Beliefnet invites our readers to submit their original works of art related to the following holidays:

Ramadan 

Thanksgiving 

Christmas

Season's Greetings

Hanukkah

Kwanzaa

Yule

New Year's

Beliefnet would love to see the following:

Paintings (watercolor, oil, acrylic, etc.)

Drawings or Works on paper (pen, colored pencil, charcoal, pastels, digital, etc.)

Sculpture or yarn work 

Collages (none containing copyright images)

Amateur or Professional Photographs, etc.

Send your pictures to beliefnetecards@gmail.com along with a short description (at least 3-5 sentences) that explains your artwork, and why it's meaningful to you. 

Beliefnet will select the best images to feature as part of this year's holiday eCards on BeliefnetGreetings.  Runner-ups will have their images featured in a photo gallery.

Deadline is Friday, November 17.

Requirements:

Email subject headline should say: Holiday eCard Contest - name of holiday

Maximum submission of 5 images per person

Photos of your work must be in .jpg or .gif format.

Submissions must have a clear spiritual or religious theme

You must include a short description (at least 3-5 sentences) along with the photo(s) explaining its spiritual significance and its meaning to you.

Please include your name, your city/state of residency, and a phone number which we can contact you in case we have questions.

Note: All images and writing must be original to you. If you are submitting a work that has been previously published elsewhere, please make sure there will be no conflict before submitting to us. We just want to remind you that, per our Terms of Service Beliefnet trusts that you only send material you actually own (i.e. not other people's copyrighted materials) and by sending it to us, you grant us and our editorial partners the right to use it in any form.