The New York Times, how cool is that?  Click here to see the article (opens in a new tab or window).  They don’t mention our site by name, but we do get a link, so that’s fine withe me.  Beggars can’t be choosers after all.

Okay, back to business.  November’s contest will be a theme based contest and will be announced sometime tomorrow.  Themes can either be restricted to a certain subject, or that submissions be restricted to certain types of farmville materials (Anyone who has made a submission recently without knowledge of the theme will have to wait until the next ‘open’ event (unless the submission happens to fit November’s theme)).  November’s contest will carry the same prize money, $10 for first, $5 for second place.

I would like to once again thank all of the participants in our last contest, and to let you know that the winners and honorable mentions will be placed in the winner’s gallery by the time November’s contest begins.

Thanks for supporting Farmville Art and happy harvesting!

–John

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First I’d like to thank everyone who entered this contest.  All in all we got around 40 entries and currently get about 500 unique visitors per day, which is pretty good since I didn’t do a great job of advertising the site, lol.  While the competition for 2nd place was pretty stiff, the grand prize winner won by a large number of votes.  2nd place won by only two votes in a very closely contested race.  The honorable mentions were all very close as a matter of fact, and many others could have easily gotten an honorable mention.  Everyone did a great job, and I will be announcing our next contest sometime this week.  Thanks for entering and congratulations to the winners!  (After a 24 hour period in which anyone can challenge the validity or ownership of any of the winning entries, prize money will be sent via paypal to the winners.)

After an impartial panel of approximately 25 of our facebook friends (completely unrelated to any Farmville Art group or this website) voted their votes were tallied and the results are as follows:

Grand Prize ($10) – Mona Lisa by Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson's Mona Lisa was the runaway winner. Simply stunning.

2nd Place ($10) – Mario and Friends by Steven Hartwig

The details in this artwork are what earned it second place in our contest.

Honorable Mention – Zelda by Brandon Wildman

Brandon's Zelda only missed 2nd place money by 2 votes as voters struggled with Zelda vs Mario.

Honorable Mention – Hugo by Serdar Usenmez

Great cartoon character by Sedar. He was very close to 2nd place prize as well.

Honorable Mention – Nice Farm Layout by Cheloe

Cheloe did a great job laying out her farm in 3-d fashion, getting enough votes for honorable mention.

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The winner will be determined today and the results posted tomorrow on the blog and the winners notified via email.  ONCE THE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED THERE WILL BE A 24 HOUR PERIOD IN WHICH ANY COPYRIGHT CLAIMS CAN BE MADE AGAINST THE WINNING ENTRY, in an effort to keep the contest fair and avoid cheating.  Viewers are encouraged to challenge any entry they think does not belong to the person by whom it was submitted.  In the event of a challenge the challenger will be asked to provide the facebook name or email address of the true creator so that we may contact them.  The prize money will be sent via paypal on Monday.

Thank you.

–John

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I’d like to thank everyone who contributed, commented, or even just visited the site to view some of these great, unique creations.  Please allow us approximately one week to have our crack staff (which consists of a small group of my facebook friends lol) to look over the entries and come up with the top 5.  First place will receive $10, 2nd place $5, and 3rd through 5th will receive an honorable mention and be included in our ‘winners’ page.  I briefly considered having the public vote but I was afraid there would be no way to control voter fraud, so I decided we’d do the judging in house.  GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND THANKS AGAIN!  (Note, if anyone suspects any fraudulent entries or recognizes work that might not have been created by the person listed please comment the post and let me know.  Your identity will remain hidden. LOL)

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Another last day submission, this time from Matt.  Thanks and good luck!

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On the last day of our contest Paco brings us Bowser from the Mario series.  Good luck Paco!

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Alex brings us our next entry, Towelie from South Park.  Good luck Alex!

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Caridad gives us our next entry.  Good luck in the contest!

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Simone brings us our next entry, a 3-d effect soccer stadium.  Thanks and good luck.

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Thank you Armando for entering the contest, and of course, good luck!

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JJ brings us our next entry to the contest.  Thanks and good luck!

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Tumah brings us our next entry.  Good luck!

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Thank you David for our next submission and good luck to you!

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Thanks for your submission and good luck!

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This submission comes from Rachel W.  Thanks Rachel and good luck in the contest.

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Thank you Jessica for your contribution and good luck!

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Here’s one from Dukexc1.  Good luck and thanks for entering!

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Brandon brings us Zelda, and who doesn’t like Zelda after all?  Thanks for joining in and good luck!

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A 9/11 memorial from Craig.  Thanks Craig, and good luck.

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Anna brings us our next submission.  Thanks Anna, and good luck!

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