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The results are finally in. Thank you all who participated and for your patience, here are the results;

First Place
'Lone Wolf' by ~LyricalSpeed - [link]

1st place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~critique and journal feature by ~AlahraNadal
~critique and journal feature by ~ShadowOutcast13
~1 poem request from ~WolfangDarkwood
~Journal feature from *Magic-fan
~1 poem request from =vampireknightfan
~3 poems or 1 poem and 1 prose from ~Braenuun


Second Place
'The First Day of July' by =frederickh - [link]

2nd place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~1 poem request from ~WolfangDarkwood
~Journal feature from *Magic-fan
~1 poem request from =vampireknightfan
~2 poems or 1 prose from ~Braenuun


Third Place
'I Did' by ~lorain617 - [link]

3rd place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~1 poem request from ~WolfangDarkwood
~Journal feature from *Magic-fan
~1 poem request from =vampireknightfan
~1 poem or short prose from ~Braenuun


Honorable Mention
'Sunshine Dancer' by ~Neglected-Pencil - [link]

Honorable mentions prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~1 poem request from ~WolfangDarkwood
~Journal feature from *Magic-fan
~1 poem request from =vampireknightfan

Thank you all for participating. We hope to see more wonderful work like this in the future ^_^


Good Luck in the future

Hello Everyone! Welcome to TheSoulAsylum! For more on this club you can visit these links: [link] for Joining Guidelines [link] for Submission Guidelines [link] for Members List [link] for General Information

Important Update
Sorry for the delay! We have been terribly busy. Anyway! The contest is over! We are excited to get to reading and judging all of the entries and wish everyone who entered good luck! Thanks for participating!

We will have the results for you as soon as we can.


~~~Contest Details~~~
The literature club, ~TheSoulAsylum, is hosting another contest for any writer on DA by its founders, ~ShadowOutcast13 and ~AlahraNadal.

As before there we are offering two prompts for you to choose from;


The first prompt was created by ~AlahraNadal
Your goal is to write about either;

The best day in your life (excluding marriage and birth)
--------------------or-----------------------
The worst day in your life (excluding death and job loss)

*There is a limit of 1000 words
*Both poetry and prose are accepted


The second prompt was created by ~ShadowOutcast13
The goal in this prompt is to describe summer without using the words;

-Summer
-Hot/Warm
-Sunny/Rainy
-Fun

Be creative in your word choice for this prompt!

*There is a limit of 500 words
*Both poetry and prose are accepted



Rules
Entry must be written for this contest.

Please put a link to either the news article([link]) or this journal in your artists comments.
Submit your entry to us in a note titled Contest Entry.

Quantity will not influence our decision, so do not make word limit of either prompt a goal.
You DO NOT have to be a member of the club to participate.

You may only submit one entry to each prompt. (max of 2 submissions.)

The contest shall close August 9th, all entries must be turned in by then


Judging and Prizes
There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners along with an honorable mention.

1st place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~critique and journal feature by ~AlahraNadal
~critique and journal feature by ~ShadowOutcast13
~1 poem request from ~WolfangDarkwood
~Journal feature from *Magic-fan
~1 poem request from =vampireknightfan
~3 poems or 1 poem and 1 prose from ~Braenuun

2nd place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~1 poem request from ~WolfangDarkwood
~Journal feature from *Magic-fan
~1 poem request from =vampireknightfan
~2 poems or 1 prose from ~Braenuun

3rd place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~1 poem request from ~WolfangDarkwood
~Journal feature from *Magic-fan
~1 poem request from =vampireknightfan
~1 poem or short prose from ~Braenuun

Honorable mentions prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~1 poem request from ~WolfangDarkwood
~Journal feature from *Magic-fan
~1 poem request from =vampireknightfan

***If you would like to donate a prize, please comment on the article([link]) or on this journal to tell what you are willing to offer. Any prize will be accepted and appreciated! Donators can still participate in the contest.

~AlahraNadal and ~ShadowOutcast13 will be the judges and we will not be asking for any volunteers for extra judging.

We do hope you enjoy the contest and wish to see an entry from you all ^^
~~And please help out our contest by stopping by the article and giving it a fav! Article: [link]

Hello Everyone! Welcome to TheSoulAsylum! For more on this club you can visit these links: [link] for Joining Guidelines [link] for Submission Guidelines [link] for Members List [link] for General Information
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How to Win 2 Critiques and 2 Features!!!!!!

Well, we really need to have some more activity around here and some new members. So I, ~AlahraNadal, and my partner, ~ShadowOutcast13, have each decided to offer a detailed critique and feature on any literature work of yours that you like. So, as there are two of us, you will get two critiques and two features. They can be on the same piece or on two different ones. To get these fabulous critiques, all you have to do is submit something to our gallery. The critiques can be on the work you submit but do not have to be. Once we have critiqued you work, we will feature it in our personal journals.
(submitting twice, will not win you 4 critiques.)

**If you are not currently a member, joining will provide the same opportunity to you: we will critique and feature any 2 pieces of your choosing.

All you have to do is submit 1 literature work (or join)! You have until July 1!

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RESULTS TO FIRST CONTEST
First Place
*Silvaz with 'To the Open Ocean' [link]

Second Place
~WolfangDarkwood with 'A Moon's Memory' [link]

Third Place
=julietcaesar with 'Bloodthirsty Blade' [link]

Honorable Mention
*vampireknightfan with 'The Painters Inspiration' [link]

Hello Everyone! Welcome to TheSoulAsylum! For more on this club you can visit these links: [link] for Joining Guidelines [link] for Submission Guidelines [link] for Members List [link] for General Information


The results are finally in. Thank you all who participated and for your patience, now without further ado, here are the results;

First Place
*Silvaz with 'To the Open Ocean' [link]

1st place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~critique and journal feature by ~AlahraNadal
~critique and journal feature by ~ShadowOutcast13
~full color art request from ~envy-neko
~Journal feature from ~19Christine89
~Month journal feature from ~Magic-fan


Second Place
~WolfangDarkwood with 'A Moon's Memory' [link]

2nd place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~full color art request from ~envy-neko
~Journal feature from ~19Christine89
~Month journal feature from ~Magic-fan


Third Place
=julietcaesar with 'Bloodthirsty Blade' [link]

3rd place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~full color art request from ~envy-neko
~Journal feature from ~19Christine89
~Month journal feature from ~Magic-fan


Honorable Mention
*vampireknightfan with 'The Painters Inspiration' [link]

Honorable mentions prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~sketch art request from ~envy-neko
~Journal feature from ~19Christine89
~Month journal feature from ~Magic-fan

Again thank you all for participating and good luck in the future. We had many wonderful pieces in this contest, to narrow it to only four was tough.

Hope to see more work like this in the future.

Hello Everyone! Welcome to TheSoulAsylum! For more on this club you can visit these links: [link] for Joining Guidelines [link] for Submission Guidelines [link] for Members List [link] for General Information


Our literature contest has been closed, we will not be accepting any more submissions for either of the two prompts. We will have the results in a week or two.

Thank you to all those who participated in the contest we hope you enjoyed it ^^


A special thanks again to =K-D-C for allowing us to use one of his many stunning works as inspiration for the second prompt.


As a reminder, this is the prizes for the contest;

There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners along with an honorable mention.

1st place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~critique and journal feature by ~AlahraNadal
~critique and journal feature by ~ShadowOutcast13
~full color art request from ~envy-neko
~Journal feature from ~19Christine89
~Month journal feature from ~Magic-fan

2nd place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~full color art request from ~envy-neko
~Journal feature from ~19Christine89
~Month journal feature from ~Magic-fan

3rd place prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~full color art request from ~envy-neko
~Journal feature from ~19Christine89
~Month journal feature from ~Magic-fan

Honorable mentions prizes:
~Club journal feature
~Journal feature from ~AlahraNadal
~Journal feature from ~ShadowOutcast13
~sketch art request from ~envy-neko
~Journal feature from ~19Christine89
~Month journal feature from ~Magic-fan



Best of luck to all who participated, we won't keep you waiting too long.

~AlahraNadal and ~ShadowOutcast13

Anyone can still join and submit to ~TheSoulAsylum