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.)

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!

Animated GIF Icons of Matthew as Mr. Darcy

Two readers submitted animated GIF icons for the "A Walk With Jane Austen" icon contest. All three are truly magnificent. I saved them on zoomshare, so to get the full effect you will have to click on the links below (not the pictures) to see them.

The first one was sent in by Darcylicious, and it shows Mr. Darcy emerging from the mist.


Cubbie sent in the next two: Mr. Darcy smiling,







and Mr. Darcy saying "I Love You Most Ardently."

Icon Contest Heating Up

Ah, yes, I knew the Matthew Macfadyen fans would come to the fore, although the Colin Firth aficionados are holding fast! Here are Cubbie's entries. Kudos go to her for her persistence, since she has been trying to send her entries to my old clunker of a computer for three days. Her icons finally came through, and they were well worth the wait. She also sent two GIF icons, which I will post later.

Pride and Prejudice

Lizzie and Darcy

Darcy at the dance

Lizzie reading (Cubbie has a sense of humor: She titled this icon
Lizzie reading avatar contest)

Despair

Mr. Darcy writing

Longing

Sorrow

Lizzie and Mr. Collins

Darcy peeks (Cubbie made this one in jest, writing:
Who knew Caroline was so well endowed?)

By the lake

Voting begins on Monday! You have until Sunday, November 4th to send in your entries. (See contest rules in the sidebar.) All icons will be made permanently available on a link on this site and Jane Austen's World. First Prize is an autographed copy of A Walk With Jane Austen (author Lori Smith is helping to choose the final icons), second prize is the paperback version of Mr. Knightley's Diary by Amanda Grange, and third prize is my well-thumbed hard back copy of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler.