Answer the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" with your art.Simple right? Lets get to it then!
Psst...Tell your friends!DEADLINE:
When ten (10) contest entries are accumulated!

Our target date is March 1st, 2012.

We (the judges) want ten (10) contest entries to choose from.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES:
You need to be a member to enter. (Everyone is auto-accepted)

Submit to the "The Riddle Contest" folder or you won't be entered in the contest!

Provide a description of why your contest entry is an answer to the riddle in your "Artist's Comments" section of your deviation. No description, no contest entry.

The submission limit is three (3) deviations.

Use Alice in Wonderland themed imagery and ideas.

You may draw, paint, photoshop, shadow box, collage, needle point, or whatever other medium you can think of to create your answer!

DO NOT submit just text answers on a white background. The background better be interesting and suggestive of your answer if you're using just text.

CITE/CREDIT YOUR SOURCES OF STOCK AND/OR RESOURCES. (I know, we've all neglected to do so at some point in our lives. I'm guilty of it too.)

No stealing other peoples art of course.
POSSIBLE ANSWERS TO THE RIDDLE:
History & Answers:
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Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front! (Lewis Carroll)

Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes. (Puzzle maven Sam Loyd, 1914)

Because Poe wrote on both. (Loyd again)

Because there is a B in both and an N in neither. (Get it? Aldous Huxley, 1928)

Because it slopes with a flap. (Cyril Pearson, undated)

Because they both collect useless things. (~
waiting4moonlight)

Because they both have inky quills.

They both begin with the "rr" sound! (~
OrgXIII-Girly)

They both have clawed feet. (=
Wolfpack5554)

A dead man sits at one and the other sits on a dead man. ("The Babel of Circular Labyrinths" by Don Nigro)

Both are inked with blackness. ("The Babel of Circular Labyrinths" by Don Nigro)

Because I can eat both. (~
madamedobato)

Neither are made of uranium/aluminum foil/cheese/etc...

Because they both have legs.

Your answer here.
IDEAS TO CONSIDER:
Poe and Alice at a desk with a raven, paper, and a quill in the inkwell.

The Mad Hatter at a desk with a raven, tea, and notes (musical notes on paper) on the desk or in his hand.

Poe writing on a raven on desk in red ink with Alice in Wonderland characters in the scene doing something interesting or participating in the madness!

Now you come up with something interesting! Consider the desk and the raven...very important pieces of imagery.
PRIZES FOR THE LUCKY WINNERS:First Place
200


Three (3) Month Premium Membership from =
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EmmaL27

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MissTerrious

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MissTerrious
Five (5)

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MissTerrious
Three (3) Features in the Featured Contest Winners Gallery Folder if you have Alice in Wonderland themed art in your gallery
OR

Three (3) Favorites in the Featured Contest Winners Gallery Folder if you don't have any Alice in Wonderland themed art in your gallery.
Second Place
100


Three (3) Month Premium Membership from =
anjourekloos

from *
EmmaL27

from ~
MissTerrious

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MissTerrious
Five (5)

from ~
MissTerrious
Three (2) Features in the Featured Contest Winners Gallery Folder if you have Alice in Wonderland themed art in your gallery
OR

Three (2) Favorites in the Featured Contest Winners Gallery Folder if you don't have any Alice in Wonderland themed art in your gallery.
Third Place
50


Three (3) Month Premium Membership from =
anjourekloos

from *
EmmaL27

from ~
MissTerrious

from ~
MissTerrious
Five (5)

from ~
MissTerrious
Three (1) Features in the Featured Contest Winners Gallery Folder if you have Alice in Wonderland themed art in your gallery
OR

Three (1) Favorites in the Featured Contest Winners Gallery Folder if you don't have any Alice in Wonderland themed art in your gallery.
JUDGES OF THE CONTEST:

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EmmaL27

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Midnight-Sea

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MissTerrious
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