Best Farm Contest - 8th July - 31st July, 2016

**marymarcel** · #1 Jun 30 2016, 12:55 PM

Best Farm Contest - 8th July - 31st July, 2016

Hi Farmers!

Welcome to our Official July Competition!!

This month's theme is "Birds and or Butterflies", so post here your fabulous farms and get the chance to win some Farm Cash!!

This month's theme is all about Birds and or Butterflies! We have many different flying birds in the store and some of you may have the seasonal butterflies that were released previously. Picture designers may like to design their own birds/butterfly pictures. What we would like to see is the best use of these items and for the design of the farm to reflect the use of them. The flying birds were all released at low levels and can be found in the “Farm Décor” section of the store, or use the search box in the store and type in “flying”, here is a picture showing those...

We also have Hens. Chickens, Peacocks, Ostrich, Flamingo, Ducks and Geese that you could use, but please if you are going to use those do not be tempted to place too many on your farm as that could cause problems with loading. We recommend using only about 20 of each animal for ease of loading.
We would love to see how you use these items to interpret your designs

IMPORTANT NOTE: For this contest you MUST Freeze your animals. The reason for this is because your animals may wander to a different part of your farm which may spoil your design. ALSO your picture MUST be an exact replica of your farm. Freezing your animals will ensure they do not move. To do this click in your Preferences, the wrench, and put a check mark to Freeze Animals. You must keep this option checked until the contest has been judged and the winners announced. If you do not do this your contest entry will be disqualified.

Prizes are as follows, divided into 2 Categories:

NOVICE

1st Prize - 120 Farm Cash
2nd Prize - 75 Farm Cash
3rd Prize - 50 Farm Cash

ADVANCED

1st Prize - 120 Farm Cash
2nd Prize - 75 Farm Cash
3rd Prize - 50 Farm Cash

Please, do not enter your farm without reading this ENTIRE post. Thanks!

The competition will begin on Friday, July 8th at midnight, and will close on Sunday, July 31st at midnight. The winners will be announced a few days later after the closing, depending on how many entries there are, as every entry has to be checked.

Note: All times are in GMT

Contest Guidelines:

Show us your fabulous designs for Birds and or Butterflies.
You can use any items from the Store, Gifts or your Storage.
You can choose between a "picture farm" or a traditional farm.
You will be able to harvest any crops, trees etc. Crops must be in place at the close of the competition, and can be any crop, but they either must be growing or fully grown and not wasted. This also applies to trees and flowers. You can chop/harvest trees and flowers, but they will need to be at full growth, by the time the competition closes.

Contest Rules:

For this contest you MUST Freeze your animals. The reason for this is because your animals may wander to a different part of your farm which may spoil your design. ALSO your picture MUST be an exact replica of your farm. Freezing your animals will ensure they do not move. To do this click in your Preferences, the wrench, and put a check mark to Freeze Animals. You must keep this option checked until the contest has been judged and the winners announced. If you do not do this your contest entry will be disqualified.
You have to be a member of the Forum.
Your farm can be any size.
Your entry needs to be a picture of your farm. Do not post a picture on behalf of someone else.
One farm entry per contestant. Do not start another forum account to enter another farm.
Be sure you are entering the correct farm and picture for your entry as you may not change your mind once entered. You cant add/delete any items on your farms once you posted your photo into the contest. NOTICE: If new items are released AFTER you have entered you are not allowed to make additions to your entry, so please be sure you are done.
Your farm photo must be an exact replica of your farm. Do not hide ANYTHING to take your photo.
You cant redecorate the farm you have entered into the contest until the winners have been announced.
You have to provide the following information: A photo of the farm that you wish to enter. The link to the farm you are entering. The name that you have given that farm and the farm number

Links to help you:

How do I post a picture for the Contest? Please remember, you must use the Small size while taking your photo as the Regular and Large sizes are too big for the forum. If you choose the wrong size, then we will delete your post and will send you a private message asking you to take a new photo using the right size. NOTICE: Your farm photo MUST be set to Public and remain that way till the winners are announced or we will not be able to help you if your entry needs fixing. To set the photo to Public, please open your Farm town album, and click in your photo. You will see the photo and on the right you will see your name and the date, besides the date you can see who are able to see that photo. Click there and set it to Public.
ALSO, remember to remove the check mark if you have set that farm as PRIVATE, so we can visit it.

Linking your farm to the Forum Please remember we need the link to the farm you are entering.

Contest Help Please post here if you have any questions or requests for help.

The judges are as follows:

Moderators: Taz D, marymarcel, Tiger Laybourne, KnightRider and crafty chris.
Helpers: LazyMare

Thank you for sharing your farms and GOOD LUCK!!!

**marymarcel** · #2 Jul 07 2016, 05:59 PM

Hi all

I am pleased to open our July competition.

We are looking forward to see your wonderful farms for "Birds and or Butterflies". Best of luck to all who enter here!

Please be sure to read the rules carefully as once you have entered then nothing can be changed. If you have any problem, please post in Contest Help