June 2, 2012 12:35pm

THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED

The contest starts today, June 2nd and will last until Saturday, June 23rd, 11:59pm .

. Your drawing must be of a human character that personifies Route 50. It can NOT be an animal, however animal traits - such as ears and/or tail are OK

be an animal, however animal traits - such as ears and/or tail are OK Once you have completed your drawing, upload it as soon as possible to Route 50 > Challenges > 06/12 - Draw Route 50!

You may enter up to THREE designs. If you wish to remove a design after entry, simply change its category.

designs. If you wish to remove a design after entry, simply change its category. Picking a winner will be done on a point based system.

After June 23rd, the category will be closed and a poll will be posted with all of the designs. The poll will last until June 30th, 11:59pm. The winner of this poll will receive +10 points towards the contest result.

Navarr, Kat, and Xetaja will go through the submissions during the week the poll runs, and each pick the submission they best feel represents the website. The submissions picked will each receive +10 points per judicial pick.

The points will be tallied up and the winner selected.

The winner will receive 6 months cooltrainer membership , that is transferable (though only for its entire duration, not parts of it) to any member on the site. Additionally, their design has the possibility of becoming the mascot, based on final admin say!

, that is transferable (though only for its entire duration, not parts of it) to any member on the site. Additionally, their design has the possibility of becoming the mascot, based on final admin say! All participants will receive a Participation Ribbon, or its new equivalent - as we have yet to re-introduce the ribbon system, you may have to wait a while to see it, but it will definitely be given to you.

It would appear to me that we haven't had a contest in a good, long while - have we? In the mean time, art has almost completely taken over our "little" Pokémon community. Well, I think it's about time we had another contest!Something has been missing from our little corner of the internet, and I have felt its lack of presence a lot more lately. So on that note, I'm pleased to announce theCommunity sites tend to have mascots, and big sites tend to have (but completely ignore) fan-made avatars of the site. Well, I feel like Route 50 isn't completely until we have a mascot/R50-tan of our own!As such, the goal of this competition is to "!"Now, I'd like to clarify that "mascot" does not mean a sports mascot, or a little Eevee that runs around - what we're looking for is a fully humanized personification of the community!As such, here are the rules, entry guidelines, and prizes:I look forward to seeing your submissions, and hope the best design wins!-----If you are lacking ideas, I've included a few images of the kind of thing I'm referring to: