It is March, it is Spring in many parts of the world... time to get over the winter blues and step outdoors! And what better way to enjoy a lazy springtime afternoon than having a fun picnic with your friends?
That is exactly what we would love for our community do enjoy and to make it equally fun for Creators by hosting a contest to create a picnic setting.
The contest is being held by IMVU in partnership with DarkAngel5 (IMVU gives the credits and facilitates all the login gift process etc while DA does the work of answering your questions, providing guidance, and helping us judge!)
All Creators are invited to derive from this unique mesh created specially for the contest by ZaraKaine!
THANK YOU ZARAKAINE for responding to our request so quickly and creating this unique mesh that we can use for the contest.
Add your creativity, vision, and style to the mesh and create a setting that is guaranteed to charm our community members who will receive the winning entry as a login gift on Friday, March 25th.

General Guidelines & Selection Criteria
-- You must derive from the mesh by Zarakaine listed above.
-- Deadline for submissions is midnight on March 17, 2016.
-- All submissions must be your own work
-- All submissions must be GA appropriate
-- One entry per contest participant
-- Please set your product to display only so its visible in the catalog but not purchasable
-- Winners will be announced on March 22, 2016.
-- First-place product will be locked by March 23, 2016 and will be given away as login gifts on March 25, 2016.
--All entries will be judged based on the selection criteria below by Forum Moderators and IMVU staff.

Selection Criteria:
--Originality and quality of textures --Creativity in creating a fun picnic setting

Prizes
In addition to the credit prizes listed below, all winners will be promoted through IMVU’s marketing channels.
--1st place: 50,000 credits. The product will be granted to all IMVU users as a login gift providing you with some great free advertising
--2nd place : 40,000 credits
--3rd place : 25,000 credits

Here’s how to enter:
Post an image no larger than 500x500 along with the product link to this thread by midnight PST on March 17, 2016.
If you have questions about this contest or your submission, please send DarkAngel5 a forum PM or post your question here.