2022 Contests

LEGO Architecture Contest - Drop off at the Red Shed 20 Coldwater Rd. a.s.a.p. pickup August 7th. Call 705-715-6950 for more details. thank you!
WritingContest "Scribe Alert" - Theme: travelCostume Contest with NEW category: Best travel bag, suitcase or trunk.

Costume Contest Categories
1.youth: 0-12 (beginner/advanced)
2.teen 13-17 (beginner/advanced)
3.adult 18-100 (novice/master)
4.Group or Couple
5.Best hat, hair or accessory, etc.
6.New: Best travel bag, luggage, purse or suitcase.
1.youth: 0-12 (beginner/advanced)
2.teen 13-17 (beginner/advanced)
3.adult 18-100 (novice/master)
4.Group or Couple
5.Best hat, hair or accessory, etc.
6.New: Best travel bag, luggage, purse or suitcase.
2021
Poster Design Winners
Poster Design Winners

Feed Me by Karen Taul


2021 Steampunk Lego Challenge Winners
Best Adult Design:
Space Ship by Chris Fountain

Best Children's Design:
Hot Air Balloon by Grace Fountain

Best Youth Design:
Connor Buss


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and start planning for next year!
Creative Writing Contest: Fountain Pens Optional!

Imagine the possibilities.
Hundreds of years ago, when Victorians looked to the heavens and imagined reaching the stars, telephones were for the rich. Horse-drawn carriages filled the streets. Electric light bulbs were slowing replacing gas lamps.
The Coldwater Steampunk's Annual Writing Competition invites you to travel back in time, and create an alternate universe with life in other universes and around the globe.
Grab your fountain pen, quill, or speech-to-text generator, and GO TRAVELLING!
~ No Entry Fee
~ Must be original, unpublished work
~ 1000 word max
~ May be a Poem or Short story (separate categories for judges this year)
~ Must be inspired by the Steampunk Festival, its "Travel" theme, OR be set in our "Village by the River."
Deadline: 5 pm on September 30th, 2022
Email: [email protected]
Winners to be announced in October
Congratulations to our 2021 Scribes:
2021 FIRST PLACE: "Gone Galactic", the poem by Marco E. Borrelli
- Galactic Log Day 800969 by Jennifer Goodwin
- Interception by Melissa Small
Congratulations to our 2020 Scribes:
- Paul Rollinson - The Path Stan Joskowitz - Something is Afoot in Coldwater Marco Borrelli - Gas Lamp Cold
2021
Costume Contest Winners
Costume Contest Winners
2021 Space Hybrid ~ Eire Lundy
2021 Sweet Tooth ~ Dax Lundy
2021 Bounty Hunter - Melissa Small

2021 Pilot's Wings ~ Jennifer Goodwin

2021 Galatic Hat by Liz Barbaza-Cousineau

Past Photo Contest Winners
2020 First Place
Green Cape
by Erin Hawke

2020 Second Place
Blue Vampire Selfie
by Veronica Clark
2020 Third Place
Laser Gun
by Dale Robert Dick

2019 First Place
Hot Rod Belle & Dragon
by Robert Alsop


2019 Third Place
Bronze Soldier
by Ashley Dervaric

2018 Winner

2018 Winner

* Please note that entering a contest and/or attending the Coldwater Steampunk Festival gives automatic consent to be photographed, filmed and/or otherwise recorded. Entry onto the grounds constitutes consent to such photography, filming and/or recording and to any use, in any and all media throughout the universe in perpetuity, of your appearance, voice, name and creations for any purpose whatsoever in connection with the Coldwater Steampunk Festival.
Please understand that all photography, filming and/or recording will be done in reliance on this consent given by you by participating in Festival activities and/or entering the area. If you do not agree to the foregoing, please do not enter the grounds.