work... and wince). If you talk with the other admins and determine what sort of usages you really need and then talk with a lawyer... you can probably come up with a clear way of saying who gives what to whom. It might take 2-3 sentences (lawyers being lawyers), but nothing is worth grief and confusion if a half-hour consultation can avoid it. Carolly