Here is Natural Thief's entry sent in by email: Black Anniversary The day dawns dark Lacking birdsong A fitting start, To this darkest of days Young boy before a grave Black hair, black magic Born by mistake Yet a greater gift than magic Mother stand back Weeping salty crystals Speaking softly, volume she lacks Telling of his heritage Anniversary of a death The death of a great man A martyr, and a fool who left His lover with those greatest gifts A child and a future (I got your entry in the email LD)

i love NTs entry. ok heres my entry: portrait of Sonea by moi! managed to do that last night.

Oh wow. NT's poem is beautiful, truly. If I had a vote it'd be that one... sent goosebumps down my spine, I could really picture it

Wow both very cool.

We've decided to extend the deadline for the contest to allow for more entries. The deadline is now jan 21st.

Will that be enough time for the website?

yeah will that be enough time to judge and make the webby? not that i wouldnt mind the deadline being the 21st. An extension would be brilliant! more time for entries.

I think a week would be fine.

fair enough :)

Good an extention, my stuff might be of some sort of standard by then lol.

Yeah i just hope i can get something done too, having 2 jobs is rubbish!

if it had been extended earlier i woulda done a better 1st entry lol insteada the last minute rough sketch.

oh thank god! i was panicking cos i forgot to email. and i havent finished my 2nd entry!

Great work by everyone so far. Love SE's and NT's especially. Brilliant.

I've watermarked all SE and my work that we want to be put on the website. LD do you want your drawing on Sonea on there too (btw love her eyes ^_^) If so i'll have to watermark them too........now all i have to do is figure out how to put them on the website, i'm such a technophobe!