The point of this contest is to inspire inexperienced and experienced emoticonists to create something fresh and new.

There will be two levels of entry, one for the novice and one for the advanced, in order to level the playing field. So, this way even the inexperienced can win and be inspired to continue to further their emoting skills.

Contest deadline is set for Saturday, the 14th of April, 2007.

Winners will be announced within a week of the deadline.

Visit my journal about the Silver Screen Contest.

Contest Rules:

1. All entries must adhere to a movie theme. They can portray an entire movie, a scene from a movie, a certain aspect of a movie, like the filming or the directing, or even just a character from a movie. There is no specific movie or genre required. There will be no Superheroes allowed.

2. Entries with mature content will NOT be accepted. Use the dA guidelines for determining what is and what is not mature content. Violence will be allowed, but not in excess.

FAQ #554: What is the Mature Content tag? Does my submission need it?

3. Entries can be static or animated. There will be no preferential treatment towards one or the other.

4. All characters must be the standard 15x15 body.

5. Entries MUST be original works never submitted before. Creativity and originality are going to be key points you will want to be sure to have in your entry.

6. Entries must stay within 100x100 pixels in dimension.

7. There will be a limit of two entries per person, not account. If you have two accounts that try to submit two each or try to trick me in anyway, you will be disqualified.

The devil is in the detail.

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Judges are =parliamentFunk, =MissM69, =Tinman-20-Tinster, and ^livius.

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Prizes for the advanced entries:

Grand prize is a one year subscription donated by ^livius!

Prizes for the novice entries:

Grand prize is a one year subscription donated by =MissM69!