Greetings, friends and lovers from near and far!

As we move into the month of love and start longing for those who are close to our hearts, but physically distant, we might start to look for a more tangible connection in the mail. So in honor of that sentiment, this month we challenge you to:

Make a comic where a letter or other mail is a key part of the plot!

Specific Contest Rules

• Your comic must include a letter, package, or other mail as a key part of the plot. You can't just have a letter in the background of a panel; make sure that sending it, delivering it, reading/opening it, or otherwise using it is an important part of the plot.

General Contest Rules

• You must follow the official Stateball Tutorial.
• You must follow the official Constitution of Stateball.
• The comic must have a minimum of 3 panels and a maximum of 8 panels.
• The comic must have been written and drawn entirely by yourself.
• No animated GIFs accepted.
• No photorealism.
• Post your comic to the subreddit with the blue "Contest Entry" flair.
• You may post more than one entry, but only the highest performing of your comics will be able to qualify for a gun award. For example, if you post two contest entries and they get 1st and 3rd, you do not get two sets of different guns; you would only get the Golden Guns award.
• The deadline for submitting your entry is Tuesday, February 21, at 20:00 GMT

Choosing the winner

After all of the entries have been submitted and the deadline has passed, the moderators will take a private vote to decide the first, second and third places. All entries will be ranked from 1 to 10, with the final score being the average of all votes. The winner of last month's contest will also be allowed to vote on this month's entries.

Once all of our votes are tallied, the full list of results will be posted in an Awards Ceremony thread. The artist who receives the highest score will be awarded the Golden Guns, which they will keep next to their username for one month until the end of the next contest. The Golden Gun recipient will also be able to vote with the mods on the entries for the next contest.

The artists with the second and third highest scores will receive the Silver and Bronze Gun Awards, respectively, which will act in a similar manner.

All three gun winners can crosspost their comics to r/Polandball.

We look forward to seeing your entries in our mailbox! Good luck!