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Battle for Camelot Contest

Presents

Hosted and Sponsored by:

Judges: Lacy and Kat Andrews (Autumn Angel Art)

Submission period: 12:00 AM (PDT) October 1st, 2017 - 11:59 PM (PDT) October 20, 2017

Happy Halloween! This month’s contest is for deviants who are sellers. The winner’s art will be purchased by the sponsor and sent to one cast member of the ‘Merlin’ TV series, as a 10 x 15 photo print, printed in a high-quality Lustre finish.

The theme for our October contest is war: illustrate a battle scene between the armies of Morgana and Arthur. It can be set in any season (S1-S5), or your own fictional version of the show. Two rivals warring for Camelot’s throne - who will reign supreme?

RULES TO QUALIFY

-Submission must depict a battle. You can draw as many or as little characters as you want in the scene, and the setting can be any place. The purpose of the scene is to draw Arthur’s knights warring against Morgana’s army of druids, but you can draw it any way you like.

-Submission should abide by the “Rules for Submitting Art” rules, shown at on the main page’s ‘Welcome’ widget.

-Submission must be placed into the CM-Merlinfan group's folder called the "Contest Folder", by any deviant, whether member of the group CM-MerlinFan or not. Take note the group admin has to approve your submission before it shows, but any lag will not affect your chances to enter, as long as you submit it before the closing date, and you abide by all the rules of the contest.  


PRIZES

1st Place – Submission will be purchased and sent to one of the ‘Merlin’ actors
2nd Place – 300 Points
3rd Place - 100 Points

Prizes will be announced and rewarded on (or around if some inconvenience occurs) October 24, 2017.

Submissions will be judged according to the number of views, favourites, and comments. It will be a points system that determines the winner: a ‘View’ is worth 1 point, a ‘Favourite’ is worth 5, and a ‘Comment’ is worth 10. The submission with the most points wins.  In the case of a tie, it will be decided, in the sole discretion of the judges, which submission is the most capable of exciting and stimulating viewers.  

Please note that the winner’s submission MUST be sold as a print from Deviantart’s store, in the size of 10 x 15, with a ‘Lustre’ finish and the product price no higher than $10 US Dollars. The recommended pixel size for a 10 x 15 print is 4500 x 3000, with 300 dpi.

The Merlin actors and actresses who are currently guaranteed to receive fan mail from his or her agency are Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Katie McGrath, Angel Coulby, and Rupert Young. (This was decided by going to the talent agencies’ websites and reading directions on how to send fan mail to the actors.) The winner will be contacted by the sponsor (Autumn Angel Art) before the purchase of the print is made, and the winner will be asked to choose from one of the listed cast members. Then the 10 x 15 Lustre Photo Print will be bought and the art shipped to the actor’s agency. Please bear in mind there will be no instruction for the actor/actress to send an autograph or reply to the gift; neither the sponsor nor winner will receive a response, but that’s ok, since the prize is only meant as a gift of love.

After the contest has concluded, all accepted submissions will remain in the Contest Folder, and also be copied to the "Characters Together” folder (or another depending on what the art depicts).

Any risks?
The only risk of the contest is the art print not being received by the actor or actress, because it gets lost in the mail, or if the agency or actor chooses to return the item. Deviantart allows shipping to the United Kingdom. If the winner’s “Earnings” earned from the purchase is for any reason refunded or canceled, the sponsor will not make another purchase or send another gift.