Hello chooms I hope you are all doing well. Today marks the official end of our first art contest. I would like to thank everyone for posting as I along with the rest of my fellow moderators enjoyed seeing all the artwork. We look forward to doing another contest in the future and we would love to hear all of your suggestions on how to do it better. Now without further ado it is my honor to announce our three winners.

1. u/Successful_Coffee283 with 200 upvotes with their piece "Just say yes. "With the prize being a $50 digital gift card.
2. u/fluskywolf with their post of "Vampire Judy" gaining 139 upvotes. With the prize being a $35 digital gift card.
3. u/dent2077 with their post of "Delight" which garnered 111 upvotes. The prize was originally a $20 gift card but u/dent2077 decided that they would rather have that prize be money donated https://supportsurfside.org/ after the tragedy of the apartment collapse. I commend u/dent2077 for this very noble and generous deed. I would be more than happy to do this for them.

I applaud all of our winners and participants and wish you all well as it has been fun. Until our next contest I hope all take care and have an enjoyable summer.

Cheers!

Edit: u/Successful_Coffee283 has decided to put the prize towards a donation to the World Wildlife Fund, this is a very thoughtful request and one that we have happily done. This donation is on behalf of this subreddit. We love and appreciate you all.