Hello everyone! I hope that you all aren't too busy playing Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 because we are busting out with some new updates!

With deviantART pre-releasing Groups, I (=karusuman) have decided to push forward and upgrade this club into a Group. This will of course mean a small transition where all of our data will be changed. There are huge benefits to Groups and you can read about it here.

With the Holidays coming up and the fact we haven't done a contest in some time I decided its high-time we kicked one off! Kingdom Hearts Club Announces How I Spent My Holiday

Details: Draw, Paint, Photoshop(original artwork only), or Write your favorite Kingdom Hearts character(s) depicted in a Holiday Theme. Themes include Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Although popular holidays will be the majority submitted, we are not excluding any Holidays that fall within the 4th Quarter. This time we will only accept official characters from -any- of the Kingdom Hearts games, but I would really love to see some from 358/2 If you have any questions please feel free to note the club.

Rules: Only 1 Contest submission will be accepted per participant, and only 1 participant per household. The Contest begins today, October 18th, 2009 and will end December 1st at 23:59 PM PST. All participants must submit their entry within this time to be considered eligible for the contest. Absolutely no late entries will be accepted under any circumstances. This may sound a bit harsh but it is to promote fairness amongst all participants. Prizes will only be awarded to residents of the contiguous 48 States of America, meaning Hawaii and Alaska residents are not eligible along with residents of other countries. I do apologize sincerely for this but I cannot afford to pay for overseas shipping >.< The only exception would be if the prize were redeemed through deviantART, such as devWEAR store goodies, subscriptions, etc. in the amount equal too or less than the prize normally awarded. This will still give those living outside of the United States an incentive. Perhaps if another Administrator can assist then we may be able to work something out. Until otherwise, the above stated holds without exception. Again, if you have any questions please send a note to the club.

Prizes:

1st Place Winner will receive Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 for the Nintendo DS/DSi. If the winner already owns the game a prize of equal or lesser value can be redeemed. Please speak to me if and when this is the case. For those of you who do not own the game and would like to win it, well this is your chance!

2nd Place Winner will receive a Play Arts Kingdom Hearts 2 action figure of their choosing. Prices not to exceed $28.00 before S&H. The action figure will be shipped from Amazon.com and you can find the available action figures there. If the winner finds an action figure of their liking that does not exceed the above stated price then we can discuss it at that time.

3rd Place Winner will receive a 6-month subscription to deviantART, a value of $15.90. If the winner already has a subscription to deviantART I can make a gift purchase at the devWEAR store on their behalf with the price not to exceed $15.90. Again, this can be discussed at that time.

All 3 Winners will be interviewed about their submissions and I expect results! Please guys/gals, I want to make this a very interesting contest and more interactive than the rest. What makes this Kingdom Hearts Club the best out there are our members. Show the rest of deviantART who we are!

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Additionally, to those of you who add club gallery submissions to their favorites: While as a whole this is getting better it still happens frequently. While normally I am above threatening people into obeying our club rules *cough* IF YOU DON"T STOP WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE YOU FROM THE CLUB, BLOCK YOU, AND YOU WILL BE INELIGIBLE FOR ANY CLUB ACTIVITIES. *cough* For those of you who already abide by the rules thank you profusely! You are the apple of my eye.

Until next update,


=karusuman


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