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Pick at least one of the thumbs above*
A link to your comment on the deviation you chose***
Rules: 
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.
DEADLINE EXTENSION. So many of you are still hard at work on your submissions, so there will be a one week extension. Pieces are now due on March 4 at 12 AM PST
Rewrite your first story as you best remember it.
One-hundred weeks that is. In that time I've really come to appreciate how active and passionate the Literature Community on dA is; this community is truly amazing and I'm honored to be a part of it. And what better way to celebrate than to spread a little love and hand out some prizes? It's also a good excuse for me to hug you all.
Share what you love about the Lit Community, your reason doesn't need to be long, it could be a few words or a few sentences. Be as specific or general as you want!
Sing Me A
Contests:
"The Naked Truth" contest has been judged! Here are the results:
FIRST PLACE
(Literally Naked) Truth."Mayor Johnson, is there any rational explanation as to why you're naked?"by ~Dozza88pwns
He gave me a look as if he were suggesting I was the middle aged man without clothes in the room.
"Sir, I received a call not more than an hour ago from your secretary. She was rather distressed"
"Oh! Elizabeth? What ever for, chief inspector?"
Then came the silence, and it smiled at me incredulously, daring me to test a sound from my throat. My mouth jumped hurdles of air; I must have been standing there for a minute with my jaw swinging and words dying, the corpses sliding off my lips. I probably looked like an aroused goldfish.
"Mr..." I was trying very hard to
SECOND PLACE
The naked truth contest entryWhy do you call people gay?by ~LachlanWeber
Do you know what it means?
Homosexuality is not a disease.
You use all these words,
And derogatory names,
Without knowing that we are all just the same.
You tease them, bully them,
Hurting them deep down inside,
Without knowing that’s why,
They commit suicide.
You call them retarded,
Idiot, sped,
You tell them that they are
Screwed up in the head
Now let me tell you,
You have no idea.
They spend their life hiding,
And living in fear.
You keep pushing them,
Making them feel like crap.
Then you get angry,
When they finally snap.
Fat…
Ugly
Stupid…
Nerd…
All of these names,
all of thes
THIRD PLACE
Naked RealityWe are all naked,by ~XxawesomeninjaxX
We just wear cloths to cover the truth,
But...
They see right through the thin fabric,
That holds what we have hidden,
Despite what's in our hearts,
They only see what's on the outside,
But who is around to leave it alone?
No one.
Not one can really tell you your flaws,
Only you can,
But your inner critic just breaks you down,
This is the naked truth,
And no,
Truth does not wear cloth,
For truth is what's real,
We are not.
PRIZES
1st place:
commissions from *darkdragon277 (art), *xXSkyPounceOfSnowyXx (lit) critique from *xXSkyPounceOfSnowyXx llamas from ~L-I-M-E-A-D-E, ~Soggy-Deathcorn-S, *xXSkyPounceOfSnowyXx, ~GrahamCracker76, ~MauraGreen, ~Mysticstar875, ~aillin1 50 points2nd place:
commission from *darkdragon277 (art) llamas from ~L-I-M-E-A-D-E, ~Soggy-Deathcorn-S, ~GrahamCracker76, ~MauraGreen, ~Mysticstar875, ~aillin1 25 points3rd place:
commission from ~aillin1 (lit) llamas from ~L-I-M-E-A-D-E ~Soggy-Deathcorn-S, ~GrahamCracker76, ~MauraGreen, ~Mysticstar875, ~aillin1 25 points
Judging: "Lose Control" contest entries
Rules: Must be a member of the group to participate. Submit to the "Contests and Prompts" folder and note the entry to ~Mysticstar875. Mention in comments that it is for the #Love-Literature contest.
Enjoy!
