Warm Winter Nights

Like I posted here, Koinup launched the Avatar Art Contest in late October. The contest closed on December 3rd and the results were published on saturday.

I rarely check my feeds during the weekends, but on sunday I decided to check Koinup for any new comments on my stream there and I was surprised by a nice comment of Eves Rodenberg, congratulating me for having won.

“What? Me? One of my pictures? Naaa! She must be confused.”

I clicked the blog link and to my complete amazement one of my photos had been selected. I wasn’t expecting it, due to the absolutely stunning pictures that were submitted (you can see them here) and I still feel I didn’t deserve it.

Anyway thank you so much Bettina for having voted for my pic and congratulations to the wonderful people that are my inspiration to do more and better, both with the works they do and the nice comments they leave on my stream.

As it happens every month, and once this initiative is bringing to light so many talented writers, we are starting a new short stories contest at Owl’s Bay. This time we have as partial sponsor City Lights, the reading club owned by our good friends Fokas and Hopes, so the two “second” places will receive L$ 250 each.

The rules are basically the same as before, but slight changes were made, so please read carefully

1. All residents older than 3 months in SL may present a maximum of 3 works although only one story from each author can be selected.
2. The stories should some how be connected to the theme “Once Upon a time in the Farwest”, once this is the theme for this month’s event.
3. Stories can be submitted in Portuguese and/or English.
4. The stories have to be non-published originals and may not exceed 6100 characters with spaces. A maximum of 6 photos can be added (one being for the front cover). If you decide to present a comics story, the maximum number of pages will be 6, with a maximum of 6 pictures per page and an extra for the cover.

Note: All the photos have to be taken by the author or it/he/she should supply to the organization a written authorization by the photographer. If no photos are delivered, Owl’s Bay Editions will be responsible for the front cover picture.

• All works must be sent until January 11^th, 2009 to owlsbay@gmail.com in .doc and .jpg files.
• The winner chosen by the jury will receive a L$ 1,500 cash prize and the book will be published and set for sale in Owl’s Bay Bookshop and other places that join the initiative.
• The next two best stories will receive a L$250 cash prize and also be published and set for sale under the above terms.
• The winners will be announced on the “Once Upon a Time in the Far West” closing party and the books launched at the same time in a date still to be announced.

For further information please leave your questions here in comments or send an e-mail to owlsbay@gmail.com.

Have fun and may the spirits of our ancestors be with you!