POLYSEMY



Polysemy contest is for stock providers

Terminus technikus:
Polysemy refers to a word that has two or more similar meanings:
The house is at the foot of the mountains. / One of his shoes felt too tight for his foot.

Description:
The contest will be split into four topics. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Each represented by one word.
Your task is to create a piece that, in your opinion, represents the word best. You don't have to make the word related to the given season. It's up to you.
For each word there will be six weeks of time, when you can create your piece and submit it.
After the end of the session, there will be a new word and three weeks of voting will follow.
First three winners of each voting session will enter the last big voting time. Three winners of that one will win also the prices.

Contest dates:
It starts on: 12th of September 2009

Deadlines:
First word : 24th of October 2009
Second word : 29th of October 2009
Third word : 5th of December
Fourth word : 16th of January 2010

FIRST WORD IS

..::~ PILE ~::..

for season Autumn

Allowed media: (Resources & Stock Images part)
Fractal resources
Textures
Stock images
Literature templates
Vector Resources

Rules and Restrictions:
For photos : ISO from 80 to 200 max.
Resolution from 2240x1680 (px) to 3488x2616 (px) +- 500px. Doesn't apply to Fractal and Vector resources.
If you create your stock from some other stock, use either your own or only from DA (if allowed by stock provider). Not sxc or some other external stock providing sites.
If it's not clear from the picture, how your image represents the given word, please describe it in the artist comments section. Otherwise I may not include your submission among others.
Must be a new submission uploaded specially for the contest. Make sure to include a link to the contest.
One entry per contestant.
A contestant must be a stock provider. (This means, that you have at least 10 stock resources in your gallery.)
Make sure to submit your entry into a proper gallery.
Send me a note with a link to your image submission.

Judges:
Judges would be You. Anyone that will come around, can vote.
Contestants can vote too, but you are not allowed to vote for your own entry. Doing so will take you any right to vote in the current voting session.
Voting is allowed one note per person per voting session.
Send me a note with serial number of enntry you like best.

Prices:

1st Place
1-year subscription
3-month main-page feature by Gwathiell
Jewelry from Mithgariel (up to 15eur)
Journal feature by =PirateLotus-Stock
1 font from [link] (up to 10eur)

2nd Place
3-month subscription
2-month journal feature by Gwathiell
One item from LuneBleu secret store (up to 10eur)
Journal feature by =PirateLotus-Stock

3rd Place
1-month subscription
1-month journal feature by Gwathiell
Print of your choice
Journal feature by =PirateLotus-Stock

More prices to come. I'll update in my journal
If you’d like to donate some prices, please note me, with what. If you’d like to specify for which winner (1st, 2nd or 3rd) you are free to do so. Otherwise I’ll divide them by myself.


For more information and price updates, follow this link : Journal dedicated to the contest



Example of what I have on mind under polysemy word:

wood …


blue …