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The illustrious National Novel Writing Month is well underway!
We will affectionately be referring to it by its well-known acronym, NaNoWriMo. :3
If you're unfamiliar wit the phenomenon, NaNoWriMo is a project that challenges you to write a 50,000-word novel within the 30 days of the month! I know many of you look forward to trying to make your fingers fall off every November, and we'd like to invite you to post your work here on Aywas for some appropriately-themed prizes. *u*
We are setting the deadline for participating in NaNoWriMo on Aywas to December 15th at 11:59 p.m.

Here's all the links you'll need:
NaNoWriMo 2015
Post your stories here! This is publicly visible.
If you want your work removed from the site after the event is over and prizes have been distributed, we will certainly do that for you upon request.
Private NaNo Logs 2015
If you don't want your work visible to the public, you can utilize the private forum instead.
Only you and staff will be able to see your threads, and we will happily remove them from the site upon request after the month is over and prizes have been handed out.

Whether you use the public space or private area, you must follow the NaNo instructions!
We have also created a FAQ thread for any questions that you run into.

And, of course, there are prizes!
(They are stackable, so the more you write, the more goodies you accumulate.)
1,000 - participation item.
5,000 - pet item.
10,000 - HA set.
25,000 - Defense items.
50,000 - Forum title, exclusive fauna and an exclusive site theme/background.
So if you write 50,000+ words, you get all prizes above. If you only hit 10,000 you will get the participation item, pet item, and HA set.

Good luck to all of our aspiring novelists, hobby writers, wordsmiths, and everyone in between!
(And hopefully your work doesn't end up eating you alive! D:)
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:44pm
Art Gallery
Contests

The art gallery has been judged!
The theme was Campfire Stories* and we received plenty of imaginative entries!
Here are our featured winners:
They won:


Congratulations!
The current theme is Tech Takes Over!
What would happen if technology took over Ay, Ara, and everything else on Aywas?! (Nevermind the fact that everything is online anyway... XD)
If you already submitted an entry for this theme, you are good to go! The gallery still has it in queue. n_n
Official Aywas stock is not permitted for this theme.
Good luck!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:04pm
Free Custom Winners!
Contests

'· .¸¸.·´'· .¸¸.·´ [[ The w i n n e r s' edition! ]] '· .¸¸.·´'· .¸¸.·´






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SelenaWolf (#10323) | 147 votes .......... Jools (#37392) | 113 votes .......... Jaq and Danny (#2511) | 26 votes



4................................................5................................................6
Bill Cipher (#3389) | 70 votes .......... Tyedannosaurus (#61723) | 69 votes .......... Serenciel (#51462) | 45 votes



7................................................8................................................9
Phoenixfyre (#35182) | 112 votes .......... Toottles (#35839) | 46 votes .......... Marjo (#5741) | 50 votes
Congratulations to all of our winners!
I will be sending out your customs momentarily.
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sat Nov 14, 2015 1:07pm
T4T: Happy Eeeeee-ovember?
Items

Chocolate eggs are for life, not just for Easter.
... Or at least they're readily available for the next month in Trash for Treasure, where they will stock until December 13th!
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:44am
Trivia & Weekly Raffle
Site Update

This week's raffle winner is:
Inuiza (#29946)
Who had 40 crystals out of 10840 total and won a full set of November GP/BP shop pets!

Congratulations!
Next week's winner will receive...



A set of Stag trunks!
Set a reminder to snag those crystals!
Trivia

The trivia has been updated!
Last week's questions and answers revealed!
What is the Essence of November 2015 based on?
Fig
Which of the following is NOT a stag trunk?
Galaxy
The Bat-o-Gram is stocking in T4T until when?
November 30th
If your birthday is in November, which Lunaris do you receive this year?
Beaver
This __ loves to bury stores of acorns everywhere but it often forgets where it's buried them.
Palli
What is NOT found in the Pumpkin Spice Everything Bag?
Pumpkin Spice Margarita
These pumpkins grow to be enormous sizes and, according to legend, can transform into other objects and even grant wishes.
Fairytale Pumpkin
It's a lot more spooky on the inside if you can believe it!
Haunted House Raffi
Its coat is a mirror to the October sky.
Halloween Stars Raffi
The Striped Lighthouse Vial contains...
rares
How many questions will you get correct this week?
Good luck!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:21pm
HA Contest Continues!
Contests
After a close competition we finally have our winner:

To enter the next part of the contest and colour in the Free Spirit base, head over here to learn more!
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:17pm
Art Gallery Extension
Contests

We need a few more entries for the Campfire Stories* theme, so we will leave this open through November 9th at 11:59 p.m. This is a starred theme, so be sure to give this one a try if you have time!
Best of luck. :3
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Nov 8, 2015 10:44pm
The Last of Haunted Lake Light
Pets
..er, or above the Haunted Lake, rather.

Try doing a hard refresh if you do not see a new Haunted Lake day image above.
Congratulations to Braxiatel (#144) the Round 3 winner of our Haunted Lake background submissions contest! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to our artwork this season. <3 I hope you have been enjoying the Haunted Lake and our "dynamic" background experiment this time around. :3 We might try something similar for December.



With this final round comes our last batch of 20 pets!
The Haunted Lake will be open through the 14th at 11:59 p.m., so you have time to get these stragglers. n_n
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Nov 8, 2015 10:43pm
HA Basing - Vote!
Contests
Please select your vote.
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Sun Nov 8, 2015 7:29am
Free Monthly Custom Game!
Contests

It's time to give away nine free customs designed during October under the theme of Edible!
To play the free custom game, please include the phrase "CUSTOM #__" in your news comment. For example, if you want Custom 1, please comment "CUSTOM #1."
Don't lose out on a chance to win one of these customs by voting incorrectly!
Custom One = bad.
Custom1 = bad.
Custom#1 = bad.
Custom #1 = good!
I love custom #1! = good!
Here we go!



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Please contact Kyu (#1010) for your prize if you designed one of these customs!
If one of your creations didn't make it in, we highly suggest entering it as a site pet submission here if you don't want to sell/keep it. :)
You have until November 10th at 11:59 p.m. to get your vote in!
One vote per account.
Good luck!
Want to see one of YOUR creations featured in the monthly free custom game?
Enter your submission for December here! The theme is Antlers.
(Please also remember to ensure your submissions follow standard custom/pet rules.)
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sat Nov 7, 2015 10:21am