2016 35th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest

2016 Sand Sculpture Contest: Maggie Johnston Award for Creative Excellence Winner: Adult/Family Group Entry #32: Going for Gold, by Jen Jordan.

NPS / Elizabeth Tucker

 

The 35th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest at Drakes Beach was once again well attended with 53 sculptures entered. Thousands of participants and observers showed up to enjoy a sunny day at the beach.

If you notice any errors in the names of sculptures or artists, or if you have digital images of the missing photos listed below or know the names of the unnamed sculptures listed below, please contact us.

 

 

2016 Sand Sculpture Award Results

Key:
MJ = Maggie Johnston Award for Creative Excellence
HM = Honorable Mention
PC = People's Choice Awards
RP = Best Use Of Recycled Plastic

Adult/Family Group Category

Award	Sculpture	Contestants
MJ	Going for Gold	Jen Jordan
1st	Cake by the Ocean	The Christiansen family
2nd	Life	The Magner Family
3rd	Turtle	Daniel Gold
HM	Dino Dig	The Ott Family
HM	Trust Issues	Norton, Smith, Campos
PC	Sea Monkey	Len Garriott
RP	Hootie the Owl	The Organ-Overby Family

Adult's Individual

Award	Sculpture	Contestants
1st	Queen Anna's Castle	Dan Baker
2nd	Chillaxing	John Sanftner
3rd	Hippo	Alysha Lieber

Children's Individual

Award	Sculpture	Contestants
1st	Baby Crocodile	Stas
2nd	iPod	Syerra
3rd	M&M	Jane

Children's Group

Award	Sculpture	Contestants
1st	Chompy Crocodile	Renata
2nd	Kar	Nichi & Douglas
3rd	Chavez Empire/Crab Kingdom	DJ
HM	Karlstejn	Nejedly Kids
HM	Marz Outpost	Michelle and Andrew

 

Missing and Unidentified Photos

Missing Photos:

• Children's Group Entry #07: Ocean Dream by Mason
• Children's Group Entry #11: (Mermaid) Castle, by Samantha

Unnamed Sculptures:

• Adult/Family Group Entry #09, by Michael Osfeld
• Adult/Family Group Entry #11, by Jenny Liu
• Adult/Family Group Entry #12, by Xin Zu Meng
• Adult/Family Group Entry #20, by the Ojeda family
• Adult/Family Group Entry #31, by Carolyn Ricchiato

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