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Complaint Challenge Results! [Phase 1]I received more than double the entries from last year to the Complaint Challenge! There are definite serious business complaints, but what always amazes me are the deviant conversations that spring up. You can even find a couple posts with replies for assistance. This makes me feel warm and fuzzy on the inside.

Many of you know what Phase 2 is all about, so I expect if you've entered Phase 1, you'll at least try to enter Phase 2. If you can spare the effort to complain, you can spare the effort to do something about your complaint! There will be more on that tomorrow tonight so check back then!
For now, let's announce those random prize winners!

Prize Winners
Anyone who submitted an eligible entry had their name placed in a drawing and these were selected at random for prizes!

~WolfPawCreator won 200 points!

*SkysongMA won 100 points!

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Literature DD Roundup- November 2012Greetings everyone!
In all honesty, I have no idea where November has gone! However, we have still managed to pull out a wonderful array of Daily Deviations for Literature this month and here is our roundup of all those brilliant features!
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Features by ^Beccalicious

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Features by ^neurotype

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Features by ^NicSwaner

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Cancer, we're coming to get you!

Just bumping this journal because it means a lot to me!
Race for Life 2013
Hello all!
It's that time of year again when I am asking for your help in a cause that is close to my heart. Race for life is a 5K charity run raising money for Cancer Research UK. Cancer Research do life-saving work into preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer.
This is my 5th year in a row doing Race for Life, and every year it becomes more and more important to me. There are far too many people suffering with cancer; too many families, friends and individuals and the work Cancer Research do is so important to help find a cure.
This year, the lovely Kaylee (~CurvyLemon) and my sister Rachel (~racheljj) are joining me in the race- and I encourage any woman in the UK to sign up too!

This is me last year, 28 weeks pregnant and dressed up as superwoman because I surpassed my target. If I raise more that my target of

Winners of the devID Spooky Make-up Contest!I'm extremely happy to announce the winners of the devID Spooky Make-up Contest!! If you're interested, you can view all of the entries here.
Judges
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The Winners
3rd Place

La Catrina by ~antoniodgamboa
You win: 500 points
2nd Place

Needle and Stitches by *VividButTrivial
You win: 800 poin

Celebrating Deviousness - March 2013

Deviousness Award





Congratulations to `
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Kusudama

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Daily Deviation Suggestion Drive!Back By Popular Demand!
In January of 2012, the community was challenged by `thorns to do something about their complaints on dA. Thus was born this very group! But before the group, it was just a fledgling idea on `Kneeling-Glory's account that began with a DD Suggestion Contest. The results of that contest were overwhelming. And so, under the prodding of quite a few Community Volunteers, we're going to do it again!

UPDATE: Less than 1 week in and we've already got 100 suggested DDs and 2 accepted suggestions!!

Keep up the great work guys and gals. Please remember that you need to leave a link to every deviation you suggest in this journa

Seniority Announcements - January 2013

This article marks the latest additions to the dizzy height of Senior members in our community. With just over 1000 deviants holding the highly saught after ` -- it's clearly a moment that deserves recognition.
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So what does it take to become a Senior? That's a question many have asked and have never really been able to get a straight answer on. Some have gained Seniority as a thank you for their time spent as a Volunteer, or to recognise their contribution to a particular project or collaborative action. Some have gained Seniority because of their community spirit, providing help and assistance to many other deviants and taking time out to promote the work of others in the community. 
Some people have received Seniority because of their artistic endevours, having a positive influence on their peers by sharing resources, providing constructive criticism and by being a voice that stands out above the many other

Spreading the dA Love: Volume 18

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As the title suggests, this news article series aim to promote wonderful aspects of the deviantART community, from showcasing beautiful works of art, to informing you of great groups, and to interviewing inspirational deviants. I feel so happy being part of such a wonderful community and I hope to make it better, even if it's only a little bit, by making these articles. My goal is to bring to light everything that impassions me and, hopefully, inspire you!
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Showcasing Gorgeous Artwork

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A showcase of art that has simply left me speechless from all genres, from digital/traditional, artisan, emoticons, fractals, etc.

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CR Newsletter - November/December 2012 Director of Community Relations :iconmoonbeam13: :
Table of Contents
1. Happy Holidays and Merry New Year
2. Volunteer Openings in Community Relations
3. Community Projects
4. Official Contests
5 Project Educate 2011/2012
6. Art History Project
7. News from the Chats and Forums
8. News from the Galleries
1. Happy Holidays and Merry New Year
As the old year begins to fade into the sunset, it is customary to reflect on the passing year and make plans for the upcoming one. Some do this in the form of resolutions, some people make action plans, some people just swing into the new year the same way they swung out of the old one

Whatever way you intend to welcome in 2013, I hope you're surrounded by love and that you do it safely!
I've been reflecting on the year and like many, with some focus on the unimaginable events of the last few weeks. Specifically, the shooting in Newtown. I know that it's "human nature" to want to find

Celebrating Deviousness - January 2013Deviousness Award
Congratulations to `JoseFelipeM
Sta.sh Writer Tutorial
Delight
Pink Flowers

What is this Awesome Achievement?
The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.

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Gallery Makeover ProjectHello everyone

Recently my team and I worked tirelessly on a project to help improve the gallery descriptions and thumbnail examples. While that project was indeed tedious with almost 4,000 categories in our system, it was also educational. What I learned from sorting through thousands and thousands of categories was that we have a lot of redundancy and a lot of categories that seem to have been created on a whim that are now simply homes for junk.
Over the years, the desire to appease niche communities and people who just wanted a specific area has led to some categories that go up to 4 levels deep, and it's really no wonder it's so confusing for people to figure out where to submit their artwork.
The conclusion I've come to is simplicity. While I'm not about to rip apart everything and make 6 stand alone categories, I do believe that there is a lot we can do to simplify the category tree. That includes some of the following:
1. Merging categories that ma

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

Welcome to astridle!^astridle!
Please join us in welcoming new addition to the Community Volunteer Team!

^astridle for Conceptual Photography!

Operation WFP: The Results!Cue Applause
Wow!
You guys did an awesome job. Lots of wonderful feedback. Doesn't it
feel good to give back to the dA Community once and awhile? I'm sure all those deviants that received feedback on their artwork were happy to get it, too. Keep up the good work!

$15 Print Winner
All participants were entered into the drawing (one time for each entry, max of three) and one lucky random deviant has won a print from the dA Print Shop up to a $15 value!
Congratulations to *Urus-28
Please select a print from your wishlist and note it to `thorns!
Points Prize Winners!
We entered participants' names into a drawing once per entry, and these lucky winners were selected at random.
100 Points
Congratulations to the following winners who will receive 100 dA points!

~pigiama

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Love dA Lit: Issue 104Welcome to the one-hundred fourth issue of Love dA Lit!

Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.

This weeks group spotlight is #APictureToA1000Words!

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Pay-It-Forward Project

Journal Entry: Thu Nov 15, 2012, 7:01 AM

Deviants so far who have received premium memberships as part of this project:

Thank you sososososo much to $namenotrequired for helping me to promote this project!

Greetings! I am posting this to let you all know I have decided I want to try to pay the premium membership love forward, and so I am looking for donations to go toward buying premium memberships for other people

You can find the donation box on my front page. PLEASE DONATE! I'll need lots of help - all contributions are appreciated, no matter how small

That's part one, here's part two:
I'm seeking nominations for extra-special deviants, especially those who are really involved in the community, who don't already have a premium membership. If you'd like to nominate someone (I will accept self-nominations, though I look extra-carefully at those), send me a note with the following information:
~The nominee's name
~Thumbs of three pieces from their gallery
~What kind of community events have they participated in?
~Links to any groups they admin/contests they've run/features they've posted. I know there are also a lot of people who are active through the forums, so let me know if they've been really active there, as well.
~If you think they do really excellent critiques, link me to a few!
~Why YOU THINK they should be given a premium membership.

Thanks so much, everyone! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE favorite this journal and help pass it on!

Visual Art
Just up:
Coming Soon: whenever I get around to it - a wendigo

Prose
Short Stories
Just up:
Coming Soon: The Dream-Makers - Part III (Not a chance in hell!)
Not-So-Short Stories
Just up:
Coming Soon:

Poetry:
Just up: Spirography and the Gift of Pyrokenesis
Coming soon: Whatever strikes me

100 Poem Project
Current progress: 59/100
journal: [link]
blog: [link]
Also note that the terribly sweet ~SayaStarshine took a look at my list and decided she wanted to do it, too! She is using the same topics as me, and you can find the link to her stuff here.