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An official contest for artists, photographers and writers, with the liberal theme of 'magic'!
From: SilverFire
Created:
2008-05-21 23:10:53
Check out the All things 80's Cartoons Contest!
Hosted by [Lady of Lore]!
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-06-18 21:53:50
Check out the Howl's Moving Castle Contest!
Hosted by [dew_farie]!
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-04-26 15:28:26
Ever envision seeing some gardens around Elftown? How do you envision them? Create your envision. Older pieces also accepted, not entered in any other 'official' contest, past or present.
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-07-21 12:21:27
Check out the Fantasy Amazon Warrior Contest! Yes, Amazons! Ah, but there's a challenging twist! Go see!
Hosted by [Lady of Lore]!
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-07-21 19:16:00
Submissions of art, poetry and text about the creature, phoenix!
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-05-30 06:07:20
An official contest to show the world how good you are with your hands!
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-07-18 06:39:12
Check out the Goth Contest, a fashion photography contest!
Hosted by [Lothuriel]!
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-07-15 00:58:43
Submit your photos of fairies!
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-02-02 04:22:31
Show or tell us what you think is involved with Thanksgiving!
Hosted by Festivals.
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-03-17 01:51:56
Check out the Make A Quote Contest!
Hosted by [dew_farie]!
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-05-30 05:22:53
Find some good looking mages and take pictures of them!
From: Hedda
Created:
2007-09-19 18:37:21
Show or tell us what you think is involved with New Years!
Hosted by Festivals.
From: *Artsie_ladie*
Created:
2008-03-17 01:58:07
Turn off the flash and get some nice photos of troll... Or use the flash and stone them, you evil troll-hater!
From: Hedda
Created:
2007-09-19 18:39:16
Take photos of some real fantasy heroes!
From: Hedda
Created:
2007-09-19 18:41:44
Write a link to Elftown on your home-page and you might get featured here for an entire year.
Last year's winner: [queen oriana]
And then:
[pixie_shimmer] and [Nekko fox]
From: Hedda
Created:
2008-02-03 00:29:02
Find some hard fantasy dwarves with axes and beards and take some pictures. Tell them that you want to use the photos to scare elves!
From: Hedda
Created:
2007-09-19 18:44:40
Show or tell us what you think is involved with St. Patrick's Day!
Hosted by Festivals.
From: Nehirwen
Created:
2008-05-21 20:29:38
From: Sunrose
Created:
2008-01-13 14:41:57
From: Sunrose
Created:
2007-04-02 22:03:48
The never ending contest where Elftown members can make portraits of Council-members to put on the Council Portrait Gallery.
By entering this contest you become one of the Portraitists and earn yourself the Crocodile badge made by [Yncke] *^_^*
Be sure to read the rules!
Are you up for the challenge? ;)
From: Sunrose
Created:
2006-06-10 20:17:15
Please note that we don't have unlimited time to consider applications. Also note that you can have fun applying, even if you don't get the honour of being selected for doing slave-work without getting paid ;-)
From: Hedda
Created:
2005-07-06 23:23:50
Welcome to Elftown, the cosmopolitan community for fantasy lovers.
Please donate money that will be used for new Elftown hardware. Donors get a little bonus-feature!
Elftown will be down for about an hour, some time during Friday (2008-04-04) afternoon (Elftown time). It has to be moved due to yet another power shut-down. If you have added Elftown in your /etc/hosts file, then remove that entry as Elftown will get a new IP!
Also note that http:// elftown.lysato
For normal people who haven't edited their /etc/hosts file or haven't written the old (wrong) link; Everything should work just fine, but it may take some time (30 minutes to 2-4 hours) before your DNS-server has updated Elftown's address to the new one.
Update 2008-04-04 19:15
[Elftron] is now moved! It might take some time before everyone can access it again, but they should be able to access at least tomorrow.
Update 2008-04-04 0:06
A disk broke down on poor [Elftron], but luckily it started to work again now. We can only hope it stays that way. I removed an old broken disk, and that seems to do the trick. It's as if the disk was hurt by a fall inside the computer, and got itself up and running again after some rest and spinning...
Then I had some very strange problems with the network, and they didn't go away until I removed some magic files.
Somehow there still seems to be some sort of problem.
Update 2008-04-04 01:06
I changed the IP-address and now the network seems to be working fine. Elftown will be down for a while when I move it to the computer hall though.
Update 2008-04-04 01:45
Elftown moved to the (new) computer hall. The network seems to be working only every other time I start it, so I'm very uncertain if the network will continue to be up.
Update 2008-04-05 16:04
Elftown's root-disk finally gave up and there was no use to try and use it, even if it works to copy stuff from. So I had to reinstall the system on a new disk. Now it's eventually back in the computer hall, but with less space for backups. By the way: There is still no power where [Elftron] used to be.
Update 2008-04-07
The old address is made to work now, but please still change the links to point to www.elftown.co
Make sure to put 'Competitions' on watch so that you don't miss these new contests:
- ECM Fairy/Fae - 1st May 2008
- Medieval Smileys Contest - 15th of May, 2008
- Elftown Creature Marathon Contest List
P.S. Yes, the previous piece of news - <news:Mass Unbanning in a Week!> - wasn't real, just as the date suggests. The Guards don't mind quiet times, but participation and good comments are always appreciated :)
Date: 2008-04-03 14:14:30 News #: 440 Reporter: Hedda
The council is happy to announce to you the winner Elftown's Means of Transportation contest! The poll was a close call since the beginning but eventually the duckie in its aeropond ended up first!
Make sure to put 'Competitions' on watch so that you don't miss these new contests: - ECM Fairy/Fae - EXTENDED to June 1, 2008
Congratulation
Notifications:
- Medieval Smileys Contest - 15th of May, 2008
- Elftown Creature Marathon Contest List Date: 2008-04-30 19:01:26
News #: 441
Reporter: Jitterbug Perfume
Our previous poll was not up for very long. We apologize to everyone who did not get a chance to vote. We also apologize to the entrants whose entries were the incorrect versions.
A brand spanking new poll has been put up with the correct entries to be fair to everyone who voted before all the fixes were made. Feel free to put the blame on [Jitter] for all the messing up :P (Yes, Jitter added this part herself)
Make sure to put 'Competitions' on watch so that you don't miss these new contests:
- ECM Fairy/Fae - EXTENDED to June 1, 2008
- Medieval Smileys Contest - 15th of May, 2008
- Elftown Creature Marathon Contest List
Date: 2008-05-04 06:46:30 News #: 442 Reporter: Calico Tiger
We’ve got two new contests up and running that cater to a variety of styles – the ECM Phoenix has a text, poetry and art session for you to submit your pictures, poems and information about the mythical creature known as the phoenix.
The Magic Competition is a new contest with a very broad theme – ‘magic’ There are categories for artists, writers and photographers, but we’re trying something a bit new for this contest – there are two different tiers of entry. If you’ve won an official ET contest before then you can enter the veteran contest for that category, if not, then you can enter the ‘newbie’ section.
So whether you be writer, artist or photographer, you’ve no excuse not to enter, so get busy!
Make sure to put 'Competitions' on watch so that you don't miss these new contests:
- ECM Fairy/Fae - EXTENDED to June 1, 2008
- Medieval Smileys Contest (Voting in progress on the wiki-page)
- Elftown Creature Marathon Contest List
Date: 2008-05-26 22:15:33 News #: 443 Reporter: SilverFire
The council is happy to announce to you the winner Elftown's Means of Transportation contest!
Make sure to put 'Competitions' on watch so that you don't miss these new contests: - ECM Phoenix - September 1st, 2008
CongratulationNotifications:
- Magic Competition - July 31st, 2008
- Medieval Smileys Contest (Voting in progress on the wiki-page)
- Elftown Creature Marathon Contest List Date: 2008-06-02 09:04:25
News #: 444
Reporter: Jitterbug Perfume
While Elftown was making backups from the old image-disk that is getting very tired, it brought the entire system down. That's bad, but worse is that there was an error in the backup-scripts so the forum-postings The messages, the wiki-pages themselves and all the images are secure and nothing lost there. The member-databas
On the more positive side: Look at all the new features on Updates 2008-07-04!Date: 2008-07-05 16:15:34
News #: 445
Reporter: Hedda
The Elftown Council and Assembly presents competition for those who usually don't draw or write but like to craft things! Time to show the world how good you're with your hands!
No drawings, writing or random photography will be accepted!
Deadline: October 1st 2008
- ECM Phoenix - 1 September 2008
- Magic Competition - 31 July 2008
- Medieval Smileys Contest (Voting in progress on the wiki-page)
- Elftown Creature Marathon Contest List
Other Stuff
Look at all the new features on Updates 2008-07-04!
[Elftron] decided yet again to go dead. Hopefully it's the broken disk that caused the problem, because in that case the issue is solved as the disk is now totally removed. Otherwise we're in trouble.
Of course the crash occured an hour before backups, so postings, house-updates, wiki-comments and diary-notes for 23 hours are gone again. Those are now backuped every hour, so this shouldn't happen again, and there will be an even better backup-routine as soon as possible.
At least you're having preview buttons on your edit-boxes now, so it's a little easier to catch up...
Date: 2008-07-09 18:13:26 News #: 446 Reporter: Jitter
The Elftown Museum has opened a new wing in the Art Section: the Elftown Museum Temporary Exposition! It is dedicated to the expositions that you, dear Elftowner, can assemble as an Elftown Museum Guest Curator. That's right. This is the opportunity to point your fellow Elftowners to the great works that can be found in Elftown, to assemble the work from different artists around a theme and give those works the exposure you think they deserve!
And while you're visiting the museum, don't forget the Elftown Museum Permanent Exposition, where Elftowners - yes, that's you too! - can put their very best work - art, writing, sculpture, whatever - on display.
- Crafty Fairytales - 1 October 2008
- ECM Phoenix - 1 September 2008
- Magic Competition - 31 July 2008
- Medieval Smileys Contest (Voting in progress on the wiki-page)
- Elftown Creature Marathon Contest List
Other Stuff
Look at all the new features on Updates 2008-07-04!
Date: 2008-07-16 18:05:16 News #: 447 Reporter: Yncke
Elftown crashed yet again this Saturday morning (That is Friday evening for the Americans). 57 minutes of postings (Seems like no one wrote a posting though, at least not a comment) and guestbook-mess After some investigations I think I've solved it. Seem like smartd (smarttools), which is a program that should check the disks and estimate how long they will live, did a long self-test a little before every crash, so I'm 99% sure that it's what's causing the problems. I've removed smarttools now, so we shouldn't get a crash next week. Update: Wikicomments seems to have taken a harder hit for some reason. It failed to back up correctly the last time, but the backup from one hour earlier was OK. I can't imagine why a copying would fail though. Might be that the new backup-disk is a piece of shit. Note: <news:[Elftown Museum Temporary Exposition@wiki]>Date: 2008-07-19 10:53:16
News #: 448
Reporter: Hedda
Wishing for more contests to pop up? Well, here's one...
You ever think about, were Elftown an actual city, what its gardens would be like? That's what we've now set to find out with the Elftown Gardens Competition. Don't be shy, come share your vision! Be it a pond taken over by ducks or a lovely little park with fragrant rose bushes, we want to see what you do when you think of the Elftown gardens.
Although we often prefer new art, the pieces submitted to this competition don't have to be specifically made for it. Older images are welcome, too! (But we won't accept images that have already been entered into an official contest before).
Deadline: September 18, 2008
Don't forget the Elftown Museum Temporary Exposition!
<news:[Elftown Museum Temporary Exposition@wiki]>
Date: 2008-07-21 06:14:53 News #: 449 Reporter: Linderel
to find out more about this picture and the Featured Art!Date: 2008-05-27 13:14:32 Drawing #: 132 Mod: Yuriona
to find out more about this picture and the Featured Art!Date: 2008-06-25 16:14:03 Drawing #: 133 Mod: Kyrinn
It’s so easy, giving up,
Just walk away, just quit it all,
Just to leave when things get tough.
And yet, so much easier it is to follow through,
You want your dream to come true, you want it now.
Why stall?
People tell you ‘you never will’
People say ‘you can’t’
I say ‘trust in yourself’
You never know what dreams you’ll fulfill.
Never give up for another,
Never give up when you’re down
Never stop holding on,
Don’t listen when told ‘you shouldn’t bother’,
It’s only because their dreams have already gone.
Go for your dream,
Don’t give it up,
Don’t be put down,
Sometimes things aren’t as hard as they seem,
Things just might turn around.
Written by [xx-Judith-xx]
How to submit a poem
Date: 2008-07-20 19:07:13 Poem #: 942 Mod: Linderel
I was lost and lonely with no place to turn.
I simply went through this life trying to learn.
I continued on learning, looking for love.
Then one amazing day I looked up above.
I found love in the Lord but not quite enough.
This life with the Lord it became oh so tough.
Then one sweet day I thought I had found that one.
That one with which life became so much sweet fun.
But then not much later my heart was broken.
This heartbreak I felt left my love unspoken.
With all hope down the drain my love still remained.
Love beyond all reason, it wasn’t explained.
And now another asked for my affections.
Reason denied all of my true objections.
But my heart told the truth and made me say no.
My true compassion made this answer hard though.
Then I learned that his love was completely true.
Even knowing this my love still grew for you.
It seemed like forever that I was so sad.
Love taking away choice made it seem so bad.
Then on the best day since that very first night,
What happened between us felt so very right.
Though this love may be wrong in so many ways,
It never left me after all those long days.
Both of those nights will stay with me forever.
For those nights made a love that wouldn’t sever.
Though I stayed with the Lord for all those sad days,
This story about us left me in a haze.
Your will alone kept me from telling the world.
As the sad tale of my love for you unfurled.
Written by [~blue~wolf~]
How to submit a poem
Date: 2008-07-22 23:37:44 Poem #: 943 Mod: Nite_Owl
Denisa, who also responds to the nickname Chrys, is a lovely young woman hailing from Iasi, Romania. 23 years old, she currently studies advertising in university and is deliberating a move to France to continue on this path. Be as it may, she's quite patriotic, passionate about her country and its history. An eagerly participating member of Elftown and quite the engaging personality, you should pay her a visit.
Favourite wiki:
Wikis I always hope to find in the wiki updates box: Official Elftown Mafia Headquarters, Questions for Chrysilla (yes, stolen from [Trennas], mwahahahaha), How awesome is your Elftown house?, and of course all my poems/ texts/ photos/ other wikis, such as We love hamsters! :D And the contests I'm in, of course (at this moment, Portfolio Contest)
To view the full interview with this member go to Featured Member Interviews - Chrysilla
Favourite house:
Favourite houses, in no specifical order: [Skydancer], [padurarul], [Angel In Red], [Trennas], [Saray], [M!], [smakeupfx], [Easterling], [Joakim], [Rain S.], [Acronymous] - some of the best photomanipulat
Critique/comme
Oh, yes, unfortunately, there are critiques. Everyone knows those little (insert-bad-wor
Also, I still haven't figured out how the forums work.
Putting them aside, I really want to thank [Hedda] for Elftown, and to the Council, Patrollers, Guards, artists, writers and hangarounds that keep this place alive and make it awesome ^^
Message to all Elftowners?
"Truth! Justice! Freedom! And a hard-boiled egg!"
Ahem. Just kidding.
"Please don't say you alone cannot change things. Start doing something about it, and people will join on the way, especially if the plan includes torches and pitchforks. Mwahahahahahah
Leave a comment on Featured Member or in the forum to nominate a member:
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You can also leave a comment there if you wish to be opted out of this feature, or you can request for that in a private message to one of the Featured Member Bosses.
The member feature is not to be abused for harassment purposes. Any such instance will be dealt with accordingly.Date: 2008-06-20 21:04:49
Featured member #: 80
Mod: Linderel
The lovely [Thistlewood] is a multi talented mom, wife, and police dispatcher hailing from San Antonio, Texas and is a collector of ghost stories as well as having a great love of Fantasy. She has pretty nice artwork up on her house so pay her a visit!
Favorite Wiki:
I like Sunny Featured Art. [Sunrose] always has something new to look at. I like Mainstreet too.
Favorite House:
I stalk…hmmm I mean visit many Elftown houses. I love the different ways that people see things through the lens of their cameras. So I visit several houses for their photography.
I also like all the different varieties of art on Elftown. I visit several houses that have art done in traditional medias and digital.
Favorite thing about Fantasy:
I love reading fantasy books and looking at art books with fantasy pictures in them. I love the adventures fantasy books can take you on. And I’m a daydreamer so the story doesn’t end with the book. Fantasy pictures have the same effect. Even though I don’t write, I like to make up my own stories to go with the pictures.
What is your message to all Elftowners?
My message to Elftowners is….Be yourself, your true self,not what everyone else wants you to be. Ignore the bad, (people harassing you, or asking for cyber s*x) If you don’t feed their little fantasies, they will go away. Most of all “be good to yourselves!
To view the full interview, take a look at Featured Member Interview - Thistlewood
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Date: 2008-07-13 03:00:22 Featured member #: 81 Mod: Lady of Lore
We've had art gallery wikis, and writing gallery wikis, now here's something a little different: A music gallery wiki! A Touch of Legato, by [Chimes] is a promising page filled with lots of different clips of her singing - and she ain't half bad. So if you're looking for something new to listen to, or bored of the radio; or a music lover in general, then go check this wiki out and have a little listen. And if you like it, then tell her! If you're a singer or a musician yourself, maybe you could give some advice and guidance, and help out a fellow Elftowner.
About the Featured Wiki
Date: 2008-07-13 18:44:21 Featured wiki-page #: 15 Mod: SilverFire
Continuing our foray into the less common types of galleries here on Elftown, this week we bring you Plush, by [Anvikit] where you can find displayed a collection of wonderful plushies made by this user (and even buy some, if you have the money). From soft kitty-cat keychains and huggable bunnies to man-eating Cthulhu reindeer, there's quite a selection to be found here; and they're all wonderfully made and beautifully designed - they're plushies with a really distinct style. So you should all go there right now to tell [Anvikit] how wonderful her work is!
About the Featured Wiki
Date: 2008-07-20 23:00:21 Featured wiki-page #: 16 Mod: SilverFire
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