Complaint Challenge Contest Results!

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You guys are amazing! The quality of the entries was nothing short of impressive. I was pleasantly surprised with the number of deviants who took a serious and productive approach to tackling their complaints! Quite a few entries were teams working together to make deviantART a better place.

I had a bunch of really great entries, and I had a difficult time not featuring more like six of these. After some serious thought, I narrowed it down to two that I believe stood out from all the awesome (which is tough to do when everything is already wonderful).

Spotlight Winners!


Both of these entries tackle community complaints in a big way and are already smashing success stories. In alphabetical order:

Expose-Lit: The Launch!Expose-Lit has a mission:
To show dA writers who go overlooked in the lit community how easy it is to get involved and get noticed.
We believe that dA lit is a brilliantly supportive, intelligent, and encouraging network for writers to develop in, whatever their level and wherever they’re heading. But it’s no fun if you feel excluded. At Expose-Lit we just want to put up a few signposts saying "writers this way" and "for Critique take next left" and "Fame and glory over the hill; bring a picnic."
Why?
When thorns set the challenge to tackle dA complaints head on, I was immediately stuck by an idea! ....and a feeling of dread because I knew my idea was far too big and I would never have the courage or time or support or any number of other excuses.
What was my beef?
As far as complaints were concerned, I had two, er, beefs:
a) there is a

Expose-Lit


Finally, it's a group that takes you on a guided tour through the literature community! Follow the yellow dot through knowledgeable articles to help you discover the community and give you a starting point for the exposure you've wanted but couldn't quite achieve.

There are articles on most topics I can think of, and a few I hadn't considered! You can start on their main page and follow the links.

The eligible team consists of HugQueen, Vigilo, angelStained, LadyLincoln, Cassildra, SurrealCachinnation, and is headed by CrumpetsHarvey! Each is a familiar name in the community and have left their mark on the group.

They've each won: 100 dA points!

They'll share this prize pool:
:bulletgreen: 3 month premium membership
:bulletgreen: 1 silly picture from neurotype-on-discord
:bulletgreen: 2 critiques from SurrealCachinnation
:bulletgreen: 2 prose critiques from TheSkaBoss
:bulletgreen: 2 customized emote sign from mirz333
:bulletgreen: features from Mirz123, AzeeraTheNinja, and SurrealCachinnation



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dA Solutions Sanctuary


LiliWrites's year long, and virtually solo, entry is exceptional! Each month she will tackle a new complaint topic with the community's help. The interactive activities encourage deviants to join in and be proactive. Plus there are prizes. Who can pass up prizes? :eager:

Her serious and consistent approach has already produced results in January's Daily Deviation challenge. Learn about Critique this month and participate in her Critique Contest now!

LiliWrites won:
:bulletgreen: 3 month premium membership
:bulletgreen: 100 dA points
:bulletgreen: 3 points and a llama from riccassley
:bulletgreen: 1 silly picture from neurotype-on-discord
:bulletgreen: 1 critique from SurrealCachinnation
:bulletgreen: 1 prose critique from TheSkaBoss
:bulletgreen: 1 customized emote sign from mirz333
:bulletgreen: features from Mirz123, AzeeraTheNinja, and SurrealCachinnation



Random Prize Winners


Anyone who participated on an entry had their name added to a drawing for random prizes. These prizes are for individual participants for stepping up and do not need to be shared by team mates. Also, names were added once per entry, so multiple wins are likely with some people having 3 entries.

3 Month Premium Membership!
:bulletgreen: zebrazebrazebra won it!

150 dA Points!
:bulletgreen: megan24601
:bulletgreen: AzizrianDaoXrak
:bulletgreen: LadyofGaerdon

100 dA Points!
:bulletgreen: Vigilo
:bulletgreen: Evlydia
:bulletgreen: linaket - from SurrealCachinnation

50 dA Points!
:bulletgreen: Gricken - from LadyAnder
:bulletgreen: angelStained
:bulletgreen: Rose-vi-Britannia
:bulletgreen: Halatia
:bulletgreen: MotleyDreams
:bulletgreen: JamminJo
:bulletgreen: RTNightmare
:bulletgreen: PeskyAngel
:bulletgreen: Synnic
:bulletgreen: neurotype-on-discord
:bulletgreen: cembree

Miscellaneous Prizes!
:bulletgreen: QuiEstInLiteris, inknalcohol, and marob0501 won a critique from SurrealCachinnation.

:bulletgreen: AzeeraTheNinja, LadyofGaerdon, and a-fiery-boom won a feature from linaket.

:bulletgreen: ME-Jones, LiliWrites, megan24601, and MotleyDreams won a feature from inknalcohol.

:bulletgreen: Tylon won a colored sketch from Dahia.



Donors


I cannot thank donors enough! These people make contests like this possible by kindly donating prizes. Send them a huge thank you. :heart:

:bulletblue: Flyvapnet donated a whopping 700 points! :faint:

:bulletblue: JamminJo donated a very generous 200 points!

:bulletblue: TheSkaBoss, LiliWrites, asquick, bradleysays, SurrealCachinnation, and faeorain all donated 100 points!

:bulletblue: Our other lovely prize donors: DistortedSmile, Riemea, joufancyhuh, MimiStars, Elchanted, candystand195, lintang1412, asquickNi3nk3, MadWlad, whoalisaa, LadyAnder, SurrealCachinnation, inknalcohol, linaket, neurotype-on-discord, mirz333, and Dahia!



In Closing


Hopefully participants and watchers took away more than a contest entry from this event. I hope deviants realize that being proactive is not only productive, but also a lot of fun. You can work toward solutions for your complaints. You can be successful in making this community a better place. :#1:

The entries will have a lasting impact on the community and that is the better than any prize. Which is why I intend to repeat it! I'm considering semi-annually, but perhaps it will be annually. Keep any eye out for it in the future. :dalove:

In the mean time, take a peek at all the other wonderful entries submitted:  thorns.deviantart.com/favourit…




Thank you for being a wonderful community, :love:
thorns


P.S. I will send out my prizes tomorrow. I'm exceptionally tired tonight and would hate to make a mistake. :heart:

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BeccaJS's avatar
The bigger question is Thorns, how the devil do we thank you? :heart: