Homemade Hero Contest Winners
Sorry to keep everyone waiting with this post. This was a hard one. There were so many wonderful entries in the Homemade Heroes Contest, and all were obviously made with such love and attention that it was heartbreaking to think that not everyone could win. I think that’s why I took my time with the decision. This contest ended the same way all the others do: I want to give everyone a prize, and don’t have enough prizes.
But there were some real champions in this challenge, and they deserve to be called out.
So.
Grand Prize – Signed worldwide first edition hardcovers of The Painted Man, The Great Bazaar and The Desert Spear, plus a super-rare ARC of Brayan’s Gold:
I don’t think there will be any argument when I say the grand prize goes to Mia (<–click link for Mia’s full entry) for her simply breathtaking rendition of the Krasian temple of Sharik Hora, made from the bones of fallen heroes:
Mia seemed reluctant to try her hand for lack of experience, but it seems to me that all she lacked was confidence in her own obvious awesomeness. Grand prize, and well earned. As promised, I will write whatever you want in them (or just sign them for enhanced eBay value!)
1st Prize – Signed trade hardcover of The Great Bazaar:
With the very last entry accepted in the contest, right under the wire, Margherita (<–click to see full entry) proved that good things come to those who wait. Her Bratz doll Leesha and Renna were amazing, as was her Ken doll Rojer, but it was her Arlen that cinched the deal:
2nd Prize – 2 signed ARCs of Brayan’s Gold:
These ARCs (Advance Read Copies) are ultra-rare, and apart from my own 2 personal copies (which I will never give away), the only ARCs I have. The final edition has all the awesome Lauren Cannon art, but these are the REAL collector’s items.
With so many entries and dioramas to choose from (Leesha, Rojer, Jardir, Arlen, sand demon, wood demon, rock demon, Twilight Dancer, warded campsite, etc., Yelie (<–click to see full entry, also see here) was a serious contender against Margherita. My favorite of her entries was probably Barbie Leesha, but really, we must celebrate the whole body of work. (Her Hubby Chris helped.):
This isn’t the first contest Justine (<–click to see full entry) has taken a prize in, because she is made of awesome. Her tribal tattoo design kicked ass in the Warding Contest, andher talent continues to shine with these incredible MIghty Muggs redditions of Arlen and Jardir:
Third prize – 2 signed trade hardcovers of Brayan’s Gold:
It is a testament to my incredible readers that even the third prize winners did such spectacular work.
Take French Jess (<–click to see full entry), who wins contest after contest. Why? Because she is cool as hell, that’s why. Oh, French Jess. Je t’adore. Check out her kickass rendition of Jardir and his Sharum taking on One Arm in the Maze:
Another repeat ass-kicker is Arthur (<–click to see full entry), who took home one of the grand prizes in the Warding Contest with his warded lamp posts, and who made the cuddliest demon in town with his plushie One Arm:
To everyone else, thank you so much for entering! I really do wish that I could send prizes to everyone. There wasn’t a single entry that wasn’t awesome and a highlight of my day.
The next contest will be in a month or so for the official release of Brayan’s Gold. It will be something easier and more inclusive, but I don’t have a plan yet. I am open to suggestions…
If you ever do a scrap book of basterdized attempts at homemade heroes I hope you include my attempt at Arlen vs. Jardir & army of Darth Mauls, I mean, Krasians. Awesome contents!
eBay value? Pshht! They move valuable to us just to have and love 🙂
Have you already done a contest for people to dress up as your characters and take a picture of themselves in fun places?
OH MAN!! I am soooo stinkin excited!! I’m pretty sure I have never won a contest before and certainly never won anything soooooooooo awesome 😀
Thanks for having such fun contests! All of the entries were amazing and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next. Congrats to everyone!!
I’m about to go into crazy fan-girl mode. I swear. How EXCITING!!?? Didn’t even think they’d get posted on the blog, so I’m mighty happy.
And The Great Bazaar? How the frig am I supposed to sleep tonight?
Congratulations everyone! And thank you sooo much Mr. Brett!
I can’t thank you loudly or repeatedly enough. It was such fun and I so loved the others (there’s a couple I’d especially luuuuuv to have!) I really didn’t expect anything. I was ecstatic you even posted it and with such heartwarming curses! I need some time to think of the personalization. It’s still quite surreal. THANKS AGAIN — yes, I’m yelling it! Santa came early!
No dispute whatsoever with Mia winning – some fantastic work there. Well done to all. What a fun contest 🙂
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Congratulation to all of the winners! You did such an amazing job! And I agree with Yelies, a cosplay contest would be really cool!
We can definitely do a cosplay contest sometime, but I was think about something simpler and more inclusive for the next one. More in line with the “take a picture of yourself with one of my books” contest that anyone could enter.
I have one idea, but I am still mulling it over. If anyone has thoughts, I’m listening.
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