The official Guild Wars Wintersday contest has been announced! For more information about the rules, eligibility and prices, please head over to the official site.

The deadline for the Wintersday Workshop is 1.1.2011! A maximum of 2 entries per person is allowed - however, you can only win once.


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Q!: HOW DO I SIGN UP for the Workshop contest!

A: Fill out this form and post it in the Workshop:

Name: (Tzu)
Idea for entry: (grentchies making yellow snowballs)
genre of art: (illustration)

Then, get a Progress Gallery. This isn't obligatory, but it makes judging your entry a LOT easier.
Also, you won't be eligible for a couple of the awards, if you don't have one/haven't shared any progress in this thread.
A Progress Gallery can be hosted anywhere (DeviantArt, Photobucket, Wordpress, etc...). Once you have your Progress Gallery, wherever it's hosted, share a link here.

You've pretty much "signed up" the moment you start sharing progress in the Workshop thread, but if you do it the above mentioned way, it will be a lot easier for the panel of judges to find and evaluate your entries in the aftermath.



A maximum of 2 entries is allowed per participant, but only 1 Award can be claimed per participant.

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The prize pool and Awards rely solely on donations from the community.
Any and all donations are welcome, from Red Iris Flowers to Ecto. Please PM me or Minami here at Guru
if you're interested in donating something. Please consider donating towards an already existing Award
before coming up with one of your own. Chances are you will find one or more which you think are worthy of your donation.

1st Place Best Progress - Tommy's - 1 Wedding Costume code - 100,000 gold - 1 Keg of Hunter's Ale - Undedicated Smite Crawler 2nd Place Best Progress - Gemini JuSa - 1 Wedding Costume Code - 50,000 gold - 250 Eggnog - 2 Black Dyes - 2 White Dyes - 10 Automaton Summoning Stones 3rd Place Best Progress - Nemesis-Of-The-Gods - 1 Wedding Costume Code - 25,000 gold - 250 Eggnog - 2 Black Dyes - 2 White Dyes (donator(s): Please see bottom of page) The Best Progress Award is given to the artist(s) who have listened intently to critique, mastered the art of Personal Growth, and made long leaps to better his/her piece regardless of whether he claimed a prize in the Official Wintersday Contest or not.

Most Original Art - Satomz - 1 Wedding Costume code - Factions T-Shirt (if outside US/Canada, must be willing to pay for at least half of shipping charge) - 20 ectos - Oppressor Weapon of choice (by Tommy) - 100 mysterious summoning stones (donators: Please see bottom of page) The Most Original Art Award is given to the artist(s) who have, in a positive way, stood out from the crowd, in choice of art form, subject, style and finish.

Wintersday Artist Extraordinaire - Eastern Magik - 1 wedding costume code - Festive Fungal Wallow plushie (if outside US/Canada, must be willing to pay for at least half of shipping charge) - 20 ectos - Oppressor Weapon of choice (by Tommy) - 100 mysterious summoning stones (donor(s): Please see bottom of page ) The Wintersday Artist Extraordinaire Award is given to the artist who meets with 3 criterias; was mentioned in the Winners section OR the Honourable Mention section of the Official Wintersday Contest, participated actively in this thread; both giving and receiving critique and generally being chatty, AND, finally, was a candidate for at least 1 of the other Awards (Harsh, eh? Well, believe me, there will be more than 1 candidate for this Award in the end).

Muse - Minami - 1 wedding costume code - 20 ectos - 100 glacial stones - 20 Phantom Keys - 250 Eggnog - 175 bottles of grog - 100 mysterious summoning stones (donors: Please see bottom of page) The SmileyFace Award is given to a person who didn't necessarily enter the thread as an artist, moreover as a supporter of the thread and the goal. He/she is a person who kept the thread alive with kind chatter, maybe donated something to the prizes, gave useful critique, submitted tutorials and ideas unselfishly, and generally kept us motivated all the way.

Wintersday Spirit - Perynne - Arghore: prize value around 80-100k. ( -One Royal Gift - 5 Traveler Gifts - 25 Huntsman Gifts - 250 Wintersday Gifts - Elite Tome of Choice - 10 Blue Rock candy - 100 Glacial Stones - 100 Spiked Eggnog - 100 Eggnog - 25 Sparklers - 25 Poppers - 25 Bottle Rockets - 75 Frosty Tonics) - 1 wedding costume code - 10 ectos - Undedicated Ceratadon - 100 mysterious summoning stones (donator: special award by Arghore - market value 80-100k) The Wintersday Spirit Award is given to the artist who manages to inspire the most Wintersday Spirit in the cold, dark hearts of the Judges.

The Grentch Steals Wintersday - Zidane - 1 wedding costume code - 30 ectos - 250 Frosty tonics - 100 glacial stones - 50 mysterious summoning stones (donator: Please see bottom of page) The Grentch Steals Wintersday Award is given to the artist who's piece is connected to Wintersday, but bows in favour of Grenth, not Dwayna. Creepy, grentchy and "bah, humbug!" entries apply for this.

Literature - Thistle Xandra - 1 wedding costume code - 100,000 gold - Keg of Aged Hunter's Ale - Oppressor Weapon of choice (by Aeronwen) - 50,000 gold - 1 black dye and 1 white dye - 25,000 gold (donator(s): Please see bottom of page) The Literature Award is given to the best written piece of Guild Wars Wintersday fiction. All genres are welcome.

Extra Costume Code Winner (by random name selector): Sentient

The Honourable Judges

Judges are eligible for every award they're not judging themselves.

Tzu (Tzunedaine Fouil) [All Awards]

Brigitta [All Awards]

Thistle Xandra [All Awards, except Literature Category]



Artists and Their Progress!

I recommend that EVERY entrant sets up an archive of sorts.
Photobucket, DeviantArt, ImageShack, Wordpress...... a place for you to store all progress pictures
and put down notes/journals. This is for the sake of the Judges, both here in the Workshop AND for
Arenanet and the official contest. It makes it much easier for them to root out fraud and identify hard
work and restless effort if you can refer to an archive of progress. Please, all serious entrants, set up
something of the sorts a.s.a.p. You don't *have* to share it with the Workshop right away,
if you're feeling a little sensitive about your ideas. Of course, it makes you a stronger competitor,
if you can and will share ideas and progress all the way!



Tzu's Little Helpers!


I always need a helping hand, and I'll gladly accept any and all offers I get!
Currently though, these positions need to be filled, a.s.a.p!


☆ Gingerbread Guardians - moderates the thread, ensuring that people never lose their motivation or inspiration,
and that the rest of Tzu's helpers (not to mention, if not especially, Tzu herself) do their job.

☺ Minami Kaori (Super Wintersday Workshop Chief Moderator Hero) ( ~Tzu was here)

☺ Perynne (Big time moderator helper) ~Minami was here

☺ Verene

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☆ Thawers of Frozen Ectoplasm - a.k.a donors, of items, services, gold and the likes!

☺ Perynne - 100,000 gold, 1 Keg of Aged Hunter's Ale

☺ Verene - 50,000 gold, 1 Keg of Aged Hunter's Ale, 250 Frosty Tonics, 175 Bottles of Grog, 10 Automaton Summoning Stones

☺ Darcy - 100,000 gold

☺ Aeronwen - 5 Black Dyes, 5 White Dyes, 449 Mysterious Summoning Stones, 200 Glacial Stones, 20 Phantom Keys, Oppressor Weapon of Winner's Choice

☺ Thistle Xandra - 100,000 gold, 3 stacks of eggnog

☺ Guild Wars Guru - 10 Wedding Costume Pack Codes

☺ Kiya Koreena - Factions t-shirt (XL) and one of a kind Festive Fungal Wallow. Note: If winner is outside of the USA/Canada they must be willing to pay half of the shipping charge. Also 100 ecto, an undedicated Ceratadon, and an undedicated Smite Crawler.

☺ Tommy's - 2 Oppressor Weapons of choice

☺ Arghore - One Royal Gift
- 5 Traveler Gifts
- 25 Huntsman Gifts
- 250 Wintersday Gifts
- Elite Tome of Choise
- 10 Blue Rock candy
- 100 Glacial Stones
- 100 Spiked Eggnog
- 100 Eggnog
- 25 Sparklers
- 25 Poppers
- 25 Bottle Rockets
- 75 Frosty Tonics

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☆ Pious Snowmen - co-organizers of every event, positions include Judges and Party Organizers for now.

☺ Arghore

☺ Tommy










Because of the holidays the Workshop Party will probably be held either 1-2 weeks before Christmas, or 1-2 weeks after.
It will be 1 day only, but last all day so that everyone has a chance to show up. The party is open to every participant of the Workshop, regardless of how and how much they've contributed.

Most of the Awards will be handed out during the Workshop Party.

DETAILS TBA

Want to help organize the party? PM me!