Hey - the first contest is now in the hands of the judges! Whew! For a new forum, there was a very nice number of entries. Hopefully we'll have the results by 21 October. My e-mail was down for a few days, so I just sent everything off. If there's a delay in the results, you can thank my cable company! There were some excellent stories submitted, and it's going to be a tough contest! Now I get to take it easy for a few days before worrying about another contest! ;-) Thanks again to everyone who entered. There's real talent out there. Boingy! Boingy! Crescent is doing the happy dance!

Good luck to all who entered. Looking forward to reading all the pieces.

Yes good luck to all who entered sitting on pins and needles till judging is over LOL.Don't expect to win but was a challenge to try and write for the first time thanks for giving us this opertunity.

Due to several technical difficulties - my e-mail being down for several days, the Rendie server blowing a gasket, etc., the winners will be announced 28 October. Sorry about this. Hopefully we're getting all the possible glitches in the first contest so all the rest of them will go smoothly. Thanks for being patient! These stories are worth the wait!

On behalf of the Magazine Team, I would like to extend a special thank you to everyone who entered the "Magazine Contest". All the entries were excellent! Also, a special thanks to Crescent for coming up with the idea and hosting the contest. The Magazine Staff appreciates your participation; best of luck to everyone! deemarie Renderosity Magazine Managing Editor

I promise the Magazine Writing Contest Winner will be announced on the 28th. Please accept my sincere apologies for the first delay. The downfalls of working with computers. Thank you for your concerns and I hope your fingernail-problem will be resolved shortly ;] deemarie

Lee Press-On nails will help in the meantime. ;-)

Good thinking Crescent :) If you can't find Lee's you can always borrow Nancy's ;]

I assume we're all trying to be patient, but my calendar says October 28 and I can't find the results. Am I looking in the wrong place?

Heynow it is only 15:00 hours Rosity Time! Do not panic until the Rosity Clock hits 24:00 ;]

Okay, deep breath....

Watching as mysteri turns a Lovely shade of blue ;]

...ahhhhhhh In.... Out... :)

Whew I was about to call Cyber-911 or the Book OF Records People to let them know they had a new Entry for the "longest anyone had held their breath" ;]

The winning names will be up in just over 1 hour. I have to get home and compare entries to entrants. The judging was so blind that even I don't know who won! ;-) Thanks for everyone's patience. We did say 28 Oct., we didn't say when on 28 Oct. Cheers! (And just what shade is mysteri right now, anyway?) ;-)

I posted the winner, but the honorable mentions need to be sorted out. (There's confusion on story titles. I'm desperately waiting for the sorting of the runners-up.) Thanks for your patience!

Well, the magazine staff decided they'd had their fun and the results have been posted. Thanks again to everyone who entered! There's a lot of talent on this site, that's for sure!