I'm sure the skins that haven't been approved the authors can upload the skins to Wincustomize galleries.

I believe AlMonty is correct.  The fact that a submitted skin didn't make it into the GUIC may only mean that it didn't meet the GUIC rules and quidelines.

These same skins may pass the normal rules and guidelines for submitting to the WinCustomize Gallery Library.  Those skinners will just have to decide whether or not to submit them.

Is there any chance that the rejected entries could be put in a separate "Rejected For Competition" category to make them available for download so that we don't have to depend on them being uploaded elsewhere? Some of the authors just might not bother, and it would be a great convenience to us to have them all right here.

Any of the users can upload to WC or any other site.  That seems to be the best solution.  Submissions that broke some rule should not be displayed at the GUIChamp site.

Not my call in any case . . 

That's very disappointing to a lot of us that they can't be made available in some way, not as part of the contest, but available none the less. In any case, I can appreciate your position, at least, and thanks for clearing it up. Let's hope that the authors do indeed upload to Wincustomize. It sounds like there are some gems.

Here is how it's disappointing (if you want to get them). First, they are sitting there, in one place, right now, but unavailable. That's disappointing. Second, will they upload them elsewhere? If they do, when and where? That's disappointing. I'm sure you know that a lot of people already want some of them; there used to be a thread with links to the rejected ones that was taken down nearly as quickly as it went up.

On the other hand, I can respect, and argue in favour of, the decision to exclude them from being downloaded. That, however, doesn't have a bearing on the level of disappointment--whether they qualified, or not, doesn't change anybody's desire to acquire the IP's if they like them.

Thanks Jafo and Zoomba-it's a reasonable position, I can't argue against it with any sincerity. You make it official. It's merely a case of being disappointed that you can't get something you want.

Just to make sure you understand my position here-I'm not trying to get these IP's into the competition, I just want to download them. If there are copyright violations, then you can't make them available.

It's getting kind of monotonous saying this so many times, but this maybe can't be said often enough. This is a great event. All you people at Stardock have been kind and helpful to me and others in the forums and through Stardock Support, and you make great products as well. I appreciate your patience too, so thank you very much.