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UPDATED: 2013 Cigar Box Nation Builder's Contest Results

Being a personal fan of the Steampunk genre and of industrial/mechanical-themed art in general, scrolling through the list of this year's entries is really a treat. Once again I am blown away by the creativity and ingenuity of the builders who congregate on CBN, and I certainly don't envy the hard choices the judges had to make.

First Place ($250.00 prize pack): Tom Thompson
Second Place: ($125.00 prize pack): Michael Naiman
Third Place: ($75.00 prize pack): Graeme
Fourth Place: ($50.00 prize pack) John Bernyk

Note: Keith Alan, the original first place winner, has chosen to withdraw his entry, so we have bumped everyone up one step.

Click here to see all of the entries

Click here to see the winning entries

As an added bonus this year (see first comment below for reasons) every non-winning entry will get a $25.00 coupon code usable at the Cigar Box Guitar superstore, http://www.cbgitty.com.

Congratulations to the winners, and a hearty "good job" to all of you! In the next week or so, I will be sending messages to the winners and all other entrants via private message here on CBN to provide info on your prize packs and coupon codes.

Thank you,

Ben/C. B. Gitty

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Permalink Reply by Michael Benneyworth on January 15, 2014 at 12:22pm

Second the best wishes part.

It's a shame Keith felt the controversy so much, if that's what prompted his actions.

And you're right John, we should take the good bits, there were a lot of those, and move on.

At least now I can put up some video of the screeching demon that is my entry and wait for the comments on that.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on January 15, 2014 at 12:34pm

Reverend!

I can't wait to hear Ron play the guitar I entered!

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 15, 2014 at 12:39pm

;-)

seen it commin , / repeating hence i didnt enter mine .

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Permalink Reply by Stevie Miller on January 15, 2014 at 3:00pm

So, we gonna see a video of this trunk in action?

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 15, 2014 at 5:20pm

agreed ;-)

Permalink Reply by Uncle John on January 16, 2014 at 2:58am

Silent Jim, Coiin, Top Hat! I've missed you. Hope all is well with you and Ms. M.

Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 15, 2014 at 4:58pm

after all is said and done , we have to remember , this site is newer than the sport , and Ben taking over the site, and Dan helping out, is even newer than that , just like in cbg building,, there is trial and error ,, you find out what works well ,, what doesn't , it's a process that only makes things better in the end or the future , as we are all still learning in these contests .

sometimes in an effort to please everyone , it can actually be detrimental to some . this is usually the reason for rules , but if rules don't count then people might as well start bringing a jet to a hot air balloon race , and it gets silly . i agree with Ben, some better structure is in order , he knows that .. we know it . so i assume it can only get better from here. none of us are expert contest organizers , so we have to accept and be patient with the learning process . and no matter what, someone is not going to be happy.

bottom line .. Ben shelled out alot of $ for this , even went the extra mile to satisfy all involved ,, Dan and others put in time and effort , we should all be appreciative of that , and thank them , and boost the probability of more contests happening .

thankless jobs suck .

.friendly advice , opinions, and even offers to help , can be more effective and productive and achieve the actual goal, than just bitching after the fact .

(i learned that last year while bitching myself ) ;-)

so kootoos Ben and Dan etc..., for busting your asses offering these contests .

but get your shit together ;-)

lol

i did not enter the contest for some of the reasons expressed on this page , ,, but it was still fun to watch , and i built and posted pictures of my swamp witch steampunk .. to help give some an idea , and example of steampunk. .. hopefully offering ideas and maybe even raising the bar on some designs . so still involved , and still fun.

these contest are cool in alot of ways .. let's help them get better .

and be patient till then ;-)