The time has come to announce the 2008 GEN Pumpkin Carving Contest winner! While we ask you to excuse the delay in results, we promise the photos are worth the wait. A total of three GEN members sent in their geek themed pumpkins, but what the contest lacked in quantity was made up in quality. Check out their carvings below.
As a refresher, the rules for the contest are listed below:
1. Sadly, GEN editors can not enter the contest. This is a community contest only.
2. The submission must be “geek-flavored” in some way, shape or form. It can be video game, anime or comic related, or any other topic covered on the GEN site.
3. You can enter the contest as many times as you like, each time with a different pumpkin design.
4. You must include a sign with your name somewhere in your submission photo, to prove that you yourself carved the pumpkin.
5. Submission deadline is October 31 at midnight.
6. We will put all the submissions up in a gallery for the community to see November 1.
7. The winner will be chosen by the GEN editors and announced November 2.
Contestant #1: Elizabeth Amber
Subject: Black Cat and Captain America
Contestant #2: Paul Gale
Subject: Jack Skellington and Ryu from Street Fighter
Contestant #3: LouAnn
Subject: Darth Maul
After a lengthy discussion by all the editors here at GEN, we have a winner! Congratulations to Elizabeth Amber, for both her amazing carvings, which are original designs inspired by the Marvel characters Black Cat and Captain Marvel. While Captain Marvel came out on top, both the pumpkins highlight her attention to detail and devotion to all things nerdy.
As the winner, Elizabeth Amber will be receiving a custom GEN prize pack. We will be in touch with her shortly to get the necessary information needed to get the goods shipped!
Thanks to all who entered.
A special thanks to Top Cow who generously donated prizes for the contest!
As a bonus, we included a mini gallery of our own GEN editor’s pumpkins below. Enjoy!
VirtualGirl
Mandy
Perzephone
Perzephone
Vampire Kitten
November 4th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Congrats Amber! Your pumpkins are amazing! So are all the rest. Great job guys!
November 4th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
CONGRATS ^_^ and I agree with Virtualgirl ^_^
November 5th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
My comcast mail was wigging out for a couple days so I just heard the news! Thank you so much!
PS - That’s Capt America.
Now, I have to up my game for next year. Hmm…..
November 6th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Grats and good job!