And the Winner is ....

Jane V with the Two Mr. Darcys, winning with 38% of the vote.
Lana, whose brother helped design the Jane Austen icon, gave Jane V a run for her money.

But the closest race was between the icons running for 3rd place. Kayla's Proud Mr. Darcy squeaked ahead of Lois' Colonel Brandon by two votes. I almost hated to see one icon win over the other.
Below are the results for the week. As you can see, this 7-day contest received around 100 votes per day. Thank you all for participating. This was fun! Winners, please email your mailing address to me, and I will make sure to send your prizes.

Icons Fixed

I apologize to those who could not see five of the icons for several days and for the inconvenience of not being able to vote for them. I could not get to the Internet during that time. Voting will still end at midnight on Sunday. The race is close for first and second place, and there are five icons vying for 3rd place. Amazing! Keep voting if you have a favorite. In my book, they are all winners.

Here are a few more samples I made while learning the ins and outs of icon making, pixels, coloration, and composition.

Click here to vote for the icons in the competition. (See sidebar for details.)

Icon Contest: Please Vote for Your Favorite!

I cannot tell you what a difficult time author Lori Smith and I had choosing these icons. She chose ten, and I chose ten. Our overlapping choices definitely made the cut, but then I had to decide the rest, and I chewed my nails down to the nub deciding on the finalists. In fact, the close runners up sit in the honorable mention section.

Now it is your turn to vote. Please choose your favorite icon. You may vote once a day for a week. I will announce the winner next Monday night. If there is a tie, there will be a 'sudden death' vote off! You have until midnight Sunday, November 11th and you may vote once per day.

Here are your choices in no particular order:

#1
What woman wouldn't want Colonel Brandon to worry about her health?
Sent in by Lois.





#2
Here are two Matthews as Mr. Darcy for the price of one!
Submitted by DJVivash. She sent several that were to die for.




#3
Jane and candles: A fabulous combination!
Submitted by Lana





#4
This is an animated GIF icon of Darcy walking out of the mist. Please click here to see it.
Submitted by Darcylicious




#5
Doesn't Jennifer Ehle simply look wholesome and wonderful as Lizzie in this icon made by _oddities on Livejournal?
Submitted by Sonetta



#6
Pride and Prejudice in a nutshell. The stances and words say it all.
Submitted by Cubbie





#7
James McAvoy as Tom Lefroy. Who can object?
Submitted by Kayla



#8
Captain Wentworth by candlelight. I agree with Ann Eliot: This man is well worth waiting for.
Submitted by Heather




#9
Anne reading the captain's letter in an animated GIF icon. Click here to see it.
Submitted by Diane.




#10
Jane purists hated this scene, but I am still cooling off at the thought of our Mr. Darcy in a wet shirt. Sent in by Bookworm.




#11
Anne might be more beautiful than Jane, but she played her quite becomingly.
Submitted by Lilac Butterfly



#12
Our proud Mr. Darcy was sent in by Kayla




VOTING HAS ENDED!

Which Icon Do You Like Most?
	Colonel Brandon
	Two Darcys
	Jane and Candles
	Darcy in the Mist
	Wholesome Lizzie
	Pride and Prejudice
	James McAvoy as Tom
	Captain Wentworth
	Animated Persuasion
	Wet Darcy
	Anne as Jane Austen
	Proud Mr. Darcy
Free polls from Pollhost.com

Honorable Mentions:

This screen shot submitted by Paula was too large to successfully turn into the smaller icon, but I wanted to showcase it for its humor.










In addition, I really like these icons too:



Ah, Mr. Colins, you would be ridiculous in any age. Thanks for sending this on Sharon T.





I adore this photo of Keira and Matthew, from which Lady Jane created this icon. DJVivash also used this image to create a luscious icon.





Emma Thompson as Elinor looking so very lovely.
Submitted by Mascha. She also submitted the breathtaking image of Marianne below.






Heather sent us her dream house. Mmmm. I wonder if it comes with Mr. Darcy?







Kayla sent in an icon of Lydia. How fabulous to view a secondary character.





Lois knew that Emma and her Mr. Knightley only have eyes for each other.






Kate Winslet made the tiresome Marianne seem adorable. Sent in by Kayla.







Kayla sent in this one of Jane and Tom. He seems so in love.





Lois sent in this lovely image of Toni Collette as Harriet Smith. I love seeing the secondary characters.





I keep returning to this animated icon made by Cubby. It was hard to choose between this one and Darcy walking through the mist.




Here's another one I made. It's a bit large but I just had to throw it in.

Kayla Loves Jane and Tom Becomingly

Are these the last of the icons for the contest? We'll see.

You Pierce My Soul: Animated Icon

Do you love Captain Wentworth and his Anne? Click here to see Diane's animated icon titled, You Pierce My Soul. It's guaranteed you'll like it.

Another Icon

There's a cute story behind this icon, submitted by Lana. Her 19-year old brother helped to create it! Jane would have approved of such brotherly devotion.

Two More Icons From Jane V

Aren't they lovely? You have 14 hours before voting begins! Keep the icons coming.

Hero Icons from Lois

Lois sent in some fabulous icons. I noticed that a majority are of JA heroes and quite a few are NOT Mr. Darcy! Bring 'em on! You have until midnight tomorrow until the icon contest closes.

Emma

Persuasion

Sense And Sensibility

Pride and Prejudice

Last but not least, I just HAD to add this icon of Jerry Butler as the Phantom of the Opera. He's not part of the contest, but, oh, be still my beating heart. Yummylicious!