Newsletter Run by =karemelancholia since april 2007!

Giving some fresh ideas to create, contests are essential to creativity!
Here are somes that are flying around!



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Current Contests


120 contests are listed!
38 new!
All medias are representated!


Hope it is useful for everyone!


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| January | February | March | April | May | December |
| Periodically Contests | No Deadline | Official Contests |
| Outside of dA Contests |




January


Light of the darkness Contest
By *SurrealSociety
Deadline : January 31st
View details here


Naruto Contest
By *XSicariusX
Deadline : January 31st
View details here


Resolution Contest
By ~yNotNewArtistsClub
Deadline : January 31st
View details here


Favorite Memories of 2007 Contest
By *here-to-help
Specific Media : visual art & literature
Deadline : January 31st
View details here


Honda Civic Contest
By ~ModifiedCars-stock
Deadline : January 31st
View details here


Alice in Wonderland Contest
By =ThroughTheRabbitHole
Deadline : January 31st
View details here


Love Song Contest
By ~Lyrics-Community
Specific Media : Literature
Deadline : January 31st
View details here


Yours, Mine, and Ours! Contest
By *Stock-by-Dana
Deadline : January 31st
View details here


January 2008 Contest Submission
By *ClassicCrit
Specific Media : Literature
Deadline : January 31st
View details here





February 2008


Black and White Video Games Arts Contest
By *kelingking2
Specific Media : Traditional Art & Digital Painting
Deadline : February 1st
View details here


True Love Contest
By *JenniferSpriggs
Specific Media : Traditional Art & Digital Painting
Deadline : February 1st
View details here


"New" Contest
By *IllustrateThis
Deadline : February 1st
View details here


Romance Contest
By ~SwordOfTruthClub
Deadline : February 1st
View details here


In Their World Contest
By =The-Real-Mags-Satan
Deadline : February 2nd
View details here


The Extraordinary Butterfly Contest
By `chasing-butterflies
Deadline : February 2nd
View details here


4 Themes Contest
By =markopolio-stock
Deadline : February 3rd
View details here


Theme-Less Contest
By =RLDStock
Deadline : February 4th
View details here


Orange Contest
By *Uncommon-Art
Deadline : February 4th
View details here


Thin Is In Contest
By =macusers
Deadline : February 4th
View details here


F.R.E.A.K Contest
By ~supercraze2
Deadline : February 5th
View details here


Design Adopt A Character's Mascot Contest
By ~adoptacharacter
Deadline : February 6th
View details here


Moonlight Sonata Contest
By *valse-des-ombres
Specific Media : Photomanipulation
Deadline : February 8th
View details here


Valentine's Day Contest
By *perspectate
Deadline : February 8th
View details here


Write a Fan-Fic Contest
By ~The-Soul-Vortex-Club
Specific Media : Literature
Deadline : February 10th
View details here


Bot's Avatar Contest
By ~AotMV
Deadline : February 11th
View details here


Fairy Tales Contest
By *Chris10
Specific Media : Visual Art
Deadline : February 11th
View details here


Avatar + ID Contest
By =Cityscapes-Club
Deadline : February 12th
View details here


Song Interpretation Contest
By =Jenna-Rose
Specific Media : Photomanipulation/Digital Painting
Deadline : February 14th
View details here


Romance Contest
By =Anglinagirl
Deadline : February 14th
View details here


Crush Contest
By `RockstarVanity
Specific Media : Photography
Deadline : February 14th
View details here


A Winter fairytale Contest
By *Nirelstock
Specific Media : digital & traditional
Deadline : February 14th
View details here


Opposites Contest
By *dAPagan
Deadline : February 14th
View details here


Equine Dreams II Contest
By =WrenStormbringer
Deadline : February 14th
View details here


C'est l'Amour, Vampire Style Contest
By *VampireWriters
Deadline : February 14th
View details here


Film Noir Contest
By *Ptollemy
Specific Media : Photography & Photomanipulation
Deadline : February 14th
View details here


Sci-fi / Fantasy Prose Contest
By =BinaryNotion
Specific Media : Lit. Prose
Deadline : February 15th
View details here


Tigerlilly Outfit Contest
By =Cougarmadcat
Specific Media : Lit. Prose
Deadline : February 15th
View details here


The "4 Elements" Contest
By *PhotoStockMarket
Deadline : February 16th
View details here


deviantID Contest
By `kuschelirmel
Deadline : February 16th
View details here


Dark Feelings Contest
By =freaky665
Deadline : February 17th
View details here


Custom CSS Journal Contest
By *BlackWolfeAmazon
Deadline : February 20th
View details here


Avatar + ID Contest
By =P-H-O-T-O-graphy
Deadline : February 20th
View details here


A dA fairytale Contest
By =krazykel
Deadline : February 20th
View details here


The Music Album Stock Contest
By @leaf-lover
Deadline : February 20th
View details here


Redifining Gender - Androgynous Fetishism Contest
By =Death-Chicks
Deadline : February 20th
View details here


The Argumentative Contest
By =The-Mitmit
Deadline : February 20th
View details here


Slut Penguin Contest
By =tori-margaret
Deadline : February 21st
View details here


Use seditliel-stock Contest
By *seditliel
Deadline : February 25th
View details here


The Past, Our Memories Contest
By *inspyretash-stock & ~Wild-stock
Deadline : February 25th
View details here


Cats Contest
By *fireflyskys
Deadline : February 28th
View details here


The Face of 2008 Contest
By *Le-Visage
Deadline : February 28th
View details here


Triumph and Tribulation Contest
By *KaiserTwig
Deadline : February 28th
View details here


Beauty In Unexpected Places Contest
By `Doubtful-Della
Specific Media : Photography
Deadline : February 29th
View details here


STEALTHMAN & STEALTHGIRL Character
Contest
By =Stelthman
Deadline : February 29th
View details here


Fairytales and Fantasy Contest
By *VivalaVida
Deadline : February 29th
View details here


Draw a fellow PPA member Contest
By *PortraitPencilArt
Specific Media : Traditional
Deadline : February 29th
View details here


I met a naked angel... Contest
By =ixeo
Specific Media : Traditional
Deadline : February 29th
View details here





March 2008



Draw Your Own Lila Contest
By *The-Mirrorball-Man
Deadline : March 1st
View details here


The Big Challenge Contest
By =Hyourin
Deadline : March 1st
View details here


cosmo's Avatar/Icon Contest
By ^cosmosue
Deadline : March 1st
View details here


Freestyle my Characters Contest
By ~KoriCristy
Deadline : March 12th
View details here


Mangas Contest
By ~inuchilds-fullmoon
Specific Media : Mangas
Deadline : March 13th
View details here


Time/timeless Contest
By ~allykat
Specific Media : Photography
Deadline : March 14th
View details here


Girl With Hat Contest
By *pinupdude
Deadline : March 15th
View details here


My Final Fantasy Contest
By =SquidWish
Deadline : March 17th
View details here


cathARTsis Contest
By *ItDoesNotHaveMe
Deadline : March 28th
View details here


Couples Contest
By ~pentacledreamer
Deadline : March 30th
View details here


New Marauders Contest
By *AppleCherry
Deadline : March 30th
View details here


Revenge of the Centaur Art Contest
By *jkrolak
Deadline : March 31st
View details here


Demons and Angels' Love Contest
By *LieutenantDeath
Deadline : March 31st
View details here




April 2008


Magical Mystical Contest
By ~true-crystalwolf
Deadline : April 1st
View details here


My Fetish Contest
By *spliffy
Deadline : April 5th
View details here


Drawing Contest of Online Comic Hidden Chain
By =sapphirez
Deadline : April 30th
View details here





May 2008



The Crossroads Contest
By *dauntiemagic
Deadline : May 1st
View details here

Ani-Jam Contest
By ^deviantartfilm
Specific Media : dA Film
Deadline : May 1th
View details here




December



A Year In The Making Contest
By *ElectroBaby
Deadline : December 31st
View details here









Periodically


Comment Hero of the Month
By =rinoceronte66
Deadline : Every Month
View details here


Abstract Silence Contests
By =abstractsilence
Deadline : Every Month
View details here


Nature Pics Club Contests
By =NaturPics-club
Specific Media : Photography
Deadline : Every Month
View details here


Express Yourself Contests
By *Express--Yourself
Deadline : Every Month
View details here


Deviation of the Month
By *LaEscaleraDeJacob
Deadline : Every Month
View details here


Manga/Anime Mini Contest
By `aeterne
Specific Media : Mangas
Deadline : Every Two Weeks
View details here


Print for Poetry
By *PoetRangers
Specific Media : Poetry
Deadline : Every Wednesday
View details here


Create by Week Contest
By *createbyweek
Deadline : Every Week
View details here


Weekly Contest
By =markopolio-stock
Deadline : Every Week
View details here


Manipulate This Contest
By *ManipulateThis
Specific Media : Photomanipulations
Deadline : Every Week
View details here





No Deadline


Avatar Contest
By ~AnimalCare
View details here


Count Yourself In Contest
By *WordCount
Specific Media : Literature
View details here


Create a CSS Contest
By `bluespeed9
View details here


CSS Contest
By `darklylit
View details here


CSS Design Contest
By =E-Stock
View details here


Design Contest
By =MariahAcorn
View details here


Design a character for tex Contest
By =Drifter-Tex
View details here


deviantART Top 10 Contest
By ~ISIMONI
View details here


Macro "Contest" Exercise
By ^hellfirediva
View details here


Nightmare Contest
By =zardo
Specific Media : Photography
View details here


Osamu Tezuka Contest
By ~TerraTezuka
View details here


Pink Color the Animated Series Contest
By ~JayJayM
View details here


Prose for Points Contest
By ^StJoan
Specific Media : Literature
View details here


Tempt Me With Chocolate! Contest
By =ladyfoxill
View details here


Use seditliel-stock Contest
By *seditliel
Specific Media : Digital & Traditional
View details here


"What's Left Now?!?" for HP fansContest
By =PersephoneStock
View details here





Official Contests


Original Anime Mascot Contest
Deadline : January 31st
View details here


Photograph Your New Year's Resolution Contest
Deadline : February 1st
View details here


Coloured in One Contest
Deadline : February 20th
Specific Media : Vexel
View details here


Create a Logo for Change!
Deadline : February 22nd
View details here


I Spy Contest
Deadline : February 29th
Specific Media : Literature
View details here




Outside of dA Contests



Design Competition
By Textile Republic
Deadline : February 1, 2008
View details here


Poster Design Contest
By Charleston HarborFest
Deadline : February 1, 2008
View details here


Utopia Contest
By FanArtReview
Deadline : February 12, 2008
View details here


European Design Awards 2008
By The European Design Awards
Deadline : February 15, 2008
View details here


Nontzeflash 5th Animation Festival
By Nontzeflash
Deadline : February 21, 2008
View details here


Exposé 6 Contest
By Ballistic
Deadline : February 25, 2008
View details here


Graphic Design Competition
By WorldSkills UK
Deadline : February 28, 2008
View details here


International Poster Competition Graphisme dans la rue 2008
By Graphics in the Streets
Deadline : March 10, 2008
View details here


Drawing Competition
By Rate my Drawings
Deadline : Runs Monthly
View details here


Digital Photography Contest(s)
By photos-of-the-year
Deadline : Runs Frequently
View details here


Photographing Water Contest
By FanArtReview
Deadline : March 24, 2008
View details here


Digital Challenges
By dpchallenge
Deadline : Runs Frequently
View details here


Anti Racist T-shirt-Art Contest
By art-teez
Deadline : August 1st, 2008
View details here


The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar
Digital Contest
By photojournalism
Deadline : November 12th, 2008
View details here



G o c r e a t e !