THE SIMPLE EXPLANATION:

Make a post.  If your post is the number predetermined by the ZNE Hit Send Coordinator, then YOU will win a prize!

THE DETAILED EXPLANATION:

All ZNE Members (except for Chel and Izabella) are eligible to enter the contest. 

You have to first join the ZNE Talk Yahoo group, in order to enter.

The ZNE Hit Send Contest Coordinator, Izabella of Velvet and Rust, will choose a number between 500 and 1000 for the first round, and then for the next round, between 1,001 and 1,500,  and then 1,501 and 2,000, - etc.

At the end of each round of 500 new messages, we'll announce which post number won in that round. 

In order to determine which message is which post number, you visit the ZNE Talk yahoo group home and check the messages directly from the home page.  Each message is automatically numbered by yahoo.

The winner is the person who posted the message that matches the number pre-chosen by Izabella. (If the message belongs to Chel or Izabella, then the winner will be the message just previous to theirs.)

And then, we start again with the new round!

HOORAY!

Extra thanks go to Izabella of Velvet and Rust for choosing our winning numbers for us, AND for providing the prizes for this contest!  Each winner will receive a special ATC print of Izabella's extraordinary artwork.