July Writing / Art Contests

ART  FOR KIDS (4-12) and TEENS (12-18), click this LINK to print an entry and a FREE fairy tale booklet building project.  Art entries should be on 8 1/2 x 11 paper portrait orientation, and entry forms must be signed by a parent or legal guardian.  Deadlines, July 31, August 31, September 30.

WRITING for KIDS 8-18 -- one month only.  Find challenge materials and entry forms at this LINK. Deadline is July 31.


FOR TEEN AND ADULT ARTISTS AND WRITERS, FIND CONTEST MATERIALS HERE

Eva C WINNER

Find at least five differences between the original picture and the version in the book.  When Eva drew this, she hadn't read the book yet.  Isn't it amazing?  She is so talented with fashion, hair and attitude.  All she got in the way of help was, "Remember, ogres can be as tall as the whole palace.  anybody who feels like coloring this, just print out the picture, and make sure you remember the mom and three ogre teens are redheads.  FYI:  that's Cinderella and Prince Edward on the balcony (as newlyweds.)



To win a free book, you can enter the coloring contest using this drawing.  Print it, e-mail it to contest2@flipsidefairytales.com, and wait until the winner is announced.

Tomorrow's Winning Picture

Tomorrow's contest winner did NOT get to read this scene before drawing a picture.  All she got was a quick explanation.  One of the reasons the sunshine had to be taken out of the drawing for the final book version was because the scene happens just after sunset.  Wait and see what she came up with for a conversation between Cinderella and a family of ogres she just (accidentally) wished would come visit.

Book 1 Chapter 2 

The ogre girls reminded Cinderella of three very dear childhood friends.

Jack explained, “No short names for dem.”

“If I could choose your daughters’ human names, I would call them Heather, Laura and Stephanie. Three beautiful names for your beautiful girls.”  She nodded toward the girls, who waved and giggled at her.

The girls tried out their names and seemed to like them. Heather was tallest

and had hair a vivid shade of red, but not nearly as bright as her mother’s. Laura, with deep brown eyes, had hair a soft shade of orange, like a blooming sunrise. Stephanie, the smallest and a little plump, showed delighted dimples on her freckled cheeks. Her hair was strawberry blond. Seeing the three of them with their mother made Cinderella wonder whether an artist had diluted the same red paintbrush in water each time he made a new head of hair, the shades were arranged so artistically.

“Thanks for da names, your hi-nes-ess,” said Stephanie, concentrating hard on making the word ‘highness.’

The princess  was only as tall as an ogre’s knee. Hearing a young ogre many times taller than herself address her as ‘your highness’ seemed ludicrous. She flashed a smile to hide her desire to giggle and said, “You’re welcome.”

Nayeli R -- WINNER!

The drawing is a lot more charming with the shading intact.  When our yearly awards happen, the original version will definitely be one of the contenders for grand prize.

Beautiful work.

Also a beautiful artist:

Tomorrow's Winning Picture

Here's all the winner of the contest knew about her scene:  Cindrella is talking to an ogre.  He's really huge, and she's about up to his knee.

Book 1 Chapter 4

Hoping to keep the newcomers away from her guests, she made sure all the glass blowers were watching her next move. She slowly wandered toward the back side of hill and down the far side of it until her head would be out of sight. Then, turning toward the picnic spot, she lifted up her skirts to race around the hill to her husband.

She abruptly stopped when she ran straight into the kneecap of a mountain ogre even bigger than Jack.

“Oh, dear. Please excuse me,” she said, rubbing her forehead.

Jacob S -- WINNER!

There's only a few differences between the original drawing and the one that ended up in the book.  If you can find two, you're doing pretty well.  Jacob doesn't think he's very good at art.  WE DISAGREE.  The total dejection that prince feels is just about what anybody would get if he knew he was going to get in trouble with his dad, and Jacob caught it perfectly on paper!  Nice going.  By the way, the dad happens to be the King.  That makes it so much worse.


Jacob got a free book because he won this contest.  Congratulations!

If you'd like to color this picture, feel free to print it out, take a photo and send it to Contest2@flipsidefairytales.com (the coloring contest that's ongoing.)  One coloring contest winner will get a free book each month.

Tomorrow's Winning Picture

The winner of this illustration contest had never read the book.  Stay tuned to see if he did a good job at showing what's going on.  All he knew before drawing it was this:  part of the palace collapsed while the king was away (because of ogres visiting) and Cindrella was listening to Prince Edward's worries:

Book 1 Chapter 7

That evening, in the bedchamber, with sheaves of papers in his hands and a deflated look on his face, Edward reported. “The cost of repairs will be immense. I have personally gone over the operating costs, tax revenues and incomes from all other sources available. We will never have enough unless we use emergency funds. The worst part is only my father can give permission for the use of emergency funds.”

“Oh dear. That’s awful,” she said, sympathetically.

“I’m going to be in such big trouble when my dad gets home.”  Edward slumped into the armchair by the window.

Kennedy H -- WINNER!

The color version of this drawing is so charming, it makes us wish every book could be in color!  Kennedy only knew the short one in the picture was Cinderella and the ogre was a lot bigger -- a LOT BIGGER.  What an awesome job.  It helps that the ogre looks like a nice guy.  In Cindrella's world, the mountain ogres are decent people, just a lot to deal with.  Kennedy got a free book for winning the contest.  Yay!

here's how the drawing turned out for the book. It's the last thing you'll see in the book Big Help

Each month, we have a coloring contest.  If you like this drawing, print it out, color it and e-mail a picture of your work to contest2@flipsidefairytales.com.  One winner in the coloring contest is chosen each month and gets a free book.

To enter the chapter art contest, go to www.flipsidefairytales.com/art to learn what pictures are needed for upcoming books.

Rachel C -- Winner!

Here's the amazing drawing for chapter 1.

Here's the lovely girl who drew it -- kind of looks like Cinderella, don't you think?

Here's how the drawing looks in the book.

Congratulations to Rachel.  This was a really nice piece of artwork.  She received a free copy of the book Big Help.  YAHOO!

Aimee G -- WINNER!

Aimee had to ask, "Wait.  How big are the rocks that are coming down?"  Answer:  about the size of cantaloupes.  With just that extra piece of help (and never having read the book) she came up with this wonderful drawing.  Cinderella stands between her husband and some pretty awful injuries.  because she won the contest, Aimee got a free book.  Congratulations!


Too bad we had to take out the shading from the original drawing.  It was really good.

People who love to color can print this picture, color it, and e-mail a picture of what you've done to contest2@flipsidefairytales.com.  Then, at the end of the month, watch this blog  or our Facebook page to learn who the winner for coloring is.  That person will get a free book!

To learn more about the drawings needed in upcoming books, go to www.flipsidefairytales.com/art