Reader Submitted Picture: "A Shock of Light"

 

 From IshtarAngel Micheline at The Wrathwoods at the Fantasy Faire, "Since the Faire is almost over I had to document it with this look."

 

Press Release: Furry Fashion Halloween 2023

 

 This years Halloween Hunt is now ON! you can find 50 rental cases scattered throughout the region and in the special Halloween level! (Top floor of the FF Main store) you might find bonus prizes in mall shops too!  https://furrysl.blogspot.com/2023/09/furry-halloween-2023

 

Not to mention your chance to win up to 10000 Linden in our photo contest! 

 

html http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Furry/152/41/113

 

 

Press Release: Making Strides' "Outshop Cancer"

 

The 6th annual Out Shop Cancer event supporting Making Strides and the American Cancer Society is almost here.

Out Shop Cancer is a main store and marketplace shopping event and a signature Strides Campaign in Second Life in support of the American Cancer Society’s breast cancer programs and research.

The 2023 Out Shop Cancer event includes main store and marketplace shopping, a grid-wide hunt, an Out Shop Cancer Pop-up Market, and a special Gala event. Along with the many shopping opportunities, there will be several special raffles during the month, including raffles for eBody Reborn bodies, Belleza bodies, LeLutka heads, skin packs and much more.

In addition to the shopping, hunt and raffles, there will be an art walk and photo contest this year. The Easthaven Art Walk will also run Oct. 1 through Oct. 31 and feature the creative work of artists and photographers with proceeds benefiting Strides. A photo contest with the theme, "Season of Hope" will be held at Easthaven and open to everyone to join in the fun!

With more than 70 stores participating ranging from clothes to decor to breedables, there is something for everyone. Sandie Slate, founder of Out Shop Cancer, says “The response from designers this year has been tremendous and the amount of support for the event has exceeded expectations. With the inclusion of the Pop-Up Market and the Gala event, this year’s event is jam-packed with shopping and much more.”

Slate continued: "By hosting events throughout the month, there's plenty to see and do -- all while helping to raise funds for a great cause."

The Out Shop Cancer event runs from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31. Shoppers will be able to pick up a shopping hud inworld at the Out Shop Cancer office. A list of contributing merchants with a shopping directory and the official bloggers can be found on the Out Shop Cancer website at https://www.outshopcancersecondlife.com/. Information about the Hunt, Pop-Up Market and Gala event will be available on the website as well.

All proceeds from this event go directly to the American Cancer Society’s breast cancer programs and services.

 

Once again, for more information, check out the website at outshopcancersecondlife.com 

 

About Making Strides

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer or MSABC is the largest network of breast cancer awareness events in the nation, uniting more than 300 communities to finish the fight. Every breast cancer walk and event is an incredible and inspiring opportunity to honor those who have battled breast cancer, raise awareness about what we can do to reduce our breast cancer risk, and raise money to help the American Cancer Society fight the disease with research, information, services, and access to mammograms for women who need them.

 

Team Sunbeamer Group Photo

 

 

 On Tuesday June 14, some of the Relay's Team Sunbeamers met up for their annual post-Relay Weekend group photo, in front of the camp at RFL Advocacy. Not everyone could make it, such as Cynthia Farshore, Shockwave Yareach, and Mattie Carlton. And some were in Bid Me and Relay avatar challenge looks. But it's a picture for the Sunbeamer books.

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Advertisement: Furry Halloween Has Started At Furry Fashion

 

 A region wide hunt and a Halloween photo contest that has a ton of prizes including a 10000L 1st prize! The region has been totally redecorated in theme and 50 Crystal balls have been hidden, each stuffed with a gift - Don't forget to check mall spots cause some merchants are joining in! 

Full details here!!!! https://furrysl.blogspot.com/2022/09/furry-halloween-2022.html

 

 

Announcement: Magician Productions Photo Contest

 
Hey everyone! To celebrate the start of the Magician Productions Discord server, and the fact that May is my birth month, I'm going to be hosting a CONTEST! This contest is going to be a photo contest! There will be 3 winners!

First, and foremost~ The only condition you have to enter the contest, is there must be an MP Product visible in the photo. That's IT! *

Contest will be ended on May 27th and Winners will be announced on May 30th

First Prize winner will receive: 2,000L prize, and a fatpack of their choice! (Choices including the Speckled Dragon Mod and M*P Inventory!)
Second Prize winner will receive: 1000L prize and a product of your choice (excluding fatpacks!)
Third Prize winner will receive: 500L prize OR a product of their choice (excluding fatpacks)

Please put your contest entries in the "Contest" channel here in the discord! Upload your image and include your FULL Name (Not your nickname) to the image as well as any extra details you'd like to have. ONE ENTRY PER PERSON! Please keep it tasteful. No extreme NSFW content!

To join the Discord server: Click Here - https: //discord.gg/5qNkUNrtNu .

Good luck!!

Becky Nosferatu
 

RFL: Rondevue Easter Photo Contest

 
The Photo Contest at Rondevue to celebrate Easter 2022 is NOW open. There's BIG Total Prize money of 10,000 L$ to be won!

7000 L$ will be won by 3 winners (50, 35, 15 percentage) determined by number of votes received.
1000 L$ will be awarded by the judging panel, the Rondevue owners to each winner of the following categories:

- Funniest photo
- Cutest photo
- Most Beautiful photo

Entries are Now Open
Voting opens 6AM April 4
Contest closes 6AM April 17  

Cost to Enter - 50 Lindens
Cost to Vote - 25 Lindens

THIS IS A RELAY FOR LIFE (RFL) EVENT AND ALL LINDENS RECEIVED TO ENTER OR VOTE WILL BE DONATED to RFL.

Submit your entries at Rondevue

Marina Bay (87,178,25)

Good luck everyone!

Rondevue Owners
 

A Few Halloween Happenings

 

It's still early in October, but there are plenty of Halloween-related things to do in Second Life. For those who like shopping most of all, there's the "Shop and Hop" going on, with ten sims of stores to see and buy from.

Come celebrate Halloween with your favorite Second Life Creators. With sales galore and gifts for everyone! The event will run from October 1st to 31st, 2021.

The Destinations Guide had a list of the sims. On the Linden blog, the post about the shopping event had a list of participating sellers with a SLURL next to each one. Or you can just head here: Tinseled (154/128/52)

There's also some haunted areas to visit. One featured in Second Life Destinations was "Hauntings."

Moody, ghostly, creepy, and fun, Hauntings is another delightful venue in Old Town. Once a charming and peaceful spot in rural America, when the events began happening, folks moved away. No cars stopped at the motel; the farm lies abandoned. What happened here? What went on in that house? No-one knows. But once a year, the spirits of those who were innocent walk, looking for treats.

To get to this spooky place, head over to Adagio Breeze (199/59/3603). The place is a little scary, though not as nerve wracking as some places. Oh, and don't worry about the giant bat, too much.

For those in the mood for a hunt to get lots of prizes, one place to go is the Furry Fashion Halloween area. They have one every year. This year, one looks around a foggy fantasy-themed place, with a few signs of witches and pirates, for dragon eggs. There are thirty to be found, as well as a few decoys that give nothing. Flying is turned off, but all places can be reached by jumping, "think jump puzzles from Guild Wars2 (Blame Fortunas and Minty for that!)."

It is recommended that you set your environment to foggy or Midnight, and people are asked not to give hints to others. The entrance, which has some backstory, is at Furry (83/115/4007).

Oh, and Furry Fashion has a Halloween photo contest. All pictures have to be taken in the Halloween area, "Submissions must be put in notecard form into the contest application box by the ghost ship in the Halloween area - Photos must be full perm or linked to your twitter/flickr. Don't forget to add your legacy SL name so we know who you are!" You can send up to five pictures, and the contest lasts until November 3. First prize is 5000 Lindens, with 2500L for second, and 1000L for third.

Stay tuned for more reports of Halloween locations and events.
 
Bixyl Shuftan
 

EOTB: "Winter Photo Challenge"

 

 In the official blog, Tara Linden announced a "Winter Photo Challenge."

It's time for another photo challenge! Whether you're going for festive or cozy, share a picture of your escapades in one of your favorite winter regions. It can be a solo or group shot, and let us know the name of the region.

Strawberry and I took the photo above at Silent Night. It's absolutely gorgeous but I was not prepared for the cold, as you can see from our frosty breath. I'm also probably about to trip over my untied shoelaces. 

Will your pic be silly or dramatic? Featuring a snowman or an ice skating rink? Scope out the winter attractions soon, we can't wait to see what you get up to! 

Tara didn't say where to send or post the pictures, I had to look around and after some time found the pictured posted in a thread in the Second Life forums. There is no prize money or any kind of reward being offered.

To read the blog post, Click Here. 

 

Reader Submitted: "Meet The Moles"

Taken by Nance Clowes at the "Meet the Moles" event at the SL16B Auditorium on Friday June 28.

Reader Submitted: The Dragon Crew at Club Cutlass

Picture submitted by Cynthia Farshore and Shockwave Yareach. On Saturday January 19, the Epic Failure Show, sometimes called the Dragon Crew, took it's act to Club Cutlass. DJ Geerkil, the purplish dragon on the left, is usually the largest avatar when he plays music. But some of his big fans showed up, and they were big in stature as well, making him look a bit small in comparison. "Wow. You don't often see so many dragons," one of the people below commented. When someone wondered if the ceiling might buckle, Shockwave, who was around, responded with a grin, "Not MY roof." He explained when he and Cynthia were building the club, he was in charge of the roof, so he assured everyone it could accommodate the draconian passengers easily.

Press Release: Art/Photo Contest: Trotsdale 7th and Luskwood 15th Birthday

Trotsdale is turning 7 and Luskwood is turning 15. Time sure does fly, doesn't it? Let's celebrate! Show off your love and what Trotsdale and/or Luskwood mean to you in this art/photography contest. Be thinking and looking, there are several chances to win in this one.

Theme: Celebrating Memories: What Trotsdale and Luskwood mean to me! 2018

=Rules=
1. One entry per avatar per sim represented(total of four entries).
2. Entrants may submit pictures of real-life artwork related to Trotsdale or Luskwood.
3. Entrants may submit screenshots and/or SL photographs.
All textures, photos, and notecards MUST be full perm.
4. All entries MUST be done via a full perm notecard dropped into the dropbox with the following information included in the card.
* A) Avatar Legacy name,
* B) Display name to announce if you win,
* C) The title you are giving your photo or art,
* D) Whether the piece is for Luskwood or for Trotsdale.
* E) Whether this is for Traditional/Digital Art or Screenshot/SL Photography division
5. Absolutely NOTHING explicit. Explicit submissions will be disqualified.

=Where to enter=
Dropbox easels will be available at the Trotsdale Square and Luskwood Social Platform.

=Deadline=
Please have your submissions into one of the dropboxes by Midnight SLT, Monday Oct 15, 2018 to be picked up later that day.

=Prizes=
The prize pool will be divided into four prizes equally as noted below.

Trotsdale
1. Traditional/Digital Art
2. SL photo/screenshot

Luskwood
3. Traditional/Digital Art
4. SL photo/screenshot

=Prize Pool=
Starting Prize Pool is 2000L courtesy of Amehana ishtari and MechaEnigma.

Prize Pool is held by Midomaru Resident, an alt of Amehana Ishtari (Arashi) to keep the funds for this contest separated from the funds for the overlapping Halloween contest. Prize disbursement will be sent out via Midomaru Resident (display David Valnarius).

=Want to increase the Prize Pool?=
Send donations to the prize pool for this particular contest to Midomaru Resident or pay the contest sign to have the funds relayed.

Lichtbringer's 16 Fields and the LEA Photo Contest

Klaus Bereznyak recently dropped by LEA26 to get a look at the exhibit there, a build called "16 Fields" by a group of three artists calling themselves "Lichtbringer." There was much to see, and something to do, a photography contest. So what did he think of the exhibition?

Read Klaus' story in Design.

Press Release: 8th Annual Oscar Fashion Photo Contest

"Around the Grid," the Second Life blog published by Harper Ganeswort, Conan Bankersbox, and Jern Sternhall, has opened it's 8thAnnual Oscar Fashion Photo contest, to run from January 8 until March 5, 2017. The guaranteed prize fund for this year's contest is L$50,500, with L$25,00 going to the 1st-place winner.

"The calendar has rolled around again to January," Harper Ganesvoort said, "and so it's time for my annual question. Once again, if you received an inviration to this year's Academy Awards and the various after parties, what would you wear?

"Just as people enjoy critiquing the actors' and actresses' evening wear on the red carpet every year, and imagining ourselves wearing those clothes, we like to take a look at what our friends and acquaintances in world wear. Our annual photo contest combines the two pastimes into one, allowing
us to imagine ourselves on the red carpet in Los Angeles while the cameras of the world are on us, or on other aspects of that day for the Real Life Hollywood crowd. Second Life gives us a chance to not only talk about what we think would look good, but to demonstrate our concepts to the world through displaying the photos on Flickr and in our blogs.

"The 2017 prize fund holds steady from last year's advance,"Harper said. "First Place will receive L$25,000; Second Place L$10,000; Third Place L$7,500; and the four Honorable Mentions will receive L$2,000 each. I can't recall if there have been richer prize packages for other peoples' contests in the past, but I'm pretty sure that the OFPC's package is the biggest and most consistently awarded over its eight-year history, as well as possibly the longest running annual contest aside from the well-known beauty pageants such as Miss Virtual World. When this year's winners are paid, the total cash prizes over eight years, based on guaranteed pools, will have hit L$185,000."

Taking a look at the current technical aspects of Second Life fashion, Harper noted the increasing preference for wearable mesh body components, as opposed to the "classic" SL system bodies. "Mesh has definitely taken hold of the fashion industry with both hands. The latest advance, SL's Bento skeleton changes, is just now starting to feed into the stores. It may be too early to see much in terms of the new articulations in contest entries, but it still promises to make for wonderful new photographic opportunities, including for Second Life's artistic photography in general.

"As always, we hope that Residents will help us spread the word, and we wish the entrants the best of luck."

Complete contest rules may be found in the official contest announcement, at http://harper-ganesvoort.com/2017/01/08/ofpc-8-announcement/ 

Harper Ganeswort

Press Release: Photos For A Cure - MSABC 2016 Photo Contest

CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS!

Submit your best photo of the theme Blossoms of Hope for a chance to win prizes! 

The MSABC 2016 Photo Contest sponsored by .Glitter, {Nantra}, and Spice it up!

All photos will be put up for silent auction to raise funds for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer in SL.. MSABC raises money for cancer research through The American Cancer Society..

1st Prize L$4,000 in gift cards and lindens
2nd Prize L$2,750 in gift cards and lindens
3rd Prize L$1,500 in gift cards and lindens

+ winners will be posted on our website and Facebook page

Photography Contest will run from Oct. 1 to Oct. 23 and is open to all Second Life residents

To enter the Photo Contest, take your best pictures with our chosen theme "Blossoms of Hope" and add it to our flickr group

Rules :

♦ Photo cannot show privates or nipples (pasties may be used). We ask for tastefully done photos with no explicit scenes.
♦ Size must be 1600 x 1200 and full perms
♦ One entry per avatar
♦ Photo should reflect the theme of "Blossoms of Hope"
♦ Photo editing is allowed
♦ Upload your entry in the flickr group :www.flickr.com/groups/makingstrideswalk-secondlife
♦ Send one full perm copy of photo in world to Leala Spire
♦ Photos will be on display and up for silent auction from October 23rd - 29th to raise funds for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer in SL
♦ Include "MSABC 2016" in the title of your photo
♦ Winners will be notified on the 30th October

Help us make Strides against Breast Cancer.  We Are So looking Forward to your submissions.  Contact Leala Spire or Sandie Loxingly if you need more information.

Good luck!


About Making Strides Against Breast Cancer:
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer or MSABC is the largest network of breast cancer awareness events in the nation, uniting more than 300 communities to finish the fight. Every breast cancer walk and event is an incredible and inspiring opportunity to honor those who have battled breast cancer, raise awareness about what we can do to reduce our breast cancer risk, and race money to help the American Cancer Society fight the disease with research, information, services, and access to mammograms for women who need them.

About The American Cancer Society:
For more than 100 years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has worked relentlessly to save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Together with millions of our supporters worldwide, we help people stay well, help people get well, find cures, and fight back against cancer.

For more information please visit the sites below:
https://makingstridessecondlife.org/
http://makingstrides.acsevents.org/
http://www.cancer.org/

Press Release: Halloween Photography Contest by Astral Sector Alpha and Trotsdale Library

Kino Moonites from Astral Sector Alpha (the Astrids) and Project Catfort is running an SL photography contest. This is a cross-group contest in return for the cross-group writing contests the Trotsdale Library has headed in the past.

Theme: Halloween/Harvest
Picture Location: Anywhere, so long as it fits the theme.
Deadline: Midnight EST October 30, or 9 PM SLT October 30

All submissions will be displayed in the ASA art gallery in Computer. There will be prizes for the top three. Prizes have not yet been determined.

To enter: Put your photo submissions in a notecard with your name and statement that they are for the photo contest. Title the notecard "Your Legacy Name _ Halloween/Harvest Photo Contest". Send the note card at full perms to Amehana Ishtari or Kino Moonites, or put it in a drop box in the Ibexian Library building in the Ibex Empire sim and the Trotsdale Library building in Trotsdale if you're worried that the notecard will be lost or not received. Likewise there will be a dropbox in the ASA gallery. Amehana will deliver the Dropboxes to Kino Moonites when it is time to collect the cards.

An entry regarding the contest will also be make in the Intersim Library Website will be made at http://intersimlibrary.freeforums.net/board/17/contest-entry-archives

Box sites:

Library, Trotsdale Heights (22, 156, 24)

ASA: Astral Coalition, Computer (65, 144, 25)

PXL Photo Contest : Examples of PXL Creations

Remember our PXL contest about whomever can make the best build using Becky Shamen's PXLs? A few readers have rewuested a few pictures of examples of what can be built from the structures. So Becky made a few examples, such as the sphere above.

Here's a small floating pyramid-shaped structure.

Builds can also include mixed elements, such as this "houseboat."

For more examples, check out these on Becky's own blog.

Now let's see what you the readers can create. The contest ends on June 1, 2015, with 5000 Lindens as the prize.

Announcement: Fashion for Life Photo Contest Winners

On Sunday March 20, the winners of the Fashion for Life photography contest were announced.

Melodie Jigsaw, Popular Vote Winner

Valerie Martynov, Judges Vote Winner

A total of about 40,000 Lindens were offered as prizes to the various winners.

Go Relay!

A "Strange Photo"

A reader, whom wishes to remain anonymous, sent over this "strange photo" to the left to the Newser, saying only that all questions would be handled by Marianne McCann, Bay City's number one resident, and involved with a number of events such as the Second Life Birthday and Burn2. When asked, Marianne explained she was busy and declined comment, but referred us to someone else, who would speak only on the condition of anonymity, and even then wouldn't say much, "If I had a strange photo, I surely would not be handing it out. Nope. I deny any involvement with strange photos. I know nothing. Nothing at all." When pressed, "any idea what it might be for?" the person commented, "Gosh, no idea whatsoever. I wonder if it has to do with any events coming up. Surely some sort of mystery, it would seem. ... I figure strange photos with mysterious origins. Sounds like the making of adventure to me."

So something is coming up, it seems, we just don't know where or when.

Bixyl Shuftan

PXL Photo Contest

Recently, the Newser wrote about Becky "Sha" Shamen's real-life invention, the Pneumatic Crystal Lattice, or PXL, an idea of hers for building lightweight but strong structures capable of floating on water. Recently, she decided to offer an inworld photo contest to help spread the word about the product. Whomever can take the best picture of the most detailed example of architecture made up of PXLs gets 5000 Linden dollars.

You can get a free PXL kit at the SL Newser office in HV Community (140, 85, 25), or you can IM Becky or Editor Bixyl Shuftan for one.

The contest is scheduled to go on until June 1, 2016