Congratulations to all of the Artful Romance Contest winners!

It was so much fun to see all the different participants and it was a true challenge to find only 10 winners. There were so many truly inspiring works of art entered. Thank you to everyone who participated!

The grand prize winner is Paola Zakimi

The second prize winner is Sandra Arduini

And a huge congratulations to all eight of our runners up!

Couple by Lutz Baar	Only with You by Susi Franco	Counting the Stars by Tine Wiggens	Trunk vs. Trunk by Mr. Roctopus
Chance Encounter 2 by Kip Decker	I Gave My Love a Cherry by Sara Field	Staying Warm by Melissa Robinson	Skating Into the Sunset by Rachel Linder

Imagekind is holding a special juried art contest and we want all artists to participate!

Join the Artful Romance Contest Group on Imagekind and submit your art to the gallery. Once the contest is over, you’ll have the chance to win some fantastic prizes. Including:

Our Grand Prize:

• A Flip Mino HD, with your choice of printing on it!
• Flickr Pro Account OR a one year Imagekind Platinum Account
• Your artwork featured on our homepage
• $50 Gift certificate to Imagekind for the prints of your choice

Need more info? Discuss it in the Group Forum or read more about the contest.

Kiss by Alexander Sokht; Romance by Bill Stephens; Looking For Love by Nadia Smith; Kiss Me Annie Lim

Rules:

• Only Imagekind members are eligible to enter – basic membership is FREE, so sign up now
• You must have at least 8 images in your account to win the grand prize.
• Artwork must be available in at least the Small size. Work must not be upsampled; all images will be inspected before proceeding to the final round.
• Please only submit 3 images for consideration.
• Creating artwork specifically for this contest is encouraged!

Questions? Send any contest inquiries to contest@imagekind.com, or feel free to participate in the group discussion.

In just a few short days, the Imagekind juried art contest will be over.

We’ve had tons of amazing submissions, but you still have time to enter your artwork.

Our Grand Prize:

• A Flip Mino HD, with your choice of printing on it!
• Flickr Pro Account OR a one year Imagekind Platinum Account
• Your artwork featured on our homepage
• $50 Gift certificate to Imagekind for the prints of your choice

Totally confused? Find out more here.

The Imagekind Summer Games have come to an end. The submissions were collected and the votes were counted. Now its time for the awards ceremony!

What an amazing show of skill! A huge thanks to everyone for participating. You had the opportunity to vote on three events; Unity, Pushing the Limits and Speed. Each event had three winners awarded either a Gold, Silver or Bronze prize. All Winners will be featured on our homepage, in an upcoming email newsletter and will win other great prizes!

In addition to being featured on the homepage, Gold medalists will each get a $50 gift card and Silver and Bronze winners will each receive a print of their work.

We are all amazed at the variety of talent the Imagekind community has shown for this event. It’s fantastic to see all the different artistic styles, ideas and perspectives that make up this artist community. Take a look at all the winners below and make sure to congratulate them on their victory!

Unity Winners

Gold: Generations by Brae Oktober

Silver: Sky Heart by BuffaloWorks Photography

Bronze: Unity by Holly Kempe

Pushing the Limits

Gold: This Wonderfully Wicked Little Town by Jeff Adkins

Silver: Silence !!! Artist Working by Dragos Prioteasa

Bronze: Bridge by Regina Lafay

Speed

Gold: Determination by Paula Suter

Silver: Speed Demon by kellerman

Bronze: WIRED by Mayura Dhume

We had some fantastic submissions for our third and final Imagekind Summer Games event and now it is up to you to choose the winner.

Below are the ten images our esteemed judges determined represent the theme best. Deciding on these images was a difficult task for our judges and one that was not rushed into hastily. Now you get to choose which images you think should take home the gold, silver and bronze!

Vote for the top three that you think represents the theme best. But make sure to vote soon because polls close Friday, August 22 at 10am PDT.

After the polls close on August 22, we will announce all of the winners for the Imagekind Summer Games.

Get voting!

Artwork 1: Determination by Paula Suter
How it Represents Speed: It was inspirational to see the athletes compete in this wheel chair race. The streets of Sempach, a small village in Central Switzerland, were lined with spectators and everyone was cheering for them. I think this shot captures not only speed but determination.

Artwork 2: Speed of Nature by Sherrie Looper
How it Represents Speed: In our fast-paced world, often we forget that the speed of nature is as timeless as it is perfect. The imagery of a seedling growing into its fullness of an ancient tree displays this endless time frame where speed has a more universal and limitless meaning.

Artwork 3: A Day in the Park by Sharon Tatem
How it Represents Speed: This is the story of life as this girl in the red coat and hat is seeing this moment and how quickly she progress through it. She is a child on the bridge, a woman finding love across the water seeing her partner. She is an old woman on a bench with her partner. The hats flying are the movement of time as time speeds by and life moves quickly.

Artwork 4: USAF Thunderbird by Elaine Barnett
How it Represents Speed: United States Air Force Thunderbird making a practice run in Cheyenne, WY in July.

Artwork 5: Wings by Greg Simanson
How it Represents Speed: I have been inspired by the Olympics for my whole life…I feel this image showcases the speed and grace of an athlete.

Artwork 6: WIRED by Mayura Dhume
How it Represents Speed: This image indicates the life around us as it goes at a crazy pace. The boy symbolizes ‘us’ as he watches life speed past.

Artwork 7: Siberian Tiger in Snow – Oil Painting by Chris Chalk
How it Represents Speed: Speed is everything to the Amur ( Siberian ) Tiger. Without it it would simply not survive. A huge animal weighing in at up to 900lbs and up to 10 feet long it is still able to move at unimaginable speed to catch it’s prey. Ironically it’s time is may also be running out due to illegal poaching and loss of habitat. Here I tried to capture the power and speed waiting to be unleashed.

Artwork 8: Portrait of Robin by Sondra Sula
How it Represents Speed: I sketched this in less than 15 minutes! Now that’s speed!

Artwork 9: Speed Demon by kellerman
How it Represents Speed: The sparrow reaches it limits and beyond as it flies through the air leaving its shadow behind.

Artwork 10: Swing Free by Chris Lyons
How it Represents Speed: I think this picture portrays a good sense of speed, as you imagine the people whooshing by in their chairs.

Polls have closed, thanks for particpating!