"Once upon a time.." - results!

[SilverDapples]

Gel penns~! I just can't get over how exciting they are... XD

And Wow Oak! That looks so awesome! As for that OCD... yeah. Same. Here. XD

[Sushidragon]

You guys! So many words @___@ Got through three stories tonight, will be continuing on tomorrow!

And I hope that doesn't sound like complaining, I'm truly honored that you're all having fun playing around in my world <3 I'm looking forward to reading more!

[Seren]

*coughs* XD I think me and Dapples and amazon/oak are responsible for the two largest amount of words?

It was fun! I wish I'd had more time to devote to it instead of homework, finals, and AP tests. >_>

[SilverDapples]

heh...heh...heh.... sorry Sushi! If I had more inspiration and writing time I would totally... have made it longer... err.... lets shoot for better... XD

[Sushidragon]

Two more stories to read, should get them done tonight! Then for the difficult task of judging o_o;

[SilverDapples]

I suppose that means that there are lots of good stories? XD Take your time Sushi!

[Sushidragon]

First, I'd like to thank everyone so much for all your entries I always love reading everyone's interpretations of the Samanayr world and seeing the lovely and creative images you all come up with. Thank you for coming to play in the Samanayrs' world!

You guys also write and draw a lot XD Sorry it took me so long to get through all the entries, but there was a lot to read! And then when I was done going through the entries.. I had to judge them! Agh! That was much more difficult than reading everything XD

I did it eventually though, and here's the results!

First place - Pristine with "From Whence the Rains Came"
This touching tale of gods, mortals, and how the world came to be was accompanied by a gorgeous image. Please let me know which prizes you'd like from the prize pool!

First runner-up - oakleafwolf and amazondreamer with "Sa'Krien"
This tale follows the creation of the Sa'kriens and how they made their way into the wide world, accompanied by a series of images rendered in such a way that I think goes quite well with the story.

Second runner-up - Janalee with "The First Hotspring"
A world origin myth in which two Mysteries are responsible for making the world the way it is.. and the consequences of their actions. The image is very unique - cut out of fabric and sewn!

Congrats to all of our winners All of your stories and images will be featured on the new Encyclopedia Samanayrica, a sister site that will hold the bulk of the info and creative stuff for Samanayrs. And actually, I'd like to add the stories of all entrants to the site as well There were some themes that were entered more than once (world creation, etc), so they'll be listed as regional myths, or myths as told by a particular species, rather than general to all Samanayrs. ..if that makes sense XD;

And what about those other prizes? Here they are

The randomly-selected winners of the pets are:

Origami_Dragon


Seren


Zephyr


silvermoondragon


amazondreamer

And the participation tradeable items:

ShayBaby - Silver bark
Origami_Dragon - Rainbow Lam feather
LvSoulFriend - Rainbow Lam feather
tbiris - Tandil berries
Seren - Rosa berries
SilverDapples - Gleamstone
Zephyr - Silver bark
silvermoondragon - Brown Lam feather
Pristine - Sweetscent
oakleafwolf - Gleamstone
amazondreamer - Brown Lam feather
Janalee - Sunsnap flower

I'll be adding the items to everyone's inventories shortly Thanks again for participating!

Just a few more days until June, I wonder what will be happening then? Hmm..

[Seren]

Congrats to all! :3

I can't wait to see these! XD I enjoyed this, it'd be fun to do something like this again!

I can't wait for June! Also, awwwww I got the little golden husky construct! Now, do I keep him, or trade him...

[oakleafwolf]

Awesome! I can't wait to read everyone's entries!

Thanks Sushi! <3 <3 <3!

[amazondreamer]

Huzzah! There were so many entries, everyone should be super proud of themselves. I can't wait to see all the stories together on the new Encyclopedia.

Congratulations to all the winners, and all the participants. This was an amazing contest, thank you so much for running it Sushi. It's a pleasure and an honor to get to play in your world

[Pristine]

Wheeeeeee!

I had so much fun with this contest, I'm very glad I placed at all! I actually wasn't sure about the story so much but it nagged at me 'til I ran with it... I guess that's a good thing! Thank you so much for the awesome event, I hope there will be more like this in the future I'm also very much looking forward to peeking at all of the entries on the new site. I hope Janalee will show off her quilt-image, it sounds fantastic!

Big congratulations to the other winners, too; I really love all of the Mage Constructs Delicious did, they're adorable!

I've been eyeing the prizes for some time and now I've had such a hard time making up my mind... I think I'd really like Bound of the Diminutive Hound (his floppy ears and tongue make me giggle) and the Breeding Token. I think I also get to choose a modiem? If so, I'd really like a Rarity Modiem! Thank you!

For the curious, here is the image I entered (the story's a bit long to be posting but I gave permission for Sushi to put it on the site):

[Seren]

That picture is beautiful Pristine! :3 and congrats! Bound is rather hilarious seeming XD I can't wait to see what baby your breeding token will yield!

[oakleafwolf]

Oh, fabulous! I will absolutely take Bark! I've had my eye on him since the contest was posted!

Such a pretty image, Pristine! Very fun contest... so much plotting and figuring! Thanks for running it, Sushi, I love doing little bits of world building! And those little mage constructs are really neat, congrats to those winners as well!

Also, the story amazon and I did was sorta... long.... but if you were curious, It's available here.

[amazondreamer]

Wow that is just gorgeous Pristine :O This has been an opportunity to to stretch our creative muscles, and I hope to see more contests along theses lines ^_^

I will take the custom token please!

[Sushidragon]

There, all items have been added and the Sams have been updated Just need those pets named and they'll be added to your inventories too!

Hoping to get the stories and pictures up on the site in the next day or two

[RikkuGirl]

WOW! Congrats you guys! Def. deserve those prizes! ^___^

[Janalee]

Eee! *dances* I was kind of afraid I'd taken the 'any medium' clause a bit too seriously...especially since I can't really sew. XP I did have a good deal of fun trying to some up with something more stylized though. Here it is, for anyone who wanted to see it a bit early:

*hugs Slink and Tilt* Thanks so much Sushi and Delicious, and congrats to the other winners as well! I love the artwork for "From Whence the Rains Came" and "Sa'Krien;" I can't wait till I have a bit more time to read through the stories themselves. And I can't wait to see all of the other entries as well; so many of these stories sounded like true epics. ^_^

[Seren]

What a beautiful piece of work Janalee!!! <3 I can't sew. O.o

Are the stories/pictures up yet?

[Pristine]

It doesn't look like it. I know Sushi's playing around with a new format so it might take her a little while to get 'em up there. I suspect they'll be going here:
http://samanayrs.net/info/art-and-writing/

I've been peeking in every day, too XD

[Seren]

So have I! That's why I was asking. XD I'm more curious to read, now that I've seen (some) of the pictures!

[Origami_Dragon]

Congrats guys! From what I've seen so far there were some amazing entries! Makes my little 2.5 page story seem tiny. But Spectrum insists that's all the longer the story is. I won't post the story here, not unless it doesn't make it to the website, but here's the image.

Had to illustrate Spectrum's favorite part of the story. She loves this story, but not so much making the light pictures for it since up until this, the turning point, everything is pretty much black and white. And it pains her color loving soul to have to leave out the colors she so adores (and er...personifies?).

Ooh, and I have a puppy! Will have to figure out what to call her. Thank you!

[Sushidragon]

Sorry guys, I've been working on getting through the do stuff for me board and I'm just starting to get the stories up now XD Pristine's is up!

http://samanayrs.net/info/world-informa ... ains-came/

[oakleafwolf]

Oh, Pristine... that was lovely! Artfully crafted; Bravo!

[Pristine]

Thank you, oak

I'm glad I got a chance to read your story yesterday, too. I really loved the style of the whole "book", with the parchment-pages and sketching that looks like it was done right on them. I really like how you explain the Sa'krien's ferociousness through the story... I would have just assumed they were just meanie-heads. I think I will look at them all in a new light, now!

And Janalee, I'd been meaning to post since I saw it, your image is lovely! I especially love the braids with the wrappings/nettings on them; it really gives the Sam silhouettes some character. Looking forward to reading your story, I don't know very much about Mysteries at all but I'm looking forward to seeing some characterized

And Ori, Spectrum is one of my favorite Sams, so I'm eager to see what story she wanted you to tell. I can relate to feeling constrained with a tiny palette; everything seems so much more life-like when it's in vivid color!

[Seren]

Pristine, that was a beautiful story! Reminds me of alot of good 'how came to be' myths, yet you made it original and your own! You deserved your placing!

Now I'm eager to read oak's story XD