Unframed-Nature's Autumn Contest and Group News

I apologize for the delay... [a bit more on that, at the bottom...]

For now, let's get to the good stuff!



Welcome to Unframed-Nature's AUTUMN CONTEST 2012: "Bold Perspectives on Autumn"

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We had about 160 fabulous Fall entries to this Autumn Contest, to share what each participant felt was a "BOLD Perspective on Autumn" and we were just stunned by these truly awesome entries!

This was a difficult contest for our wonderful judges to take on, as they were judging on both quality within the medium as well as adherence to the theme!  The judges commented to me, with high praise for all the entries, and our Admins., agree! So, well done to ALL participants.

I can't thank our judges enough for the time and effort they put into this...

I hope to be able to acknowledge our hardworking judges more specially, at a later time.

And believe me when I say, our awesome Administrative Team also worked very very hard on this Contest!!
It's not easy, at all...


Without further ado, here are the contest results...

OUR WINNERS


FIRST PLACE with: :thumb332753793:
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SECOND PLACE with:
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THIRD PLACE with:
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The 5 Honourable Mentions

Yes, FIVE... I know there were three places offered for this position in placement,
but there were five works which received the exact number of voting points from the judges, and there was no way,
I was going to take it on myself to choose THREE from the FIVE...
so we will be generous and present the TRUE FIVE and very deserving honourable mentions!

In No Particular Order...

Honourable Mention with:
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Honourable Mention with:
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Honourable Mention with:
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Honourable Mention with:
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Honourable Mention with:
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CONGRATULATIONS to ALL of OUR WINNERS!

PRIZES

The PRIZES are listed within the CONTEST ARTICLE:
Unframed-Nature's BIG Autumn Contest:iconfireworkplz: Welcome to Unframed-Nature's Next BIG Contest :iconfireworkplz:
:iconautumnplz: AUTUMN THEME: "Bold Perspectives on Autumn" :iconautumnplz:
DEFINE
BOLD: Adjective- courageous, confident, and fearless; ready to take risks: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bold
PERSPECTIVE: Noun- 1. Point of view; 3. the appearance of objects to the observer.
Synonyms: viewpoint, position, angle, attitude, ... outlook range, span: http://vocabulary-vocabulary.com/dictionary/perspective.php
BOLD, in meaning and definition, more with how it relates to PERSPECTIVE: Noun- Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief: http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/bold/
BOLD PERSPECTIVE, as far as THIS Contest: A unique and creative viewpoint or view on or about the season of Autumn. Something that really stands out, because the submission is diff
Scroll to the section on PRIZES!
[Note: The HTML of the Contest Article has since been really messed up, somehow, so it appears a bit strange- no time to fix it.]

Thank you SO much to all who Donated all of these amazing prizes in the form of features, art, and points... and the points from the Group, are from so many generous members who have already been featured, or will be soon- and we just cannot thank you enough!!

Please be patient, as some prize givers, may not be able to give their prizes out immediately, if they are not here to immediately receive this Contest News.  They WILL be Noted, as soon as I can, though!

We appreciate ALL who PROMOTED our Contest, as well!
    


Top Twelve

After the above Winners, these next TOP 12 entries received Equal Attention throughout the judging process.  Here they are in No Particular Order...

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The Song of Leaving BirdsOf tired feathers silken touch,
The ancient tale of pilgrimage
When maple leaves turn red and gold
The soaring spirits know no cage
Goodbye to mists and fading fern
To silver threads of gossamer
The rosehips red and bitter sloes
Until the spring comes young and fair
Goodbye to songs in dreamy dusk
And the warm nests of sunny youth
When wings are weak, the will is strong
And stars will guide us to the South
To the far lands where winter winds
Do not have power over Sun,
So we can return in the spring,
Because home... home is only one.:thumb332512242:


These will ALSO be moved to the Featured Folder, along with the Winners!


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Our Group’s NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS!

Our Group will close down mid-December.  
Our FIVE regular December Nature Folders will close a lot earlier than the last day.
In fact, these five folders will close sometime on Dec. 16th.

ONE FOLDER WILL REMAIN OPEN!
We will have a Theme Folder that opens Dec. 1st, with the five regular folders...
but it will stay open, and CLOSE on Jan. 6th- about FIVE WEEKS!
[See Below, for INFO. on the THEME!]

The reason that the group will mostly be closed, except for the Dec. Theme Folder,
is for TWO REASONS:

1. To give the Admins. a much needed and deserved break, and lighten their work considerably.
2. To give the group a chance to "breathe" in general:
I will be away from dA for much of these three weeks, starting on Dec. 17th.
But I will actually be returning during the 3rd week, but JUST FOR THIS GROUP ALONE,
to do some end-of-the year and beginning-of-the year updating of the group, such as: organization, and RE-organization of folders, and to make some changes, modifying some rules, and probably adding a few new folders!

The GOAL is to open the Group again, on Jan. 7th,
and hopefully all Admins., and Members, will take a bit of time to REVIEW the changes!


Admins. will be voting on the December folders this time, and probably choosing from the Theme folder, too.

Thank you for your attention to these very important dates, and issues, for our group!


Our Group’s Upcoming THEMES

December - "Decorated Holiday/Christmas Trees"
This theme is mostly JUST FOR FUN!

Opens: Dec. 1st
Closes: Jan. 6th - About FIVE weeks long!

ONE Entry per Member!
Submit One Image of a decorated Holiday or Christmas Tree!
The tree could be your own, or someone else's, - that doesn't matter.
The tree could be outside or inside, as long as it is decorated for the holidays!
The tree could be real or fake - doesn't matter, either.
We are NOT looking for humans with the trees!
But, it is understandable if we can see a little of the inside of homes, for any inside trees.
Be SURE it is NOT a Close-Up of a single decoration or ornament!
It is preferred that the image show 100% of the tree, but at least 80%!
We want to see a WHOLE DECORATED TREE!


All-Media is welcomed as long as it is able to depict an image of decorated tree...
So, of course photographs are welcomed, but traditional, digital, manipulations, fractals, etc. are ALSO WELCOMED!


PRIZES

Well, the Founder, probably with help from the other Admins., will choose a few of our favourites to feature...

but as far as "placements" with possible

it is not yet decided if we will have "placements" with points.

REMEMBER: This is mostly, really JUST FOR FUN!!

I know it feels like it's not time to talk about this yet:


But we want to let you know what IS coming up!




POINTS-PLZ

To Donate Points to our Group...

The Widget is HERE:

Unframed-Nature's Points Pool:icondonatepointsgreenplz: To HELP the Group Unframed-Nature with Contests, Mini-Contests, & Other Activities, that we'll be having during 2012, as well as to Continue our SUPERGROUP Status...
Please, feel free to Donate HERE: Points for the Group Unframed-Nature.

VERY IMPORTANT: When you Donate, PLEASE write in the DONATION MEMO that your Donation is for:
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This is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, as sometimes points are donated to me for other reasons, but these are considered personal points to me, and I must account for GROUP POINTS, separately from ALL PERSONAL Points.
Your MEMO, takes care of this!
ALL Donors WILL be publicly thanked & recognized.  
20 and above will be thanked with features in certain Group Journals and have these pieces moved to The Group Donors' Folder. Then, mon

Soon after distributing all the points promised to these Contest Winners here, from our group i.e. our group's points pool, we will have ONLY TEN DAYS LEFT UNTIL OUR SUPER GROUP EXPIRES!

    
We SHOULD have just about enough for this, however, we would really love to be able to begin collecting points again for 2013, so that we can bring some more Monthly Themes/ Mini-Contests, with some points as prizes, and host a couple more BIG CONTESTS, with BIGGER points for prizes, among perhaps a few other things here and there.

Please NOTE: Since I'm not always on dA, I may NOT see, or get to your donation right away, so I can't place your name inside the Donors' Folder immediately... but I will do it as soon as I am physically able. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Any and ALL Donations are always HIGHLY appreciated... and you will read on the widget's page, how you will be recognized and rewarded for your kind generosity!






Affiliate Groups’ NEWS & CONTESTS

We LOVE our Affiliates, and we LOVE posting their news and contests, but...  

We will post Affiliate News again, in one of our next Articles, either the Voting Blog for voting on
November's TOP Submissions, [out around Dec. 1st].
or the actual article of The TOP Submissions of November, [out about Dec. 10th].

Thank you for understanding....




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