Welcome to Phantom-of-DA-Opera, a gallery featuring fan art based on the Phantom of the Opera and related themes.

BEFORE JOINING, PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE CLUB INFO AND RULES- [link] Note: This info will also tell you *how* to join.

Members' work features in the 'favourites' gallery, keep checking back to see the latest.

Check this space for updates on our club, various members of our club, and Phantom news.

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LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS


New: One of our members, *ThornErose, is having a "music of the night" contest. Entries are being accepted until the end of the month. For more information see here: [link]


Our Latest Contest


The member suggestion of illustrating a lyric from one of the musicals really took off and is the winner of our "choose the next theme" journal. It seems many of you want it to be open to Hill and Yeston/Kopit's work in addition to Webber's. So be it.

Illustrate one of the elaborate stage scenes from the movie & create an alternative ending to the AWL musical once again had quite a bit of support, so they will (once again) be kept in mind for next time.

Here are dA rules:

1. No porn or R rated work. We don't know all the ages of our members and I want to keep some sanity.

2. If you do have words in your art please no curse words. We need to keep this safe for our younger viewers.

3. Please do your best and stay on theme!

4. You can submit one (1) piece of art up to one (1) month old.

5. Submissions can be entered from September 13, 2007 to October 10, 2007 (8 pm est). Voting will begin shortly thereafter. [This should leave us time for a brief Halloween contest if anyone wants to prepare for that in advance]

6. Enter by sending us a note with "contest" as the subject and containing a link to your work.

8. Acceptable Formats: Any type of art that meets the above rules is acceptable. This includes traditional, digital, photomanips, icons, comics, finger painting, interpretative dance (if you can figure a way to present it graphically), you name it. However, we are limiting entries to pictorial art, so no literature.

9. It would help if you could write a description of your creation in the box given under your picture.

10. You must be a member to enter.

11. And the most important rule: HAVE FUN!!!



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Prizes:

1st Place: 1) Entry into our main gallery (cir. 400+), 2) various journal features including , & , 3) a photmanip or personalized poem from & 4) a *three month* subscription.

2nd place: 1) Main gallery placement (if more than 10 entries), 2) the above-mentioned journal features , 3) a photomanip or personalized poem from *Poetic-Dragon & 4) one month sub.

3rd place: Also gets the journal mentions and a manip or poem from *Poetic-Dragon.



Note: New prize rule: Any one member may only win the first place subscription prize once in a 6-month period. We will, however, let you donate it to another member of your choice.


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OTHER OFFICIAL NEWS:

Literature

Remember that the mods have decided to start faving literature, so if any of our members have read some good phanfic here on dA let the club know. Some basic rules for literature submissions:

1. The works must meet dA's submission policies, especially on mature works (see their policy page here: [link]).
2. Completed works are preferred (there is nothing worse than waiting for installments that never come bec the author has tired of the story ).
3. Almost any type is acceptable: Canon, Alternate Universe, Continuations, Sequels, Crossovers, One-shots, Poetry, Vignettes, etc.
4. *Remember* We are an all age group, so either keep it clean or have the appropriate mature tag in place *and* have a sex/violence warning at the top of the submission.
5. The decision of the mods on any particular submission is final.

Thanks Everyone




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+ Looking for some great Phantom-related stock? See here:
~FantomeAngel
*TrapDoor-Stock
~DownOnceMoreStock

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+ Announced on the 9th of March there is going to be a sequel to the Broadway smash Phantom of the Opera. While Andrew Lloyd Webber didn't reveal much he did say that the new musical will be set in New York City and that he's in talks with "Phantom in Manhattan" writer Frederick Forsyth about story ideas. Here is his video announcement:
[link]

If you'd like to read more about this I found an article that sums things up:
[link]

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+ Poll Results: Our Devious Members voted overwhelming against a second Phantom Musical based on the book Phantom of New York. Seems like AWL may be barking up the wrong tree.

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+ We would like to ask everyone to not "favorite" the pieces we have shown on our page. Please follow the link to the original artist's page and give them one there. Truly it's not fair for us to get their glory. So please please tell your friends and spread it around!



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The Club


THE MANAGEMENT



THE MEMBER LIST - [link]
CHATROOM - [link]
THE CONTEST PAGE (see above info)
THE LINK LIBRARY - [link]

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