Ladies, Gentleman & Aerians,

The votes have been counted and the winners have been chosen, but before I announce them I'd like to have a quick word with all of you lovely contestants.

I've been doing these contests around Aeria for three consecutive years now and each year I am flabbergasted by the amazing entries that we receive. Fun fact, the winner of the first winner was no-one else but the one and only !
We found each other through the first contest and decided to start the webcomic/manga. Now we're celebrating the 3rd annual winners and boy, let me tell you, what amazing entries we received. The votes have been so difficult, so close and tight,  that we decided to not only give out awards for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place but also for the 4th.

We even added a special mention section and to tell you the truth, I was tempted to feature even more entries. Honestly, all of you should be very proud of your entries and we thank you all sincerely for all of your support. This year, more than ever, could we feel your compassion and love for Aeria and we hope that you'll stick with Fabraz and his friends' adventures for a long time, we certainly couldn't be happier.

CHECK OUT ALL THE ENTRIES WE'VE RECEIVED RIGHT HERE:
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Now, without further due, here are the winners of Aeria's 3rd Annual Fan-Art contest:



1. Stylized Aeria (See image above, to see how the entry looks.):
Has won for it's incredibly stylized yet precisely accurate depiction of Tavia & Flavius. The entire color scheme and clever use of geometric shapes has charmed all of us into choosing this as the 1st place and winner of an iPod Touch!

2. Epic Fabraz & Serpentis (See image above, to see how the entry looks.):
Chapter 2 & 3 are driving Fabraz into a different direction but ultimately his main goal is the act of revenge upon Serpentis and no other piece is capturing the intensity as well as this one. It's full of action and it just screams "Epic!" The winner of this piece can enjoy his new iPod Nano!

3. Marvel Aeria (See image above, to see how the entry looks.):
The entrant of this piece told us that his dream would be to end up in Marvel & DC and let me tell you, if anyone should be able to, it's this guy. This action-filled rendition of Tavia literally screams "Marvel" and the clever play of text that forms a sort of in-script is just another justifying reason for this entry to be 3rd place. Enjoy the iPod Shuffle and dream big!

TO ALL WINNERS, please send me an e-mail to fabraz@aeria-comic.com for further details and the exchange of address.

Close Call (See image above, to see how the entry looks.):
We introduced this new award simply because this wonderful piece lost by such a close call. It's a wonderful illustration of the timid, often melancholic Tavia having a humorous expression written on her face due to the epic rooster trying to have a conversation with her. It's got humor, it's got style and it shall receive an extra prize of 1.000 DeviantArt points.

There's also some more special mentions that simply can not be ignored:
(See image above, to see how the entry looks.)

And again, all entries were so thoughtful and nice that we decided to, as usual, do another sweet montage of all the entries. As a thank you, to all of you. Rock on Aerians, see you with next week's regular manga page!