Calendar Contest Fanart Feature

Last year's calendar contest winner for this month of September! Perfect for the changing seasons. And a reminder that this year's contest is still going on! A prize will be given away soon (below) if you have an entry in. For info on this years contest/collab, to create a free, downloadable, calendar for 2013, find go here for more info.


Artist: Kaos, "Deku Autumn Festival"

It's the Deku family (and monkey) from Majora's Mask celebrating the coming of autumn. I started my entry back in February, but couldn't think of a composition I liked for the longest time, so I kept starting and scrapping my entry. I finally forced myself to get it done and not half-ass it this past month. Considering how much I struggled with this, I'm quite happy with how it turned out.


More contest entries from last year, and the full 2012calendar, go here.

Announcing a New Early Participation Prize for the Fanart Contest!

We need more entries! So, another participation prize it is! I'm doing things a little differently this time. Finish and send by Midnight, Sunday, September 16, 2012 for chance to win one of these 3 prizes. There will be only one person selected for this but they get to pick which they want: (a) A pre-order for a copy of the English language Hyrule Historia, a (b) 12 month DeviantART subscription, or (c) a Link plusie and Ocarina with music booklets.

Please read the main info thread that explains the rules, guidelines, and sizing for the contest if you have any questions and certainly before you start on your piece or concept. The actual contest doesn't end until Nov 30, this is just a bonus event for early participants.

Lottery for Hyrule Historia has been done!

Thank you to everyone who was able to get entries in by June 30th! I did the lottery style drawing for these early participants, to see who would get the copy of Hyrule Historia; and it hit on #16, which was the number assigned to WaffleTea. Congrats! Here's her piece below. And, I'm sorry to the other wonderful people who entered so far~ I will be wishing you luck for the future! If I had the money, it would be a book for everyone! Though I should be announcing another participation prize and deadline soon. Again, all the contest info can be found in the first post here. The real deadline is still months away.

The Goddess

"I painted this particular scene to show that moment when the goddess Hylia was given the task of protecting the Triforce. There and then, Hylia turned to face the five tribes of the surface who bowed to their goddess and protector."

In other news... I'll be a little scare because it's sort of vacation time for me right now: but I do have a few more replies to get to, some updates to do, and I need to get some stuff to people doing other Zelda-related projects. That's my first focus. So, if you're waiting to hear from me about the contest: I'll try not to take too long, but it might be just a little while. Thanks guys, you're already making this event great!

History of Hyrule's 10th Birthday & CONTEST!

10 years ago today I opened History of Hyrule.
In honor of that, I had to get the calendar contest announced today!

PRIZES: There's more ocarinas, manga, toys and figurines, and I'm also giving away a bunch of copies of Hyrule Historia. Here are just some of the prizes so far:

In fact, if you get an entry in before the end of June, you'll have a chance to win a copy of Hyrule Histoira just for participating!

CHECK IT OUT!
Go read about it! Get inspired! And enter so we can make it freakn' AWESOME!

Again, this contest is really just being held to make a free 2013 calendar for everyone: so it's also kind of a collab. Even if you don't care about prizes~ consider entering just to make something that every Zelda fan can use and love.

Spread the word so it doesn't suck!

The theme is History of Hyrule, so anything you could imagine happening in the history of all of the land should work!

Read about it here

And, if you have any questions, just ask!
I'm so excited. & Thanks for making all the years so great!
~Melora

Fanfiction Contest Winners!

Last year we hosted a Fanfic contest to complement the fanart contest. It's taken me a while to announce the winners, but here they are and MAN are they worth checking out. They're all also short stories, 2000 words or less, so they don't take a lot of time if you want to dive right in! All 3 winners are very different, and if you enjoy even some of them: be sure to read the rest. Everything was pretty great! Comments for the authors would also be amazing! Everyone loves to know their work was read.

1st place: Ghost Dance by Cavalier
A beautifully told dark tale about the Sheikah.

2nd place: RETURN of the SWORDSMAN by Hero of Geeks
An incredibly fun cross-over.

3rd place: The Rain Festival by Forlorn Rain.
A romantic tale that will certainly draw you in.

The other wonderful entries:
The Return of the Gourmet Festival by Lunitari
Skull Kid's Music Festival by Aktwitch
The Festival of Flight by Zelidnia
The Greatest Gift by Ray-Kat-Hollows
TriFestival by XxSassersxX
The Dance of Skyloft Riders by FadingChild
The Wind Festival by Forlorn Rain
A Fantastic Day by Jessie
Forest Haven Celebration by A Fish
Peach Blossum by Kitkatkelly