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User:hpicontest (1414029)
the harry potter icontest
for ALL things HP-related
Name:hpicontest
Location:New York, United States
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[info]hpicontest is a weekly Harry Potter icon competition. If you are interested in either entering icons OR voting then please be sure to read the following.

NAVIGATION:
ABOUT // our challenges
SCHEDULE // our timeline
SUBMIT // how to submit
VOTING // how to vote
PERKS // rewards for entering challenges
SIDE NOTE // our policies
AFFILIATES // affiliated icontests
FEEDBACK // tell us what you think


about.

Each week, you'll have two to three challenges. When we have two challenges, you can submit up to three icons per challenge. When we have three challenges, you can submit up to two icons per challenges. Thus, each week you can submit a maximum total of six icons.

The challenges usually fall under the following three categories:
  • PICTORIAL: these range from HP movie screencaps to book art to photos of the actors at premieres. You may ONLY use the pictures provided for these challenges.
  • TEXTUAL: these range from HP book quotes to song lyrics to quotes from other sources. You must use at least THREE CONSECUTIVE WORDS in your icon(s) for these challenges.
  • THEMATIC: these range from HP character-centric icons to different icon styles. These are 'anything goes' challenges, so the rules are specific to it every week.


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schedule.

we operate on Eastern Standard/Daylight Time (EST/EDT)

Our challenges span from Sunday to Sunday. The official schedule is as follows:

Sunday (noon) challenge begins
Sunday (noon) previous challenge ends, voting for previous challenge begins.
Monday (noon) voting ends & winners announced.

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submit.

So you've decided to enter in one or more of the challenges? Excellent! Before you do, please note the following:
  • Icons must conform to LJ's icon restrictions - ie., be no larger than 100x100 px and 40kb or less.
  • Your submissions must not be displayed anywhere else until after the results have been posted</b>. To do otherwise will instantly disqualify your submission(S).
  • Please try to submit all of the icons you want to submit in one comment.


Submit your icons as comments to the challenge post, using the submission format provided in the text box in the challenge post. You will need both the img src and URL form, like this:

IMG:
URL: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/Jawy/icons/46d2a2fa.png

NOTE: YOUR ICONS WILL BE HOTLINKED FOR THE VOTING POLLS. If hotlinking bothers you that much, then I'm sorry to say this isn't the icontest for you. But there is a solution! You can create an account on Photobucket. If you want your submissions to be completely anonymous, then check out Imageshack. If your icon is on a different server, that's fine; but if that server doesn't allow hotlinking, your icons will not be posted for voting.

ALSO: PLEASE ALERT [info]_covergirl_ IF YOU'VE CHANGED THE LINKS TO YOUR ICONS. We need everyone who submits to KEEP THOSE LINKS ACTIVE until the voting is done, banners are made AND the IMOTM challenge has been voted on, which will take a month.

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voting.

Even if you don't decide to enter the challenges, please vote! When voting, enter your choices in the text areas of the polls and pay attention to the number of icons you are allowed to vote for. Votes are weighted, so vote in order of preference. All votes are unscreened in comments to the voting post once winners are announced. Remember, You may not vote for your own work!

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perks.


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side note.

This icontest is not 'elite.' Therefore, icons made by fledgling makers are treated as equally as those of experienced and celebrated makers. We strive to make everything as fair as possible here, and we only ask that you do the same.

Please do not make derogatory comments about someone else's work - that is why challenge submissions are not viewable to the general public. Constructive criticism, however, is ALWAYS welcome. Some people have started adding little comments about icons to the voting posts, and those are always encouraging.

If you want to use an icon for your personal use, please ask the person that made the icon for permission first - not everyone wants their entries shared.

We haven't had any trouble so far, but we will ban people if we must. So let's keep this open and friendly, shall we?

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affiliates.

[info]bw_stillness
[info]dan_icontest
[info]draco_chorus
[info]dramione_chorus
[info]fan_icontest
[info]fashionlims
[info]glitterati_x
[info]gof_stills
[info]goodhpicons
[info]harry_icontest
[info]hg__chorus
[info]hp_awards
[info]hp_hush
[info]hp_icontenders
[info]hp_immobulus
[info]hp_stillness
[info]immobulus_elite
[info]malfoy_icontest
order_stills
[info]rickman_stills
[info]rupert_icontest
[info]snape_stillness
[info]trio_stillness
[info]watson_icontest
[info]watson_lims
[info]wizard_icontest


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feedback.

If you'd like to suggest a challenge, ask a question, or make a comment about ANYTHING (we're always here to help!), leave a comment H E R E


credits.

Userinfo banner by: [info]fuesch
Original layout by: [info]emmahyphenjane @ disparue.org
Layout header by: [info]uncommonthing
Layout background pattern by: the inspiration gallery

Moderated by: [info]_covergirl_ with help from: [info]sparrowlove + [info]vol4itca + [info]wickedvengeance
updated: 13 January, 2008

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Interests:10: 100 x 100, challenge, graphics, harry potter, hpicontest, icons, icontest, icontests, paint shop pro, photoshop
Maintainers:6: _covergirl_, shesaysplease, sightofland, sparrowlove, vol4itca, wickedvengeance
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