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The Link System - 25th EditionHope you had a great start in 2012 :D May this year bring you more happiness and health and the fulfillment of your wishes. :star:
On behalf of #dALinkSystem I'm proud to present you some of our finest works :aww:
#dALinkSystem is a Group dedicated towards increasing artists exposure by helping others and themselves through a simple and effective "Linking" system. All media is accepted.
                                  
The idea:

Link another artists submission in your artist's comment box. It helps everyone's exposure and finds undiscovered art.
If you still feel a little confused I invite you to go through our DD Awarded User's Manual and the How To Link Video Tutorial
  

The 2011 Linkers Grand Ball Winners :iconsomeconfetti
Winter Alliance Contest!:wave: Greetings, fair Allies! It is my pleasure to announce the Winter Alliance Contest! :party:
:iconlit-visual-alliance:
What is the Alliance, you ask?
The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So in the spirit of ^thorns brilliant Complaint Challenge I thought I would try to do something about that. And so the Alliance was born!
Because I, your founder, have a deep and abiding love for the seasons, this group will now host seasonal contests, and as the Autumn Contest is now over, it is time for Winter to reig
Results of the Autumn Alliance Contes! 
 :wave: Hello my beautiful Allies! It's time to announce the winners of our Autumn Alliance Contest! :la:
:iconlit-visual-alliance:
What is the Alliance, you ask?
The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the 
dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping 
about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So in the spirit of ^thorns brilliant 
Complaint Challenge I thought I would try to do something about that. And so the Alliance was born!
Your judges: :iconladyofgaer
The Link System: special editon: color - non color
On behalf of #dALinkSystem  I'm proud to present you a great collection of Linker's pieces:
:icondalinksystem: :iconLovesplz: :icondalinksystem: :iconLovesplz:  :icondalinksystem:
#dALinkSystem is a Group dedicated towards increasing artists exposure by helping others and themselves through a simple and effective "Linking" system.
"Link another artists submission in your artist's comment box. It helps everyone's exposure and finds undiscovered art."
#dALinkSystem was originated by :iconthefulkrum: in May of 2009. And he's running this excellent group together with :iconechostar08:
What began with a few "Linkers" has grown into a large "Linkers Community" of caring deviants,
who utilize The Link System to help increase their exposure while helping others.
GOALS of The Link System: :iconsohappyplz:
1. increase self-exposure
2. increase a fellow Deviant's exposure
3. discover lost art on dA
4. find potential friends (the first 3 a
Fabulous Friday Feature 15: DeathGorgeous skin by *CherieNoir: http://azizriandaoxrak.deviantart.com/favourites/52505440#/d47ql50

Greetings, all, and welcome to my fifteenth
FABULOUS FRIDAY FEATURE
This week, I'm taking a peek at the immortal theme of DEATH. Next week, I'll be trying to capture my love for my home state of North Carolina. If you've got someone you think should be featured in next Friday's Feature, send me a note with a link to their gallery and I'll take a peek ;) I'd also love to hear about other features, particularly themed ones. I'll list those in the bottom section to help spread the word! The same goes for contests or news articles!
Please favorite this journal and pass it on! And if you liked this feature, be sure to check out the one from last week: http://azizriandaoxrak.deviantart.com/journal/Fabulous-Friday-Feature-14-Adoration-346652379
I am ALWAYS seeking donations and nominations for my pay-it-forward proje
Two Forms, One Theme Contest Results!Hey guys, this is coming a little late, but we agreed to feature the winners of the #CRLiterature and #projecteducate contest on form poetry - Two Forms, One Theme. So, here we go! :)
First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honourable Mentions

TheSkaBoss Trophy of Assonance
=TheSkaBoss gave a price specifically to the person whose entry had the best assonance. This goes to an individual selected by =TheSkaBoss herself!

Be sure to check these poems and their respective poets out! :D
=DannyAnthony
Staff Blogger
#PoeticalCondition
The Huge, Awesome, Giant Journal of Features!This journal is long overdue, but I like to wait and collect a bunch of people to feature in one journal. So, without further ado, here are the wonderfully talented deviants!
From the Two Forms, One Theme Contest:
First Place:
=MirachRavaia with the amazing piece:

Here are some more pieces from the deviant's gallery:

Second Place:
=Sammur-amat with the amazing piece:

Here are some more pieces from the deviant's gallery:

Third Place:
~SedahLiah with the amazing piece:

Here are some more pieces from the deviant's gallery:

Honorable Mentions:
=AzizrianDaoXrak with

*ShadowedAcolyte with

:devSCFrankle
A Hunt For Literature Winners! And the winners are...
Surprise Winners:
:iconhfeather53: *Hfeather53

:iconmirachravaia: =MirachRavaia

:iconSubjugatedSandwich: *SubjugatedSandwich

:iconAzizrianDaoXrak: =AzizrianDaoXrak

Secondary Participation Winners:
:iconstar-blazer: =star-blazer

:iconxxthefallenangelsxx: =xxthefallenangelsxx

:iconReallyLostMyMind: ~ReallyLostMyMind

:iconEitvys200: =Eitvys200

Participation Winners:
:iconSilverInkblot: =SilverInkblot

:iconbloodawni: :devblood
4 Features, 3 Winners: 2 Forms, 1 ThemeThe results are in: the Two Forms, One Theme contest sponsored by ^Beccalicious and #CRLiterature (as part of last month's Poetry Forms week) has announced its winners!
:D Just to shake things up a bit, let's start with the Honorable Mentions:

:iconAzizriandaoxrak: Ghazal & haiku; :Iconshadowedacolyte: Glosa & ghazal; :iconscfrankles:, Limerick & terza rima
:star::iconsedahliah::star: In 3rd place, Expectation Of An Avalanche, Trijan refrain & kyrielle; plus one feature.

:trophy::iconsammur-amat::trophy: In 2nd place, Sravana Varsa, Alouette & triolet; plus one feature.

:spotlight-left::iconmirachravaia::spotlight-right: In 1st place, Poetree, Maghari Shairi & pantoum, as a concrete poem; plus two features!


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The Link System - 30th EditionOn behalf of #dALinkSystem I'm proud to present you some of our finest works :aww:
#dALinkSystem is a Group dedicated towards increasing artists exposure by helping others and themselves through a simple and effective "Linking" system. All media is accepted.
                                  
The idea:

Link another artists submission in your artist's comment box. It helps everyone's exposure and finds undiscovered art.
If you still feel a little confused I invite you to go through our DD Awarded User's Manual and the How To Link Video Tutorial
  
:spotlight-left: Photography :spotlight-right:
Linked to
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The Link System - 28th EditionOn behalf of #dALinkSystem I'm proud to present you some of our finest works :aww:
:iconmv1plz::iconmv2plz::iconmv3plz::iconmv4plz::iconmv5plz::iconmv6plz::iconmv7plz:
#dALinkSystem is a Group dedicated towards increasing artists exposure by helping others and themselves through a simple and effective "Linking" system. All media is accepted.
                                  
The idea:

Link another artists submission in your artist's comment box. It helps everyone's exposure and finds undiscovered art.
If you still feel a little confused I invite you to go through our DD Awarded User's Manual and the How To Link Video Tutorial
  
:spotlight-left: Photography :spotlight-right:
Linked to
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The Link System - 26th EditionOn behalf of #dALinkSystem I'm proud to present you some of our finest works :aww:
#dALinkSystem is a Group dedicated towards increasing artists exposure by helping others and themselves through a simple and effective "Linking" system. All media is accepted.
                                  
The idea:

Link another artists submission in your artist's comment box. It helps everyone's exposure and finds undiscovered art.
If you still feel a little confused I invite you to go through our DD Awarded User's Manual and the How To Link Video Tutorial
  
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March: Contest WinnersAny contests that I provide a feature prize for shall go in this journal. 
Tell me about your contest as well! :la: 
Let it Snow Contest
1st Place
 
*Sarahharas07





2nd 

*sombra33

3rd
  
=Brainfruit

Robot Contest
3rd place

by `Synfull

2nd place

by *SpencerMel
A Call to Conversation (2)--:devazizriandaoxrak:Welcome to the second article focusing on getting to know the deviants behind the artwork! This series will be posted every Wednesday. If you have a deviant you'd like to see included, please send =TwilightPoetess a note with the subject "Call to Conversation"--make sure to include the deviant's name as well as a reason you think they'd make a good interview subject! Also, feel free to send along a question or two you'd like to have answered by them!
This week's featured deviant is =AzizrianDaoXrak, who was kind enough to send me a short bio for an introduction!
Though raised in Boston and Washington, DC, Azi has come to call North Carolina, especially the Triangle area, home. At 22, she is a recent graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill and, this past fall, joined the PhD program in history at Duke University. She made her first attempts at writing poetry as she began high school in 2004, and has spent the last eight years refining her skills with the help of friends, me
Alliterati's Anti-V day Competition, et alIt's February and we all know what that means, whether you love it or hate it.
Valentine's Day.
So, in the spirit of pink hearts and frilly cards, Alliterati is launching a 14 day contest beginning 1 February and ending midnight 14 February (whenever 14 February ends for you). The top three art and literature pieces will be featured in our upcoming issue (released 1 March). Please review all the requirements before you submit!
Rules
Must fit the anti-Valentine's Day theme. Interpret that however you wish. If you want write up a spectacular horror story, or turn a traditional love concept on it's head, go for it. Be as inventive and creative as you want. We like that.
All art forms accepted - film, photography, traditional/digital art, sculpture, crafts, poetry, prose, script, the list is endless.
No limit to the number of submissions, but please attach each submission as a separate file.
Prose should be no more than 1500 words; poetry no more than 40 lines; scripts
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Lit-Visual Alliance Allied Artwork Feature #5

Journal Entry: Fri Oct 12, 2012, 11:30 PM


 :wave: Hello my glorious Allies! It's time again to showcase more of the amazing Allied Artwork pieces that have been making their way into our 
Featured Folder  over at #Lit-Visual-Alliance. 


:iconlit-visual-alliance:

What is the Alliance, you ask?

The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So in the spirit of ^thorns brilliant Complaint Challenge I thought I would try to do something about that. And so the Alliance was born!

This article features pieces that have been submitted to our Featured Folder, which is reserved for literature that is based on visual artwork on dA, and visual artwork based on dA literature.

As usual, this feature is the result of the member poll which asked you, our lovely members, to vote for your favorite Allied Artwork submitted to the Featured Folder to be spotlighted in the article as the best. :w00t:



 First up, is, as the author puts it "a silly little rhyme about a serious little cat". Pure, for-the-fun-of-it, inspired poetry:





Next is a somber, Tolkien-inspired tanka based on a stirring drawing:





A rich, vibrant interpretation of a rich, vibrant image:





A poignant poem based upon a simple yet elegant drawing:





An enchanting collaboration between ~PondDreamer and `creativemikey:





Followed by:

:thumb320269957: based on 

 based on 




Our next poll will be out soon, with another feature to follow! The more you guys submit, the more features there will be! :eager:

And to get your creative juices flowing, a sampling from our Exceptionally Inspiring Literature & Exceptionally Inspiring Visual Art folders:

Of Virginia WoolfYou filled your pockets with stones,
a seed-sower sowing nothing,
nothing to cast away.

It must have been cold as you went down.
The bite of March water
must have brought blood
rushing in panic to your skin.
A gasp, perhaps,
as your chest submerged.
(Were you beyond gasping?
Were you so far behind the veil?)

And then the silence.
The hiss of water against the ears,
the stirred up mud against your startled eyes.
The water cold in your palms
and cold in your unravelling hair
and cold through your clothes
to your naked skin. And
the weight inside would hold you,
stronger than stones.

You stood, perhaps, for a time,
a naiad   Divination as a Means of Finding a Way Back              1.  I say nothing I am thinking.

For twelve years I have wanted
to do exactly this, but suddenly
pronouncing my own name calls up
the question of who it belongs to
in the same breath Like
Solomon I was born a singer
but in the wrong key and my
chords will not carry me, will not
summon the wolves to me only
packs of hungry dogs
stupid with domestication
but nearly feral And like
a hungry ghost I have learned
not to speak against those
who will give me food

             2. A sketch of myself.

                                 He says I must have been born
in the wrong culture, he says. I got a taste of
the crack   Of Half-Filled WordsShe is not a flutterbird.
Her fingers are skittish,
her smile is not.
Do not fear that you will
drive it away.

Sadness is her fumbling limb.
It is unwanted, yet
necessary.

When it is January
she will tell you,
"I am still struggling.
And I am becoming so many people
all at once.

A conglomeration of beauty that
I have managed to mangle.
Please, do not be sad for me."

Sometimes her sorrow is
meant for you. But mostly her.

Those specks and spots
of ocean storm lulls
reveal her truths:
ones she does not want
to extract from herself.

Her heart is not a rabbit.

When it beats
faster, faster, faster,
you need not
run harder     To Sleep, Per Chance to DreamThe horse dragged his hooves against the ashen soil.  Behind Prince Quentin, the bridge to the capital continued to collapse.  The great wall of thorn bushes were alight with fire, many of their branches chopped down with the sword the prince squeezed tightly in his fist.  Inky sap still clung to the sharp edge as the sun above reflected off its metal side.  His armor was smeared in the blood of the hellspawn he had chopped down, in his hand the head of the witch who had cast the spell on his beloved princess.  His fingers had bunched up the fiend's raven hair, strands coated in her own bile t  CausticYou wish you had
a caustic tongue. Sharp?
Yes. I don't deny it.  
You could separate the layers of light
and slice up a rainbow
with the flat side of your cant,
though you don't -

you just try
to pry the diamonds
from men's wedding bands
when things don't go quite
as you planned,
half-cocked
and too passionate again. Does it sting,

your singing? Perhaps. I'd sooner French
a black scorpion
than suck that snake
sliding between your white teeth.

Sharp and stinging,
but caustic? No - not quite.
For all you've tried,
you've never caused anything.
Sorry.    The Greatest TreeWhen I was just a tiny seed,
    my mama said to me
That I could grow my rings and soon
    become the greatest tree.

I listened to my mama's words,
    and I was very good.
I tucked into the soil at night
    and photosynthesized my food.

My mama said that God had wrote
    instructions just for me,
Written in my cells on how
    to be the greatest tree.

I grew a sapling, small and slow,
    no larger than a twig.
I figured I could wait some time
    before getting to be big.

She planted me along a hill
    where ashes blew dull gray.
She said that sometimes fires helped;
    it'd be good for me to stay.

It was



That's it for now, guys! Thanks so much for being a part of the Alliance! :w00t:
For more Allied Artwork, please check us out at :iconlit-visual-alliance:

'til next time,

The :iconlit-visual-alliance: Team: :iconladyofgaerdon: :iconevlydia: :iconazizriandaoxrak: :iconquiestinliteris: :iconvigilo:





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Fifth Feature from the #Lit-Visual-Alliance Featured Folder, showcasing visual art based on literature, and literature based on visual art.
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Mood: Joy ~PondDreamer Oct 24, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
:wow: Thank you very much for the feature! :love:
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=LadyofGaerdon Oct 24, 2012  Professional Writer
Certainly. :)
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=Aconitum-Napellus Oct 22, 2012  Professional Writer
Thank you!!!
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=AzizrianDaoXrak Oct 19, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
This is jut a little note to let you know I have featured your feature ;) You can find it here: [link].

I'd love it if you'd take a look at my features and fave the journal to help pass the word along!
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=LadyofGaerdon Oct 19, 2012  Professional Writer
Thank you so much!
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:heart:!
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*Himmapaan Oct 13, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you!
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You're welcome! :D
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