Olorimë's Christmas Contest

[mariamaria]

I organized this little Christmas contest. The winner of First prize gets a piece of artwork (a pastel drawing) of a scene or character in their story. The second and third place will get a Poser rendering of their story.

The list of the nominated stories and the links to them are here: olorime001.livejournal.com/115771.html

There are a few lizards among the authors whose stories have been nominated, and we are in dire need of votes to break some of the ties we have (most stories are tied for second place with 3 and 2 votes each). Oh, and there is a little surprise that I will announce once the voting has ended (this weekend).

I hope you help out and participate. It's my way to give back to the fandon community and to reward the efforts of the fanfiction writers that gift us with such wonderful stories.

You can vote here: www.surveymonkey.com/s/R5NT8DH

[randy]

Hear ye, hear ye -- there are some excellent stories in that contest. The more votes, the better the results will be. I urge everyone to go take a look.

[erulisse]

Lots of great stories in that list. I read the list, and I voted. Hope it was helpful and I can't wait to find out who won.

- Erulisse (one L)

[mariamaria]

The polls for the contest I set up for Christmas are closing tomorrow and I am in dire need of some more votes to break some ties and of course, to see if other stories would surprise us and take the lead at the last minute.

Here is the link to the list of stories nominated

olorime001.livejournal.com/115771.html

Many thanks to all of you who have participated and voted. I hope this grows and maybe then I'll get other artists for different media to participate. It is a way that allows me to be a part of the community and reward the authors that gift all of us with many hours of reading joy.

I will post the results tomorrow.

[russandol]

Hi! Didn't realise it was you!

I have voted (not for my own, as much as I would love your picture). Many favourite stories are there, but I have discovered a couple of new ones, now added to my "to read" list. Thank you!

[mariamaria]

A Boy and his Lob by IgnobleBard	33.3% (1)	0.0% (0)	66.7% (2)	3
A Dangerous Hunger by IgnobleBard	0.0% (0)	100.0% (2)	0.0% (0)	2
As the Night the Day by Jael	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0
Caruvanyes Alassenen by Darth Fingon	0.0% (0)	100.0% (1)	0.0% (0)	1
Cuil Eden by Esteliel	33.3% (1)	66.7% (2)	0.0% (0)	3
Cophetua by Jael	50.0% (1	50.0% (1)	0.0% (0)	2
Dream a Bitter Style by Darth Fingon	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (1)	1
Elegy for Númenor by Elfscribe	33.3% (1)	33.3% (1)	33.3% (1)	3
Flame of the Desert by Pandemonium_213	50.0% (1)	0.0% (0)	50.0% (1)	2
Goldilocks and the Three Balrogs by Clodia	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (1)	1
Hearts like the Sea by IgnobleBard	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (1)	1
King of Shadowed Halls by Jael	0.0%	0.0%	100.0% (1)	1
King Stag by Jael	50.0% (2)	50.0% (2)	0.0% (0)	4
Livinlävidä by Russandol	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0
Mereth Aderthad by Oshun	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (1)	1
Maitimo and Findekáno by Oshun	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (2)	2
Mountain Guards by Malicean	100.0% (1)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	1
Not Fade Away by Jael

[/color][/td] [td]42.9% (3)[/td] [td]28.6% (2)[/td] [td]28.6% (2)[/td] [td]7[/color][/td][/tr][/b]
[tr][td]One Last Wish by Dawn Felagund[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Tales of a Dark Continent by Morthoron[/td] [td]100.0% (1)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]1[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]The Coimas War by Russandol[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]The Elendilmir by Pandemonium_213[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]100.0% (1)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]1[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]The Last Temptation of Legolas Thranduilion by Jael[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]66.7% (2)[/td] [td]33.3% (1)[/td] [td]3 [/td] [/tr]
[tr][td]The Song of Sunset Arch by JDav [/td][td]100.0% (2)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]2[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]The Winter Fell and Silent by Jael[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wanderlust by Clodia[/td] [td]100.0% (2)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td][td] 0.0% (0)[/td] [td]2[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wayward Sons by Jael[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0.0% (0)[/td] [td]0[/td][/tr][/table]

The winner for first place is [info]jael_beruthiel with her excellent AU fiction Not Fade Away. She also took the second place with King Stag and tied in third place with [info]ignoblebard and his hilarious fiction A Boy and his Lob [info]esteliel with Cuil Eden and elfscribe with Elegy for Númenor. First place will receive a pastel drawing on the 25th of December of a scene of her choosing (easier that way) or a character. The second and third place will receive their Poser Renderings by January 6th (the day of the Kings). To make it easier and to be fair, I have awarded the places to those with the most number of votes regardless of what category they fell into, and you'll see why that makes sense:

Now, here is the little surprise I had in store for all the stories nominated: In essence, this contest is a contract between you, the people that nominated the stories and the authors of the stories, and me, the pretentious artist , to produce artwork for all of them throughout the year (I will try my best to produce original works for all of them, although not all of them will be great as I am merely a hobbyist, but all will receive Poser Renderings). The rewarded stories having their artwork produced by the dates previously established and of course, the little banner saying "Winner of Olorimë's Little Christmas contest." and bragging rights.

Will I be doing the same next year? Yeah, probably but I will probably put a limit to the stories nominated by author (3) and the number of nominations per person (3). Also, the number of nominations will be fixed (30), so the first 30 stories nominated will enter the contest. This numbers will change given that I get more artists to volunteer their efforts throughout the year.
Congratulations to those that won and thank you all of you that participated!!!

I will be sending email notifications and the banners and LJ gif icons to the winners and the rest of the authors nominated by end of business today (so... it could be tomorrow morning.. LOL!).

Original LJ entry found olorime001.livejournal.com/116837.html

[mariamaria]

Here are the photos of the artwork for the winning story of my Little Christmas contest.

The winning story was Jael's Not Fade Away and the author named the artwork "Santa and his head Elf"





The picture was made with soft pastels, hard pastels and vine charcoal on Canson Mi Teintes pastel paper. It measures 19 x 25 in.

Merry Christmas to you all!

[elfscribe]

Nice artwork Olorime! And I was completely unaware of this competition. Checked it out and discovered Elegy had been nominated (thank you, whoever did that). I've been quite out of things this month.

Anyway, a merry Christmas to all who celebrate it. Happy winter solstice and a joyful Mettarë!

[jael]

Beautiful! Simply beautiful!

[mariamaria]

I am so sorry that it took two weeks longer than I promised to deliver the artwork for the winners of the Second and Third place, but here are the promised Poser renderings:


KingStag by TenaciousGirl, on Flickr

King Stag (Second Place)
Thranduil's Majestic Dream

Thranduil and his conversation with the Black Stag in the middle of the Greenwood Forest.


ElegyforNumemor2 by TenaciousGirl, on Flickr

Elegy for Númenor (Third Place)
Annatar's Daydreams

Annatar daydreams of Dragons.


ABoyandhisLobBest by TenaciousGirl, on Flickr

A Boy and His Lob (Third Place)
You have a nice....

Legolas enjoys the view while his pet spider makes doilies.


CuilEden2 by TenaciousGirl, on Flickr

Cuil Eden (Third Place)
An Afternoon of Fun

Haldir chases Gilrion through Lothlórien.


The winners can PM me with their email addresses to get the original JPEGs. Contact me with any requests you may have. I hope you all enjoy the artwork and more artists/hobbyists join me to make of this a success.

Thank you for participating!

Olorimë

Original post at community.livejournal.com/lilxmascontest/2764.html