http://www.mernac.com Hosts Digital Art Contest Open to Public

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/08/2007 -- Legends of Mernac announced today the launch of yet another innovative contest, "Battle for Traddlebow Character Tournament". LoM is sponsoring the $500.00 Grand Prize along with other sponsors such as Daz 3D. The BFT Tournament is FREE to enter, open to the public, and all forms of digital art are accepted. This contest was constructed around another recent groundbreaking event involving an international collaboration of short-stories, set around a specific battle in the fantasy world of Mernac. Amateur authors from around the world each wrote a short-story from a specific character's perspective of events during this tumultuous period of Mernac history. This inspired challenge proved a successful venture for participating flourishing fiction authors, awarding them their first publication upon completion of the anthology. The new art "BFT Character Tournament" has been designed to illustrate the intriguing characters created during the collaborative write-in challenge.

Requirements to enter include; participants must register with www.mernac.com (free), entries must be submitted to a published BFT story depicting that character in a scene from the battle, and be submitted in a format acceptable for printing on merchandise. All entries are eligible to be sold in the LoM Store, with 70% of all profits paid as royalties to the artists. The winner will be determined by a panel of Mernac Gods and special Guest Judge Drew Daniels of Daz 3D.

"Excitement in the art community is soaring with this new challenge," says Rick Merriman, founder of LoM. "Our last big art contest drew in over two hundred entries, the quality of which you wouldn't believe! I really look forward to seeing how artists will demonstrate their ever-evolving talent."

For more information on this contest please visit: http://www.mernac.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1525&viewmode=flat&order=DESC&type=&mode=0&start=10

For more information on The Battle for Traddlebow short-stories, please visit: http://www.mernac.com/modules/mernac/story.php?id=1495

If you would like to participate in sponsoring this or other contests with LoM, please email info@mernac.com

All LoM short stories are inter-linked into a never-ending saga, illustrated, and users are able to compile their favorites into their own eBooks at no charge. Along with brilliant illustrations, each short story is, or will be, accompanied by story specific music, soundtracks, animations, gaming and more. All of these venues are contributed by members from around the world. Registration is free for both audiences and contributors.

LoM, an official OSC Project, operates with an altruistic goal of further advancing the talents of yet undiscovered artists, writers, programmers, musicians and more. As a community, LoM strives to provide guidance, tutorials, critique, audiences, community support, financial compensation and any other support necessary to further advance them on their quest of excellence in their chosen artistic field.

To learn more about Legends of Mernac, OSC, or to schedule an interview with founder, Rick Merriman, please contact the publicity department at publicity@mernac.com. Archived Press Releases Available.

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LoM Compensates Amateur Artist for Talent Used in Fantasy OSC Project

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/14/2006 -- Legends of Mernac, an OSC Project, dedicated to providing creative undiscovered talents of many disciplines outlets for their work, community critique, and even financial compensation, has awarded royalties to Mernacian artist, Kachinadoll. LoM currently provides several opportunities for financial income and audience exposure, including contests and artist branded Mernac merchandise. Sales of merchandise with an artist's work will be paid royalties, in most cases, totaling fifty percent of the profits of the item, with the balance being re-invested into the LoM community. Mernac merchandise is sold on-site as well as in several Mernac off-sites, such as eBay. Merchandise branded by Mernacian art comes in a variety of forms, apparel, home and office items, greeting cards, calendars and more.

LoM, as an official OSC Project, is driven by a truly altruistic goal of further advancing the talents and audience of yet undiscovered artists, writers, programmers, musicians and more. As a community, LoM strives to provide guiding assistance, tutorials, critique, audiences, community support, financial compensation and virtually any other support necessary to further advance them on their quest of excellence in their chosen artistic field. The LoM fantasy community of various fields of creative talents is able to provide artists with valuable feedback, guides, downloads, resources and even one-on-one help. Several budding artists started their journey with Mernac as writers, but due to the exhibits of phenomenal art discovered and shown on Mernac, have developed a thirst to learn more about how to make art themselves. Thus the more experienced artists are now providing beginning courses and a guiding hand for those new to digital art. On the same note, advanced fiction writers have also paired with people who have never written fiction before, creating and fine tuning a collaborative fiction expected to be published in 2007. Further avenues of creative advancement are also underway that will include musicians, programmers, gamers, and more.

The Legends of Mernac is an online community, based in the mythical world of Mernac, created by founder, Rick Merriman. All the short stories found in LoM are inter-linked into a never-ending saga. Each story is wonderfully illustrated and users are able to compile their favorites into their own eBooks at no charge. Along with brilliant illustrations, each short story is, or will be, accompanied by story specific music, soundtracks, animations, gaming and more. All of these venues are contributed by various members from around the world. Registration is free for both audiences and contributors.

To learn more about The Legends of Mernac and/or OSC, or to schedule an online interview with founder Rick Merriman, please contact the publicity department at publicity@mernac.com. Archived Press Releases Available.

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Newly Appointed Vice President will oversee all website content.

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/07/2006 -- The website created and designed to bring the fantasy writing and fantasy digital art communities together with the online gaming and multi-media world has announced the appointment of Linda Casselman to the position of Vice President of Creativity. Linda has immediately assumed the position, working closely with all site contributors, in an effort to ensure a high quality final product of online never-ending fantasy fiction. LindaC, as she is known online at Mernac, has been working closely with LoM administration since early Beta Testing stages and has been instrumental in the leadership of novice fiction writers, providing a professional guiding hand at each new turn.

The position to head the Creative Content division of LoM was created in an effort to further bring the benefits of the OSC project (Open Source Creativity) to the vast community of fantasy enthusiasts, be they readers, amateur or professional writers, artists (professional or amateur), programmers, musicians, gamers, and more. "Mernac has a number of philosophies and our intent is to create a wonderful environment that fosters and promotes talented people of many disciplines. But, we are also a business, and a business that intends on making money both to pay various employees and to give back to the community," says Rick Merriman, founder of Mernac and OSC. "We are ecstatic to have the opportunity to work with someone of Linda's caliber. Her experience in working with amateur writers, creativity, and ability to successfully demonstrate powerful and compelling fiction writing to those just beginning, has been an invaluable resource to our users."

In her new capacity as VP of Creativity, Casselman will continue to be responsible for plot line approvals, overall "world" consistency, lore, content quality control, tutorial instruction, and content contributor to Muse, LoM's monthly newsletter. With upcoming new phases, she will be an authority on the creative interaction of current plotlines with the new phases' implementation. She will also begin plans for the formation of Mernac University, which will offer courses to writers, artists, and more to further develop their creative talents. As noted in her application, there are many valuable creative pursuits waiting to take seed, within the mind of Casselman, who has already proven the ability to spawn an idea into a successful working solution. You can read about some of her future plans for Mernac here.

Casselman has already been instrumental in implementing such projects and tasks as, LoM Disciples, Lore Editor-in-Chief, created and managed various contests, wrote over one hundred saplings to add to the LoM base material, penned the LoM FAQ, and was also declared the LoM MVP. She was also one the first Gods accepted at LoM, and is now known as Quont, Father of Lust, and currently directly manages two Disciples in the areas of Proofreading and Mernac Astrology and development of an official Mernac language, including a dictionary.

Casselman comes from a diverse background with an Honors BA in English from Carleton University. She has been teaching online since 1998 and is also an owner/operator of Coursebridge.com, an online learning community offering personal interest and professional development courses where, as a Certified Adult Educator, she is currently instructing on such courses as Assessment and Evaluation Strategies, Curriculum Development, and Instructional Techniques. She is also the former Mythology Editor and Managing Editor of the World Religions category at Suite101.com. LoM feels this diversity will bring many new avenues of creativity to be explored. Says one LoM official, "I am so glad to be able to work with such a qualified and dedicated person. It's very clear when working with Linda, that she is truly driven to help others succeed. She has been absolutely integral to the early success of Mernac."

To learn more about The Legends of Mernac and/or OSC, or to schedule an online interview with Founder Rick Merriman please contact the publicity department at publicity@mernac.com. Archived Press Releases Available.

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LoM Releases Highly Anticipated Issue 1 Mernac Muse with Great Success

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/23/2006 -- LoM released their first issue of the FREE monthly newsletter The Mernac Muse October 26, 2006. Recent reviews of the Muse received 100% positive feedback. All users have reported finding the FREE newsletter highly entertaining, informative, says one user, "this newsletter really creates a great fun atmosphere!" And the overall look of the newsletter is a wonderful artistic medieval theme that wonderfully complements the LoM site. The newsletter was designed by One World Designs based in the United Kingdom.

The free newsletter is full of fun features such as, the Police Blotter, Personal Ads, Classified Ads, Interviews, Breaking News, Sports Reports, and even their own Advice Column, all set in the world of Mernac. There are also fun contests and prizes, such as the Image Search contest, this past month's winner being Caligan. Winners are also the subject of an Editorial submission on Mernac. Other popular columns include, Interviews with writers or artists and news from the developers of Mernac. This free publication has been found to provide many fun and exciting articles to read all tied in to the world that started it all, The Legends of Mernac. LoM has announced that this will remain a FREE publication, distributed to all Mernacians (site users) who Opt-In to receive it. You can also view the debut edition here. To receive each month's edition, please click PREFERENCES at the bottom of your email and Opt-In to receive them.
The Legends of Mernac was created by Rick Merriman as an OSC project for high-fantasy enthusiasts. LoM is structured around a mythical world named Mernac, which is built by its user base. Future phases under development include animations, soundtracks, RPG gaming, movies and more. Full Access is FREE to the public.
OSC or Open Source Creativity is designed to create a new form of art and entertainment. It borrows some concepts from some of the large programming communities where numerous programmers all work together toward a common goal, and the "code" they write is completely viewable to anyone. OSC involves creative people from many disciplines; writers, artists, programmers, musicians, web developers, marketers, just to name just a few. The other difference is that OSC based projects are designed not only to foster and promote these creative people's talent, but it is also meant to provide them with a way to generate recognition AND financial compensation for their efforts. The final unique facet of OCS comes with its philosophy. The primary drive of OSC is that the bulk of any profits made from an OCS project should be used to further promote and encourage the thousands (millions) of talented people in the world to explore and develop their creativity. LoM and all future OSC projects strive to create an open source, freely available, downloadable computer application which will allow contributing users to create full length television shows or movies that are of a commercial and professional quality.

To learn more about The Legends of Mernac or OSC, or to schedule an on-line interview with Founder, Rick Merriman, please contact Heather Merriman, Director of Publicity at 954-298-5481 or publicity@mernac.com

Archived Press Releases available here.

Heather Merriman
Director of Publicity
Legends of Mernac
954-298-5481
publicity@mernac.com
One World...Endless Possibilities

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LoM Announces First Write-In

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/15/2006 -- Legends of Mernac, now in its third month of operation, is conducting its first "Write-In" group activity for both experienced writers and those who may never have written non-fiction before, but are interested in learning in a fun, exciting, and supportive atmosphere.

This group activity will center around The Battle for Traddlebow, a pivotal point in the early history of Mernac, a fantasy world created by site founder, Rick Merriman. Already 20+ main characters and nearly as many talented creators stand on the brink of a war. "We have also developed a means to include novice writers in this event, in keeping with our tradition of writers/artists helping other writers/artists, we are supplying complimentary tutoring and critiquing for any inexperienced writer who would like to participate. This has been a successful and powerful tool, as many novices have already enrolled and are well on their way to being published.

The Battle for Traddlebow Write-In will take place over the 4-day Thanksgiving weekend. All entrants will receive a special global brief on Wednesday, November 22 to use as a basis for the events that shape their character's part in the story. From there, each scribe will have 4 days to complete their entry and turn it in. All entries will be compiled by the Mernac staff for publication on Mernac as a fully interconnected group of legends about the events leading to the Battle, and will most likely be published into an E-Book, with commissions royalties paid to all participants.

The Battle of Traddlebow takes place in the 3rd Millennium of Mernacian history and is widely considered the beginning of the period called the Sap Wars, one of the most violent and tumultuous periods published to date. This is an opportunity for users to shape the world of Mernac in a very big way. "If we get enough writers participating we could easily have a body of work the size of a typical fantasy novel," said Merriman late in October as the project was officially announced. The best part, there is still plenty of time for everyone to enter. The challenge is open to the general public and it is FREE to participate with the only requirements as follows: entrant must have a character story written and approved before Nov 17th. The character must be alive during the Sap War period (mid 2600's). The character can live anywhere in Mernac. Although original characters are preferred, there are many characters already available in the Mernac archives that a willing scribe can access in a pinch. There has never been a better time to become a Mernacian Scribe. Come join the fun and the carnage at the Battle for Traddlebow on Mernac.com.

To learn more about The Legends of Mernac or OSC, or to schedule an on-line interview with Founder, Rick Merriman, please contact Heather Merriman, Director of Publicity at 954-298-5481 or publicity@mernac.com

Archived Press Releases available here.

Heather Merriman
Director of Publicity
Legends of Mernac
www.mernac.com
954-298-5481
publicity@mernac.com
One World...Endless Possibilities

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LoM Announces Mernacian Most Valued Player

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/03/2006 -- Legends of Mernac, this week announced the winner of a contest that began September 1st of this year. The challenge presented to all; write a non-fiction submission, detailing specific contributions to the site, including, but not limited to, contributions to content (Stories or Art), creating guides, resources, special assignments, user recruitment, affiliate strategies, and more.

Many competed, several qualified submissions were received, but only one winner could be crowned. The winner of the MVP $1,000.00 Grand Prize was awarded to LindaC. She has been a registered member of LoM since July 2006. She is a Writer, Instructional Designer, Online Instructor, Wife, and Mother and is co-owner of CourseBridge.com, an on-line learning community. Her contributions to LoM include writing over 100 saplings, generating 11 contest ideas, writing eight How To's, several user Mernac user guides, and the entire FAQ. She also has two separate running branches entwined in the never-ending saga of Mernac, and was recently promoted to the prestigious title of God, and was dubbed Quont. There are 20 Gods in Mernac, all of which are/will be instrumental in the storylines and gaming, as well as, the administrative guiding forces that create the world-building community that is Mernac.

LoM is an on-line series of interlinked stories (contributed by various authors from around the world) spanning a 10,000 year history of a mythical world named MERNAC. All LoM fantasy short stories and multi-volume sagas are illustrated with exceptional art (also contributed by various artists spanning the globe). The public can also access this art at no cost through the Main Gallery, as well as, by specific Galleries, such as, Fantasy Art Gallery, Fairy Art Gallery, Dragon Art Gallery, and Mermaid Art Gallery. All stories, sagas, and art are all connected by series of "LINKS" maintaining a streamlined commonality throughout the "world". Public access to all stories and art is provided at no cost.

LoM is built upon a concept created by Rick Merriman, called OSC, or Open Source Creativity. OSC borrows some concepts from some of the large programming communities, where numerous programmers all work together toward a common goal, and the "code" they write is completely viewable to anyone. OSC is different in that it involves not only programmers, but also writers, artists, musicians, marketers, and more. OSC also is designed to not only foster and promote creative people's talent, but also provide them recognition and financial compensation.

To learn more about The Legends of Mernac or OSC, or to schedule an on-line interview with Founder, Rick Merriman, please contact Heather Merriman, Director of Publicity at 954-298-5481 or publicity@mernac.com

Archived Press Releases available here.

Heather Merriman
Director of Publicity
Legends of Mernac
954-298-5481
publicity@mernac.com
One World...Endless Possibilities

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Never-Ending Fantasy Series, www.mernac.com, promotes first members to God status!

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/24/2006 -- The Legends of Mernac proudly promoted five of its dedicated members to the status of Gods recently, making them important characters not only in the storylines of Mernac but behind the scenes as well. The new Gods fill various administrative roles, helping to ensure the smooth operation of the fantasy site for its many members. "We have some great quality people here and I look forward to working with all of them in our new growing pantheon," said one new God. Each of the chosen Gods brings a unique set of skills to Mernac, some with backgrounds in programming, writing, art, management and promotions.

Said another new God, "I am very happy to be here among the Gods! I think that we will work very well together and help make Mernac grow." Indeed Mernac will grow, not only in members but as a website also. Part of the new Gods' duties is to help with valuable input into the site's future phases, including music and/or soundtracks, RPG Gaming, animations, movie clips, and much more. Development is currently underway to soon make these new phases a reality for its valued members.

As Mernac continues to grow and develop, more enthusiastic members will have the opportunity to join the ranks of the current Gods as there are twenty positions in all waiting to be filled in the near future. It is FREE to join LoM and all kinds of new creative people are coming to the site daily and finding out what a welcoming and supportive community Mernac is. There are plenty of writing and art contests continually underway here and many opportunities for financial compensation as well for its talented members. Furthermore, LoM always has plenty to stimulate your muse as the various artistic and creative disciplines at work here play off one another connecting with wonderful inspiration.

All members are encouraged to contribute their creative talent, be that art or writing or more to the never-ending high fantasy series that is Mernac with the only criteria being that their work fit the mythical world of Mernac's creator Rick Merriman, who has based the LoM on the philosophy of people helping people. His ultimate goal is to provide a venue where thousands of creative and talented people have an outlet for their passions and an escape from the mundane 9-5 world of everyday life, while also helping them to be successful with their hopes and dreams.

To learn more about this project or to schedule an on-line interview with founder Rick Merriman, please contact Heather Merriman, Director of Publicity at 954-298-5481 or publicity@mernac.com

Archived Press Releases available.

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Due to overwhelming success of the high fantasy site, www.mernac.com, Mernacian officials upgraded to a Dedicated Server

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/20/2006 -- The Legends of Mernac, announced the finalists and winners of their debut Art Contest last week, while simultaneously upgrading to a new dedicated server. The Fantasy Art Contest was such a success, that LoM decided to make the upgrade to better serve their artists. LoM knows that artists deal with online galleries frequently, and a slow site is a frustrating site, as many times their own online galleries fail to attract large audiences due to this problem. So, LoM decided to eliminate that problem. No matter how many images or artists that are in the Mernac Art Gallery your pages will still fly by! Perfect, since the contest inspired so many artists and the work created was such top quality professional art that there are now so many visitors viewing the Art in the Mernac Galleries.

At the Legends of Mernac, any artist can submit art to specific stories filling the tomes of LoM with illustrated short-stories. It is FREE to join LoM and all types of art are accepted. The only criteria being that the art specifically illustrates the story it's submitted to. Says one user, "I already posted some art there because I like being able to pick up someone's stories or character profiles and then making the image about them, ideal when my Muse decides to leave me." There are currently over hundreds of inter-related and linked short-stories at Mernac, with more added every day by talented writers around the world, so there is never a short-coming with the Muses at Mernac. All the high fantasy fiction is based in the mythical world of Mernac and is expressed by means of a never-ending saga. Plus, new phases are currently under way, which including, animations, music, gaming, and even full-feature movies!

Another reason for LoM's success is the synergy it has created between writers and artists. Many writers, in awe of the artists work, are now studying and learning from the artists, and vice versa. LoM hosts tutorials in art and writing that are FREE to all. Mernacians quickly find that the ability to work in this atmosphere fills their "wells of inspiration", such as this user who says, "I look forward to writing and working with what seems to be a very talented and creative group of people. I hope to inspire and be inspired by each of you." LoM has developed a close-knit community of artists, writers, and programmers and all find great success working together! Of course, as they are well known for, there are always art and writing contests in play, many opportunities for financial compensation for both writers and artists, and a welcoming supportive community for creative people from all walks of life.

To learn more about this project or to schedule an on-line interview with founder, Rick Merriman, please contact Heather Merriman, Director of Publicity at 954-298-5481 or publicity@mernac.com

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Never-Ending Fantasy Series Challenges the World to Embrace Talent by Hosting Multiple Creativity Contests!

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/08/2006 -- The Legends of Mernac (www.mernac.com), had its grand opening this past holiday weekend with a challenge in an eBay Auction "What if you could change the world for the better, would you"

According to Rick Merriman, Founder of The Legends of Mernac, "The intent is to challenge the general public, and the media to help change the world by creatively collaborating on the Open Source Creativity (OSC) project, The Legends of Mernac. As an incentive, multiple cash prize contests are currently being sponsored on the site aimed at writers, artists, gamers, promoters, readers, and generally to anyone that has an interest in fostering talent and celebrating the unique human spirit. Additional contests will be announced daily during the month of September". Mr. Merriman goes on to say, "In the first 6 days of operation, we are astounded by the response. We are already consistently getting over 200,000 hits a day!"

The Legends of Mernac is a FREE on-line fantasy saga built on interlinked stories illustrated by awe inspiring fantasy art. The mythical world of Mernac is created by the registered users of the site, in the fashion of "spinning tales" that tell the 10,000 year history of Mernac. This is done from the perspective of well-written characters that keep readers riveted and wanting more. The Legends of Mernac is a site jam-packed with contests for writers and artists and other talented people.

The developers of The Legends Mernac are also working on additional phases which are slated to include music and/or soundtracks, RPG Gaming, animations, movie clips, and, eventually, full-feature movies. All of these functions will be available to the public-at-large, providing users an even more means to create their own "LEGENDS" in the world of MERNAC.

There are currently half a dozen contests sponsored on Mernac representing thousands of dollars in prize money. Of these, most popular are the Fantasy Art contest ($500.00's – co-sponsored by the art community at Renderosity.com) and the Fantasy Writing contest ($1,000.00). When asked which contest was his favorite, Merriman responded, "Our contest to invent new contests! Here our users will use their own creativity to come up with contests they feel will collectively help our community the most. I expect we will see some amazing ideas here."

The Legends of Mernac hopes that the media at large will catch the spirit and spread the word of a project devoted to fostering and developing talent and creativity. Merriman ended with stating, "With luck, some of the media will use their own creativity in helping us sponsor even more contests, if they do… the world truly will be changed for the better".

To learn more about this project or to schedule interview with Founder, Rick Merriman, please contact Heather Merriman, Director of Publicity at publicity@mernac.com

Heather Merriman
Director of Publicity
The Legends of Mernac
954-298-5481
publicity@mernac.com
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Never-Ending Fantasy Series Launches Grand Opening!

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/31/2006 -- The Legends of Mernac (www.mernac.com), is an on-line fantasy saga built on interlinked stories. The mythical world of Mernac is created by the registered users of the site, in the fashion of "spinning tales" that tell the 10,000 year history of Mernac. This is done from the perspective of well-written characters that keep readers riveted and wanting more. The Legends of Mernac is a site jam-packed with contests for writers and artists. The Legends of Mernac is structured to promote unfound talent and for the Grand Opening on September 1, 2006, the site will host a huge international High Fantasy short-story contest. The challenge will be to write one Legend (2,000-10,000 words, short story or saga chapter encapsulated in the mythical world of Mernac), write one Character Bio (500- 1,000 words, character description of perspective from Legend submission), and one Lore submission (500-1,000 words, description of race, class, deity, etc) Full contest details available at www.mernac.com. The Grand Prize will be $1000.00! There is NO fee for this contest.

The Legends of Mernac is driven to providing an audience for up and coming talent and will host various contests at all times in the search to find that next great writer and/or artist. The only requirements are that participants must be registered users, which is free. Contests will include, art contests, writing contests, even programming and promotions contests! And, users can also sponsor their own contests!

The developers of The Legends Mernac are also working on additional phases which are slated to include music and/or soundtracks, RPG Gaming, animations, movie clips, and, eventually, full-feature movies. All of these functions will be available to the public-at-large, providing users an even more means to create their own "LEGENDS" in the world of MERNAC.

Founder of The Legends of Mernac, Rick Merriman, has based his creation on a philosophy of people helping people. The goal being thousands of talented (yet undiscovered) writers, artists, musicians, programmers, promoters or business people provided an outlet for their passions and a possible ultimate escape from the standard 9-5 job. According to Mr. Merriman, "The Bottom line: I believe that the surest path to success is to help other people become successful. I believe that after providing my family with a comfortable living (and a way for others [who contribute to, or promote Mernac] to provide their families with a comfortable living) that the bulk of any profits should be used to fund and help talented people create their art."

To learn more about this project or to schedule an on-line interview with Founder, Rick Merriman, please contact Heather Merriman, Director of Publicity at 954-298-5481 or publicity@mernac.com

Heather Merriman
Director of Publicity
The Legends of Mernac
954-298-5481
publicity@mernac.com

For archived Press Releases, visit http://www.mernac.com/modules/mernac/?cid=53

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Never-Ending Fantasy Series Launches Grand Opening!

Pompano Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/22/2006 -- The Legends of Mernac (www.mernac.com), is an on-line fantasy saga built on interlinked stories. The mythical world of Mernac is created by the registered users of the site, in the fashion of "spinning tales" that tell the 10,000 year history of Mernac. This is done from the prospective of well-written characters that keep readers riveted and wanting more. The Legends of Mernac is a site jam-packed with contests for writers and artists. The Legends of Mernac is structured to promote unfound talent and for the Grand Opening on September 1, 2006, the site will host a huge international 3D Art contest. The challenge will be to illustrate a current short-story from The Legends of Mernac. The Grand Prize will be $500.00, a feature in the print magazine ImagineFX, and a feature on the world's largest online art community, renderosity.com. Full contest details available at www.mernac.com.

The Legends of Mernac is driven to providing an audience to up and coming talent and will host various contests at all times in the search to find that next great writer and/or artist. The only requirements are that participants must be registered users, which is free. Contests will include, art contests, writing contests, even programming contests! And, users can also sponsor their own contests!

The developers of The Legends Mernac are also working on additional phases which are slated to include music and/or soundtracks, RPG Gaming, animations, movie clips, and, eventually, full-feature movies. All of these functions will be available to the public-at-large, providing users an even more means to create their own "LEGENDS" in the world of MERNAC.

Founder of The Legends of Mernac, Rick Merriman, has based his creation on a philosophy of people helping people. The goal being thousands of talented (yet undiscovered) writers, artists, musicians, programmers, promoters or business people provided an outlet for their passions and a possible ultimate escape from the standard 9-5 job. According to Mr. Merriman, "The Bottom line: I believe that the surest path to success is to help other people become successful. I believe that after providing my family with a comfortable living (and a way for others [who contribute to, or promote Mernac] to provide their families with a comfortable living) that the bulk of any profits should be used to fund and help talented people create their art."

To learn more about this project or to schedule an on-line interview with Founder, Rick Merriman, please contact Heather Merriman, Director of Publicity at 954-298-5481 or publicity@mernac.com

Heather Merriman
Director of Publicity
The Legends of Mernac
954-298-5481
publicity@mernac.com
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Lillian Hawkins
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