It turns out there actually was a mix-up evaluating the rankings for the about screen contest. Please accept our apology. We have fixed the issue. All 7 of the contest artists whose artworks should have been highlighted are now available to vote for at the link below.

Note: If you were one of the 19 Inkscape contributors who had already voted please recast your votes at the link below with the updated list that includes two artists we had not included.

Cast your vote here: https://inkscape.org/gallery/=artwork/inkscape-14-about-screen-contributor-v...

These are the 7 artworks and artists the community voting elevated for the final round (in alphabetical order):

- "Creative Growth“ by Chris Hildenbrand - "Expand Your Creative Universe" by Chris Hildenbrand - “Unstoppable Creativity” by Denis Kuznetsky - "Inkscape's Path-Artist's Blossom" by Inkonic - "Draw your world" by Kess - "Vibe On Creators" by NDIM DONALD - “Flourishing Inkscape” by Sreya Saiu

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Prior instructions:

Calling all Inkscape Contributors! It's time for you to cast your votes for the Inkscape 1.4 About Screen Contest! Round one has elevated *7* artworks into top contention as favorites from the Inkscape community with 855 total ranked votes from 251 voters.

As Inkscape Contributors, you are the final panel of judges to vote for their favorites to award the next winner of the About Screen Contest that will be featured in the next release! Voting begins Monday, April 22, 2024 and ends at 11:59 UTC on Monday, April 29, 2024, so be certain to cast your vote soon!

How does this work? We're using ranked choice voting, which means you can vote for many artworks. Click the checkbox on any artworks you'd like to vote for from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least. They'll be re-arranged from your top selection to your bottom. Vote for as many or as few of the entries as you'd like! (Each Inkscape Contributor may only vote for each artwork once).

Step 1:

Make sure that you are an Inkscape Member (see previous message or link below), and if you're not one yet, apply for membership and ask 3 of your team mates or other contributors whom you have worked with to confirm your membership.

More info: https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/inkscape-signs-new-fsa-sfc/

Step 2:

Visit https://inkscape.org/gallery/=artwork/inkscape-14-about-screen-contributor-v... and rank the 5 images by clicking on the little circle right below them in order of preference (most liked first).

Thanks for all of your work on Inkscape!

Kyle

On Mon, Apr 22, 2024, at 9:01 AM, Maren Hachmann wrote:

Please disregard my previous email, I did not do my own checking correctly :-(

I apologize for the interruption of the voting and the incorrect message!

You can continue to vote and all your previous votes have been preserved.

Sorry again, Maren

Am 22.04.24 um 15:28 schrieb Maren Hachmann:

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Hi all,

we're so sorry, there has been a mixup last night when evaluating the ranking.

I'm going to deactivate the vote for now, please allow for some time to get this fixed and prepared.

This means that if you have already cast your vote before this email arrived, you need to vote again (this affects 12 persons).

Thanks for your understanding, things seemed to have been hectic last night.

Maren

Am 22.04.24 um 05:50 schrieb Kyle R. Conway:

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Calling all Inkscape Contributors! It's time for you to cast your votes for the Inkscape 1.4 About Screen Contest! Round one has elevated 5 artworks into top contention as favorites from the Inkscape community with 855 total ranked votes from 251 voters.

As Inkscape Contributors, you are the final panel of judges to vote for their favorites to award the next winner of the About Screen Contest that will be featured in the next release! Voting begins Monday, April 22, 2024 and ends at 11:59 UTC on Monday, April 29, 2024, so be certain to cast your vote soon!

How does this work? We're using ranked choice voting, which means you can vote for many artworks. Click the checkbox on any artworks you'd like to vote for from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least. They'll be re-arranged from your top selection to your bottom. Vote for as many or as few of the entries as you'd like! (Each Inkscape Contributor may only vote for each artwork once).

Cast your vote here: https://inkscape.org/gallery/=artwork/inkscape-14-about-screen-contributor-v... https://inkscape.org/gallery/=artwork/inkscape-14-about-screen-contributor-voting/

These are the 5 items the community voting elevated for the final round (in alphabetical order):

- "Creative Growth“ by Chris Hildenbrand      - "Expand Your Creative Universe" by Chris Hildenbrand      - "Inkscape's Path-Artist's Blossom" by Inkonic      - "Draw your world" by Kess      - "Vibe On Creators" by NDIM DONALD

Step 1:

Make sure that you are an Inkscape Member (see previous message or link below), and if you're not one yet, apply for membership and ask 3 of your team mates or other contributors whom you have worked with to confirm your membership.

More info: https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/inkscape-signs-new-fsa-sfc/ https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/inkscape-signs-new-fsa-sfc/

Step 2:

Visit https://inkscape.org/gallery/=artwork/inkscape-14-about-screen-contributor-v... https://inkscape.org/gallery/=artwork/inkscape-14-about-screen-contributor-voting/ and rank the 5 images by clicking on the little circle right below them in order of preference (most liked first).

Thanks for all of your work on Inkscape!

Kyle

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Hey everyone.

Just a headsup, in the original English language news article, towards the end, the link to this month challenge at https://inkscape.org/forums/competitions/inkscape-challenge-may-2024/ is in plain text, not clickable.

Not sure if it is intentional, but likely something you may want to fix.

On 06/05/2024 at 15:35, Kyle R. Conway me@kylerconway.com wrote:

We have a winner! 23 Inkscape contributors took advantage of their position as final round of judges for the 1.4 About Screen Contest. Congratulations to the winning entry by artist Inkonic for their artwork "Inkscape's Path–Artist's Blossom".

The theme this year was "Growth" and Inkonic's winning artwork depicted this wonderfully with branches and leaves growing directly out of the work of artists' hands using artists' tools ― literally drawing themselves and their worlds into existence and making them grow.

Thank you to all artists who submitted artwork for the contest. Our deepest gratitude to you for providing examples of myriad ways Inkscape can be used to create incredible artworks. These examples are invaluable to helping the project grow and thrive by inspiring and educating artists.

We'd like to extend a big thank you to all of the community members ― more than 250 ― who cast votes in the initial round and selected the top finalists. And thank you to the finalists, whose work resonated with the community strongly. See our 7 finalists here.

Kyle