As I type this, I'm working on the contest results with one hand and constantly refreshing the (LINK = MAD SPOILERS) Wikipedia article on the new Harry Potter book (LINK = MAD SPOILERS) with the other. Yeah, I don't particularly care for the book series (me am not do reading lots), but I really want to know what happens in this one.

Okay, chapter 10 looks like a good place to pause, so let's take a look at the winners of OmniArt 2005 Round Five! Congratulations to First Place winner Nanami Yuki for a stunning shot of Aerith and Cloud on their wedding day. Next up is Second Place winner Jenyf86 with an hilarious Chrono Trigger pre-wedding scene. Finally, we have two Third Place winners this round. First in third is S.C.'s laugh-out-loud "Odd Couple Moment" featuring everyone's favorite Final Fantasy summons. Since S.C. already secured a spot in the finals in an earlier round, we're awarding the third finalist position this round to a gorgeous piece depicting Yui and Citan from Xenogears by Thunder Blossom. Excellent work as always to all of the artists who entered, and I'm sure everyone is really looking forward to the final preliminary round which opens in just two short weeks. Don't forget to voice your opinions about this round's winners in our forums!

As always, I'd like to extend a special thanks to our judges for the round, including our permanent judges, Derek "Roku" Cavin, Janelle "Tiptail" Berscheid, and Cortney "Alethea" Stone, as well as our guest staff judge, Tim "Halbarad" Haus. Our extra-extra-extra special guest judge for Round Five was my wonderful and loving fiancee, Tegan. She thoroughly enjoyed participating, and hopefully our wedding will turn out better than some of the ones depicted in these submissions.

I won't keep you from your muggles and potions any longer, so go back to your reading, and keep in mind that the first book of Harry Potter is technically covered by RPGamer and, thus, is open to fan artistry...