Beauty Contest Results

Before I reveal the results, I would like the judges:



As all the original judges stepped down one way or another, these kind people helped me out when they didn't have to. I only recently became aware that the six original judges couldn't or wouldn't follow through on their promise so, as you can imagine, I was not a happy bunny.
While I'm sure these five deviants are very glad to be rid of me as I was in such a foul mood, I appreciate everything that they did. All of them went above and beyond what I asked for in a very short space of time.

I would like to add that there are other contests for you to join:

H-U-G-G-A-B-L-E's group, TheArtPlatform is running a Halloween contest, here: theartplatform.deviantart.com/…
parchmentgirl is running 'A Terrible Opening Sentence' contest, here: caroljforrester.wordpress.com/…

Here are the results:


1st place
jessica35
Beauty is a Love WithheldWhen empty tears cease to welt,
the underside of love is naught.
The barrens of indifference felt.
Healed the heart no longer wrought.
Thine flower left in dry to wilt.
May I have eyes to watch it die.
Tattered petals turned to silt.
Sent on lightened wings to fly.
And while my shoulder faces west,
thy hands reach out for fingers fated.
To kiss the skin the heart knows best,
and find that warmth hath now been gated.
Beauty is a love withheld,
to fertilize the passion grow.
But mine heart's desire has been felt,
and now it's time to let it go.

3 month premium membership or the equivalent in points from WishingUnderThatStar
2 month journal feature from WishingUnderThatStar
2 month journal feature from Erlebnisse
1 month journal feature from scarlette13
Feature in publication from FanaticalPublishing
Sketch head-shot from veloveanime
Request from Nyodra
Portrait from BlueSoulber
A literature commission from CelestialMemories
A literature commission from dawn181
A literature commission (short story only) from Katt-Kitt
An interview from flaminandfamous789
2 critiques from Erlebnisse
1 critique from scarlette13

2nd place
Treo-LeGigeo
SliverThey say that if you stand in front of a wall of glass at exactly four minutes past midnight and tap your fingers on it three times, you can open a door to the void beyond this world. It has to be somewhere you can see your reflection, and see through it, hovering like a ghost over the darkness beyond, somewhere dim enough that you can't quite tell the difference between light and shade. And unless you hit the glass where you touched it, shatter the half-formed image before the fifth minute strikes, that door will never close.
Celia Gray has never been one for urban legends. So much so, that she would never turn down a chance to prove one wrong.
The girls are in the middle of their third round of Truth Or Dare when it's brought up for the first time.
"No way!"
"Come on, Angie, it's almost midnight!"
"No, Tracey."
"What's wrong, scared?"
"No, I—I just ...it's my house! I'm not smashing my balcony door."
"Jeez, guys." The five faces turn at the third voice. "We're fourteen no

1 month premium membership or the equivalent in points from WishingUnderThatStar
20 from WishingUnderThatStar [Donated by D-A-Skelly ]
2 month journal feature from WishingUnderThatStar
2 month journal feature from Erlebnisse
1 month journal feature from scarlette13
Feature in publication from FanaticalPublishing
Sketch head-shot from veloveanime
Request from Nyodra
A literature commission from CelestialMemories
A literature commission (short story only) from Katt-Kitt
1 critique from Erlebnisse
1 critique from scarlette13

3rd place
D-A-Skelly


200 from WishingUnderThatStar
1 month journal feature from WishingUnderThatStar
2 month journal feature from Erlebnisse
1 month journal feature from scarlette13
Sketch head-shot from veloveanime
Sketch/line-art from CaptainTigglesworth
A literature commission from CelestialMemories
1 critique from Erlebnisse
1 critique from scarlette13

I will be noting the results to everyone who donated prizes.
Thank you to everyone who entered, featured and donated a prize to this contest. I hope you all had fun taking part.