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This contest is dumb. The entries will be dumb. The prizes will be dumb.
I'm sorry.
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The Contest:
1. Write a 250 character (letter, not word) or less speed-story* loosely involving a dragon entirely in LOLspeak**.
And/Or
2. Write a dragon*** LOLspeak haiku. (3 line poem, 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables.)
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The Prizes:
Lolspeak speed-story winner: I will design a dragon based on your lolspeak story, and just your lolspeak story. No additional information is required! (or will be accepted) You will receive a high-rez copy of your loldragon and the dragon will be published as a spot illustration in my next how-to-draw book.
Lolspeak haiku winner: Same deal!
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The Rules:
1. Have fun.
2. Your entry must be either a LOLspeak haiku (follow the syllable rules of the format) or a 250 character (letter, not word) or less story. If your haiku is not a haiku, or your speed story is much too long, your entry will be disqualified.
3. The LOLspeak story or haiku must be your own work.
4. You may enter up to 3 times.
5. All entries must be recieved by Friday June 19th 11:59PM EST. Entries past this time are still welcome, but you will no longer be eligible to win.
6. All entries must be posted to this journal entry (please follow the link. It will take you to the screened official thread in my LJ.) Comments are screened, so only you and I will be able to see your entry(s). After the contest is over I will unscreen all entries so everyone can enjoy. If you do not have a LJ account, simply post your e-mail or DA/FA/SA or other way I can get in contact with you should you win.
7. The dragon I design based on your LOLspeak poem or story will be published as a spot illustration in my next how-to-draw book. By entering this contest, you are acknowledging that you are okay with this. If you do not want me to draw a dragon based on your story and wish to enter anyway, you must specify that you do not wish to win the prize, but only to share your story :-)
8. I will be judging this with a panel of LOLspeak experts who are totally not my Warcraft vent buddies. (only they are.)
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Disclaimer: Since I'm going to be drawing a dragon based on the haiku or story,the dragon design may not turn out exactly how you have in your head if you're trying to win this contest to get a very specific dragon drawn. This contest is mainly for fun, which is why the I'm not asking for art or small novellas. The idea is that you will have as much fun writing your 5 min blurbs as you will if you win and get a dragon, or so I hope :-)
* I can tell you right now that a speed-story that consists entirely of describing your dragon is not a story at all!
**If you're not familiar with lolspeak, the link I provided kind of gives you the gist of it. Now, when I say "entirely" in lolspeak, that basically means mispell as much as possible, but you are not limited to the words contained in the lolspeak dictionary.
***Because Haiku are short and can be very interpretive, you don't have to have your haiku specifically mention a dragon or scales or wings and whatnot if you don't want to. Just know that if your haiku is chosen it will eventually be turned into a dragon.
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Extra Info: Since I'm posting xposting this to a community who may not know what the heck I'm talking about when I say "Oh yeah, the prize is a piece of dragon art it's going in a how to draw book" you may be like "What the heck is this person babbling about?"
I will draw a dragon based on your lolspeak haiku or story if you win. Examples of what my artwork looks like can be viewed in my livejournal.
When I say a how to draw book, I mean something like this, only more better (as I made this one 5 years ago and have improved since then!)
If you have any additional questions, feel free to reply here in the art_dragon community thread (this topic you're reading now) as opposed to the journal entry in my LJ (which has screened comments for entries only. :-))
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