We’re always excited by Halloween here at MAKE, but we’re especially jazzed this year with the contest we’ve put together to celebrate our favorite maker holiday. This year, we’re doing things a little differently. For one, we’re doing the contest across both of our sites, MAKE and CRAFT, and we’re hosting the whole hoodoo bash over on Make: Projects. Here are the gory details:
Starting now, and running through Nov 8th at 11:59pm any Halloween content on Make: Projects (tagged with “halloween2011”) will be eligible for entry in the contest. See the Halloween Landing Page for full contest details. If you’re not already signed up on Make: Projects, it’s easy to set up and fun to document projects in. Here to get started. Anything Halloweeny is eligible as long as it fits into one of these four categories:
Costume – Anything you wear on your body, including makeup
Prop – Things you carry with you, costume accessories like weapons
Decor – Porch decorations, pumpkins, party decor, and animatronics and haunted house spectacles
Food – Edible favors, candy, and any creations made of food
You don’t have to submit them in these subcategories. This will be left to the discretion of the judges. Just make sure entries are tagged with “halloween2011” and get them into Make: Projects by 11:59 PST on Tuesday, Nov 8th. You can enter as many times as you like, but are only eligible for one prize.
Entries will be judged on Creativity of Idea: 25%; Project Execution: 40%; Quality of Documentation: 25%; and Presentation: 10%. The two final Grand Prize categories will be “Craft” and “Tech.” Judges will divide the projects into these two categories before judging begins and the entry in each Grand Prize category with the highest total score among all judging criteria will be the Grand Prize winner. Prizes will also be given in each content category for the highest overall scores after the Grand Prize awards are determined.
The prizes are amazing (if we do say so ourselves). Here are some of the companies that generously contributed, followed by the six prize packages (after the jump):
Grand Prize in Tech
- Dremel 3000 rotary tool
- Cool Neon Arduino shield with 5x5ft presoldered sections of 5mm highbright long-life EL wire
- GarrettWade field electrician’s knife
- PanaVise 350
- Make: Electronics book
- Maker’s Notebook
- $50 Maker Shed gift certificate
Grand Prize in Craft
- SINGER Futura XL-400 sewing and embroidery machine with bonus AutoPunch and Advanced Editing software
- GarrettWade dressmaker’s scissors
- CRAFT box set
- Maker’s Notebook
- $50 Maker Shed gift certificate
1st Place in Costume
- SINGER 4423 Heavy Duty sewing machine
- GarrettWade 5.5″ sewing scissors
- Panavise PV Jr. (201)
- CRAFT box set
- Maker’s Notebook
- $50 Maker Shed gift certificate
1st Place in Props
- GarrettWade Japanese saws with canvas case
- Dremel pumpkin carving tool
- Panavise PV Jr. (201)
- Getting Started With Arduino kit and book
- Maker’s Notebook
- $50 Maker Shed gift certificate
1st Place in Decor
- Cool Neon 25 pixel total control lighting kit
- GarrettWade push drill
- Dremel pumpkin carving tool
- Panavise PV Jr. (201)
- Maker’s Notebook
- $50 Maker Shed gift certificate
1st Place in Food
- Eye-Fi Mobile X2 SD card
- GarrettWade kitchen shears
- Dremel pumpkin carving tool
- Panavise PV Jr. (201)
- Cooking for Geeks book
- Maker’s Notebook
- $50 Maker Shed gift certificate
[Note: As usual, contest is only eligible for entry in the US. We apologize for this limitation.]
So what are you waiting for? It looks like it’s shaping up to be a great Halloween. We look forward to seeing what costumes, props, decor, and food you come up with.
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