Long ago in a land not far from Yesterday, the Little People awoke from their long Winter's nap. They sat up in their tiny beds and could not help but sniff the air.

Spring was coming!!

It was time to waken the ground and make sure all those loose seeds laying around were covered in some dirt. They worked and worked to make their favorite time of year happen right on time and in just the right order.

Some tended the wild fields of the forest, and others the wind-swept valleys and plains below the mountains. There were those by the ponds, and those looking after their human's pots and boxes.

It was still snowing when the Violets, Johnny Jump-ups, Pansies and Crocus came up. It always was, but it made no matter. It was Spring and everything was going to burst open like...a flower glad to see the sun and feel it's warmth!

You are allowed up to three entries only.

This contest will run up till midnight March 30th.

So now you can show us what is like in the day of the "Spring Flower Fairies" as they ready the land for their gift to us!

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Ahhhhhh, Spring! And the Rites of Spring!!

Let's Dance to welcome it in and maybe it will get here a little sooner!

Your Challenge this month:

Use one, two or more Humanoid characters. They can be dancing, or watching someone else dance. Any time, or land...any kind of dance there is. Just Dance!

EXAMPLES: Maybe they're dancing around a maypole, through and in the streets: in a disco, or a ballroom, around a fire, or in some romantic moonlit glen. Just Dance!

You may enter up to 3 (three) images for this month's Challenge.

Our "Just Dance" CHALLENGE ENDS on FRIDAY, MAY 31st, 2019.

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Welcome one and all to a brand new month Kythorn: The Time of Flowers. The real fun though is that there is once more a new contest ramping up to tease and challenge each of thee within these hallowed walls.

It is all about one of my favorite things, that I use to relax and enjoy in those quiet moments.

Yes, books. Read books, buy books, organize books, create books with your cover art (for those of you that were hoping for the choice to depict life on a planet to win), smell books ... well, maybe not the last one, at least not in public.

However, there is one rule, and that is, there must be a book in the image.

So standard rules. Three images only, not posted in any other contest, and original.

This shall run until midnight EDT June 29th

Have fun

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Flamerule ~ When Cats Rule the World ~ July 2019 Contest

So, what would be the logical extension of this? Why, Cats engaged in Human activities of 'Cat Power' of course!

Cats in politics - imagine them protesting with their little signs "TUNA FOR ALL!" "Outlaw De-clawing!"

Cats in gangs. I do like that one.

Cats in Theater - The Diva, Leading Man, movie posters. Phantom of the Cat Opera.

Kung-Fu cats. Martial Cat-fights.

Cat Artists: Salvador Doily paints masterpieces with his beautiful bushy tail.

So the usual rules apply. New and original work. Up to three entries. Have fun.

This will run until the 31st of July at midnight.

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Everyone knows the nurse of the Attic. But is she the only one? Is she the first or the last?

Your challenge this month is to represent a nurse from our beloved Attic home, and we must recognize she (or he) is a nurse by clothing or a sign in the scene, and as much as possible, a sign of FA too.
Your nurse can be human, alien, fairie... species. She (or he) can be in her hospital environment, her room, outside... Tell us her/his story that we know more about her/him!

Your entries must not be entered in ANY contest elsewhere. Images must be new or reworked from an earlier one.
Each participant may enter up to 3 times.

The General Rules of the COTM that apply in each and every month are HERE. Please read those as well.

The concept of the "Challenge of the Month" is that you are given a specific challenge with specific parameters. If you do not read and follow those parameters, you are entering in vain. Images that do not follow the set parameters for that month's contest will not be considered in judging. That's all there is too it.
If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask in the thread for the month.

This Challenge will run from MONTH 1st to Sunday September 30th until midnight US - EST at which time it will be closed for submissions.

So welcome in COTM for September: "The hour of the nurse"!

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Welcome to Elient ~ 12th Annual Magical School Daze ~ High Fantasy ~ Sept 2019

~ Fantasy High ~

"Hogwarts is probably the most well-known 'Fantasy High' there is. Think of the things that go on there. The people and creatures we find there.

So, what will you show us, in your own take of such a school:

it's libraries, it's teachers, students and their studies and past-times?

What of the creatures you may find there? Or those special rooms?"

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Uktar ~ The Rotting ~ The Colors of Fall ~ November 2019 Contest

Good Evening to all....It's time for our November Contest and per out voting Poll, the Colors of Fall is the winner.

Fall is beautiful and one the seasons favored by many......but on the other hand, it's windy, chilly and messy most of the time. So your challenge this month is to show us the NOT so pleasant side of Fall.

And since Pin Ups was a close second in the voting.....You can do a Pin Up with a Fall Scene that meets the criteria of this months challange.

This shall start on the 1st and run until midnight on the 30th.

You are allowed up to three images only and they must be original and not posted in a contest elsewhere.

Enter often and have fun.

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