Official 2008 contest winners!

Emails have been sent to the winners and here they are!

Click to view complete round two poll results here.

I'll bet folks (those 3 entrants & their owners at least!) were holding their breath wondering HOW I was going to handle that 2nd place tie, eh? (I'm just relieved it wasn't for first place to be honest - lol! I had a long day trying to decide if the THREE 1st place leaders that were running in a dead heat this morning would wind up needing to go to a third round.. fortunately the dilemma was gone when I got home this evening)... Ah, well, without further adieu CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS!!!

First place winner(s) are:
Finalist #13 14 votes (@ 11.76%)
Artist: Carol Huddleston
Website: http://www.prairiedreamstudio.com
Owner: Amy Widman



Second place TIED winner(s) are:
(both entries will get the 2nd place prizes)

Finalist #6 13 votes (@ 10.92%)
Artist: DeeAnn Kjelshus
Website: www.artbydeeann.com
Owner: Joy Blair


Finalist #12 13 votes (@ 10.92%)
Artist: Karen Beeson
Website: http://community.webshots.com/user/karbee9
Owner: Kellye Bussey

Third place winner(s) are:

Finalist #2 12 votes (@ 10.08%)
Artist: Sheila Anderson
Website: www.paloose-arts.com
Owner: Shelley Rath

Polls up on Blab now!! :)

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****Thread poll for Contest #1*******

http://tinyurl.com/5dv8wk

http://www.modelhorseblab.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77674

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Remember, you don't need to be a paid member to vote! :)

I have more to say about yesterday here if you're interested too: http://mksculpt.blogspot.com/2008/10/finalist-polls-and-tractors.html

Final Round coming to Blab shortly!

Aaand the question of the hour has been how many finalists would I choose. ... (ugh how hard!)

I decided to go with near max that I said I would take into the finals (I'd said 10-20). I'm going with the top 19 since the next (4 votes) set tips me just over 20. So this is the top 59% here. & Here's how they sorted out in round one:

Entry 18	48 (13%)
Entry 6	45 (12%)
Entry 19	34 (9%)
Entry 4	26 (7%)
Entry 24	22 (5%)
Entry 2	21 (5%)
Entry 11	18 (4%)
Entry 26	15 (4%)
Entry 22	14 (3%)
Entry 32	14 (3%)
Entry 14	13 (3%)
Entry 29	12 (3%)
Entry 8	9 (2%)
Entry 1	8 (2%)
Entry 3	8 (2%)
Entry 25	8 (2%)
Entry 5	5 (1%)
Entry 13	5 (1%)
Entry 30	5 (1%)

What I'll do is make albums late tonight that showcase these entries full sized for the final round. Quite a few people missed that who I'd talked to in the first round (that you can click and view these entries full sized).

Please be patient with me, we're having a tractor pull on the section of the farm that's next to my leased section for my boarding farm... Since this involves more chaos than a fair (big stadium lights, vending booths, really loud vehicles a couple of times, 400 spectators etc etc.) I have to spend the day (sun up till well past that for a bonfire) keeping an eye on my charges... so whenever I get home is when this'll get done tonight.

Congrats to all who entered tho, I so LOVED seeing every entry myself!! Round 2 is going to be very hard for me to watch. I sure wish I could afford to give prizes to everyone!

Don't forget to check out the Scene contest round 1 finalists too! -> http://kilbourn-contest2.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-round-coming-to-blab-later-today.html

Oktober 15th -CONTEST SUBMISSION NOW CLOSED -

BLAB POLLS CLOSED
~view results~
ENTRANTS REVEALED BELOW!!! (congrats to all!!!)

************The Contest (summary):

Artists submit one photo of any resin sculpted by Morgen that they
themselves have painted. Then the people of the hobby get to decide
who the winner is by voting in polls!

1st Prize:
~ To the painting artist: 1 "Hazel" resin (postage inside the US included)
~ To the owner*: 1 "bitty bosco" resin (postage inside the US included)
~ If the painter is also the current owner they get both prizes

2nd Prize:
~ To the painting artist: 1 "bitty bosco" resin (postage inside the US
included)
~ To the owner*: $50 off any resin purchase from Morgen
~ If the painter is also the current owner they get both prizes

3rd Prize:
~ To the painting artist: $50 off any resin purchase from Morgen
~ To the owner*: $25 off any resin purchase from Morgen
~ If the painter is also the current owner they get both prizes

*Owner must be identified and must give permission to have their name
posted with entry to win the prize. See all disclaimers and rules
regarding permissions to avoid having your entry disqualified.


************The Judges:

The hobby as a whole for voting round 1 (right here on this blog!!!), votes to be limited on the
final round to Model Horse Blab members (this is to prevent multiple
voting by the same person***, but I will put it in a forum where
free/unpaid memberships can vote!)
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Contest Rules (viewable to yahoogroup members only)

Entry submission deadline was Oktober 15th. Entries posted below.

************The Entries:

___~~~Click on any photo for much larger images~~~___

Entry #1

Artist: Sommer Prosser
Website: www.sommerprosser.net

Owner: Wendy Edgar
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Entry #2

Artist: Sheila Anderson
Website: www.paloose-arts.com

Owner: Shelley Rath
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Entry #3

Artist: Liz Shaw

Owner: Barb Ness
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Entry #4

Artist: Jaime Baker
Website: www.jbakercustoms.com

Owner: Sandra Dargie
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Entry #5

Artist: Jennifer Kistler
Website: www.riversideequineart.com

Owner: Marianna Stepniewski
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Entry #6

Artist: DeeAnn Kjelshus
Website: www.artbydeeann.com

Owner: Joy Blair
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Entry #7

Artist: Sherry Clayton

Owner: Robin Amador
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Entry #8

Artist: Chris Jolly
Website: www.jahleedesigns.com

Owner: Susan Parker
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Entry #9

Artist: Carly Smith

Owner: Carly Smith
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Entry #10

Artist: Linda White

Owner: Linda White
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Entry #11

Artist: Joanna Inman
Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Templewood_Studios/

Owner: Marianna Stepniewski
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Entry #12

Artist: Lynn Weber

Owner: Lynn Weber
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Entry #13

Artist: Mel Miller
Website: www.chinookstudios.com

Owner: Graciela Kincaid
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Entry #14

Artist: Laura Behning
Website: www.brookridgemorgans.com

Owner: Lisa Warner
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Entry #15

Artist: Laura Dotson

Owner: Laura Dotson

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Entry #16

Artist: Danelle Gatcombe

Owner: Corrie McDermott
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Entry #17

Artist: Mindy Winchester

Owner: Catherine Read
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Entry #18

Artist: Thérèse Wolmer
Website: http://web.telia.com/~u87731598/DecorStudios/

Owner: Thérèse Wolmer

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Entry #19

Artist: Karen Beeson
Website: http://community.webshots.com/user/karbee9

Owner: Kellye Bussey
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Entry #20

Artist: Mandy Hood

Owner: Mandy Hood
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Entry #21

Artist: Melissa Sage

Owner: Melissa Sage
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Entry #22

Artist: Carol Huddleston
Website: http://www.prairiedreamstudio.com

Owner: Amy Widman
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Entry #23

Artist: April Powell
Website: http://home.rochester.rr..com/ntstudios/

Owner: April Powell
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Entry #24

Artist: Lauren Hoeffer (previously Tapley)

Owner: Lauren Hoeffer
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Entry #25

Artist: Katie Langford
Website: www.freewebs.com/sunkingstudios

Owner: Katie Langford
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Entry #26

Artist: Jenn Danza
Website: http://www.danzaanddanza.com/wfmain.html

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Entry #27

Artist: Shelly Verstuyft

Owner: Vicky Norris
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Entry #28

Artist: Laura Skillern

Owner: Laura Skillern
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Entry #29

Artist: Caroline Boydston
Website: www.whitehorsestudios.net

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Entry #30

Artist: Corinne Senko

Owner: Brent Perry
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Entry #31

Artist: Hilary Schwafel

Owner: Karen Taylor
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Entry #32

Artist: Jennifer L. Irwin
Website: www.jenniferlirwin.com

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