^{As Pride Month draws to a close, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to the HP community. Over the years, you all have been incredibly accepting and supportive, making this place feel like a second home. To give back to this amazing community, I'm excited to announce a special contest!}

^{Win a Free Page Layout Design!} 

^{For a chance to win a custom page layout designed by yours truly, here's what you need to do:}

^{To enter all you most do is post at least ONE compliment of someone on HP.} 

^{Contest Duration: The contest will run from today until 7/11, giving everyone plenty of time to participate and share their compliments.}

^{Seven years ago, I met my partner, who has been my rock and my greatest supporter. Our journey together has been filled with love, laughter, and a deep understanding of each other's passions.} 

^{It's been a wonderful experience to be part of such an inclusive and supportive group. Designing page layouts has been a way for me to express my creativity and connect with all of you. Now, I want to give back and celebrate the spirit of Pride by offering this giveaway.}

^{Thank you for being such an incredible community. Your acceptance and encouragement have meant the world to me, and I'm thrilled to share this journey with you all. Let's continue to support and uplift each other, celebrating the diversity that makes our community so special.}

^{Happy Pride, everyone! ?}

^{ANNNNNND THE WINNER IS *drum roll*} 

NUMBER 12 ADEINA!!!

_{Congratulations and thank you all who participated.}

Proof of winner : https://i.ibb.co/VWG1zG9/Screenshot-2024-07-11-at-1-04-14-PM.png

_Entries

_{1. Whynn}

_{2. Ephe}

_{3. Insom}

_{4. Tragedy}

_{5. Jaya}

_{6. Uta}

_{7. Foxi}

_{8. Sat}

_{9. Oak}

_{10. Blitz}

_{11. Fantasy}

_{12. Ade}

_{13. Irishii}

_{14. Bleikur}

_{15. Nyt}

_{16. Eld}

_{17. Rin Spiritwolf}

_{18. Pants}

_{19. Kayla}

_{20. Farewell}

IRISHII BECAUSE SHE IS A PERFECT LITTLE STARFISH! :D

the fellowship because you guys are literally my heart and I love that we all decided to partner up together xo

and of course aeon for her amazing coding! xo 

(YES i edited this, I could list 20 people but im going to restrict myself haha)

can i give a shoutout to you????
you've always been one of my very best friends for a long time, and i know i can come to you with anything and i'll get no judement or backlash from you. both you and blue have helped me a lot in the past, and you two are some of my favorite people to talk to ?

Waaaah, I'm going to cry. Love you Dani! 

Uta for dealing with my crazy manip ideas

irishii for listening to my rants

tragedy for the millions of images she does for me

whynn for dealing with my coding obsession

and Aeon for her beautiful work XD 

BV for all the contest work she does!

blitz for being amazing 

I know more than one but I couldn't help myself

Also all my pride people and allies! Love you to the moon and back! ❤️🧡💛💚💙

Hey, thats the spirit! Anyone is welcome to post as many as they want! It's for the positivity. 🖤

The Fellowship: thank you guys for bringing me into the fold and building some of my first true friendships on HP even though I have been playing the game for 15 years. I was always a bit too scared to really get connected with people and sharing this with you guys has been a blast. We are all a little crazy but that is what I love!

But the HP community as  whole I want to thank. I have taken a hiatus here and there over the years because of personal life but it has always been an amazing comfort to come back to this game. To find the steadiness in training the pixels and over time the fun has just grown. The amazing contests, artists, writers and group we have become is astounding. I have found so many new books to read, been inspired to do artwork and just open myself up I am so thankful for.

Jade because she is an awesome friend. She's the best listener and gives fantastic advice. She's so supportive, and I my life is definitely better since meeting her via HP!

gonna limit myself to one person because otherwise this would become a novella lmao

Won't surprise anyone, but I'd like to shout to City, because since meeting on HP in 2021 and becoming firm friends IRL we have both had more than our fair share of ups and downs and I know she can always be relied upon to lend an empathetic ear, to offer sage advice when asked for, and to just have a damn good laugh with. I cherish her friendship deeply, and these last couple of years would have been very different without it.

But I will echo Tragedy's sentiment; I love how enthusiastic and welcoming the community on this game is, and there are so many others I could name - and friends that I've made - who've made the years since I returned to HP brighter (or darker in the best, most hilarious ways) and a hell of a lot more fun than they would have been had I never met them.

thank you for offering this up ya cutie ❤️

Muah Uta, love ya!

Tragedy for her kindness and great taste in books

Irishii for her graphics talent!

 Kuwait for their fabulous sense of humor.

To echo others, the community as a whole is phenomenal

Oh gosh - how can I limit it so this isn't a novel?! 

Jade - you are incredibly kind and I am so grateful to you for letting me vent and being a listening ear! 💕 

Blitz - my fave Canadian (; you are incredible! 
Ephe, Pants, and Koni - the wedding adventure tribe! So fun getting to meet in person and hang out with such an awesome group of people! 

Uta - for being one of the most talented people on this website!

City - for being my mom friend and my go to for questions, comments, and general chat 💕 

Aeon - babes! You are gorgeous! 💕👏

there's SO many more and I most likely will come back to compliment even more people, but this is all I have time for at the moment before Theo wakes up from a nap 🤣

Thank you love! 

Blitz - Because she's amazinggg and also for the amazing job you do on hp and for lending me some of your upgraded accounts so that I can continue training my never ending list of creatures. xD

Lakra - Because she's so sweet and a wonderful person and lovely to chat with.

BV - Because you've got some wicked awesome Saddlebreds and for the amazing job you do on hp.

Fantasy - Amazing partner and a wonderful person to talk to and for being an awesome friend.

Farewell -  Amazing partner, gorgeous graphics and such a wonderful person to talk to and for being an awesome friend.

Foxi - Holds all the super amazing contests monthly and is such a wonderful person.

I'm going to stop here, because I could go on and on and it would probably end up being a novel that just never ends. But... with this being said, everyone here is amazing and I love and appreciate you all!! < 3

It feels like a bit of a cop-out to not name a specific person, but I'd like to compliment all of the players on HP who've been so welcoming of each other, especially this year's Pride Month...I don't think I've ever seen so many rainbows and player names of positivity any other year! Y'all are amazing ♥

I would like to make a shout out to Tragedy for making a awesome picture of my horse it is just amazing! Thank you!

Oak for helping me navigate HP again and for making me some awsome graphics and for being a partner on HP with accounts and training horses and dog together!! thank yu!

I just started back on HP after being gone for almost 10years, its like i never left.  the players i knew before are allmost all still here  plus new players and everyone is just welcoming. 

Ahh I love this! 

Ephe - for being open to some of my crazy graphic ideas, like the drama llama and a flying Newfoundland!

Blitz - for being empathetic and open, offering the best advice when I needed it most. 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤

Tragedy - she knows my graphic likes and dislikes like the back of her hand now, and she's always so responsive, kind and just a lovely person inside and out. 

I, too, will say that everyone is amazing and I love this community so much. ❤️

Oh goodness I have so many people.

Whynn- thank you for giving me faith in partnerships and being my rock during mascot season.

Insom-for putting up with my ADHD shenanigans and helping me out with HP land while my RL life is blowing up.

Tragedy- for being such a great friend and being the glue that keeps the fellowship going and putting up with us 🤣

Aeon- for being so helpful when I came back a year ago and helping me fix broken codes.

BV- for being the first staff member I actually spoke with and dove into deeper conversations with and for hosting awesome contests.

Eldrea- for your crazy graphic ideas and always pushing me to grow as an artist, even if I whine the entire time 😂

Anything Irishii! Much love!