It’s time for the second edition of the Poddy Awards, the contest where we ask pod artists to vote on their favorite pods. About half of the OZ Art Fest pod builders responded to our call. Results are below.
Winners of “Best Overall Pod” and categories other than best-in-each-level will receive a 3D printed award. Best-in-each-level winners will receive a certificate.
To see photos of the winning pods, have a look at the Artist Guide and the galleries.
And the winners are…
Best Level
Winner: Unseen Worlds
Runner-Up: R&D
Best Pod in “The Sound of Colors”
Winner: (tie) Big Guise (Alexine Rioux, Mika Agari, and Kayla Saito), Erica Ciccarone
Runner-up: (tie) Kit Reuther, Paul Cain
Best Pod in “Explorers”
Winner: Phillip Granke
Runner-up: (tie) Lain York, Brian Somerville
Runner-up: (tie) Lain York, Brian Somerville
Best Pod in “Spies”
Winner: Sarah McDonald and Tyler Blankenship
Runner-up: Jaime Raybin and Briena Harmening
Runner-up: Jaime Raybin and Briena Harmening
Best Pod in “Echoes”
Winner: Travis Janssen and Alex Lopez
Runner-up: Mary Mooney
Best Pod in “Light Into Darkness”
Winner: Brown Dog Bindery (Jennifer Knowles)
Runner-up: Zach Duensing
Best Pod in “Trials”
Winner: Abbey Skojec
Runner-up: (tie) Matthew Batty, Patricia Earnhardt and Elizabeth Sanford
Best Pod in “Play”
Winner: Amanda Joy Brown and Kyle Jones
Runner-up: Brian Somerville and Will Somerville
Best Pod in “Endless Forms”
Winner: Alexis Colbert
Runner-up: Sara Lederach
Best Pod in “Unseen Worlds”
Winner: Beth Reitmeyer and ELEL
Runner-up: (tie) Ashley Adkins and Leah Sawyer, Ariel Lavery and Christopher Lavery
Best Pod in “R&D”
Winner: Middle Tennessee Robotic Arts Society
Runner-up: Molly Lahym and Dylan Ethier
Most Original
Winner: Jaime Raybin and Briena Harmening
Runner-up: (tie) Ariel Lavery and Christopher Lavery, Phillip Granke
Best Inside/Outside Interactivity
Winner: Amanda Joy Brown and Kyle Jones
Runner-up: M Kelley and Stephen Zerne
Best Exterior
Winner: Brian Somerville and Will Somerville
Runner-up: Beth Reitmeyer and ELEL
Best Soundtrack
Winner: (tie) Jaime Raybin and Briena Harmening, Molly Lahym and Dylan Ethier
Runner-up: (tie) Beth Reitmeyer and ELEL, Gordon Roque
Best Tech
Winner: Molly Lahym and Dylan Ethier
Runner-up: (tie) Jenn Deafenbaugh and Make Nashville, Middle Tennessee Robotic Arts Society
Best Story
Winner: Abbey Skojec
Runner-up: (tie) Jason Brown and the Postal Provocateurs, Brian Somerville and Will Somerville
Best Concept
Winner: Beth Reitmeyer and ELEL
Runner-up: (5-way tie) Abbey Skojec, Paul Cain, M Kelley and Stephen Zerne, Ariel Lavery and Christopher Lavery, Sarah McDonald and Tyler Blankenship
Most Professional Build
Winner: Brian Somerville and Will Somerville
Runner-up: Ariel Lavery and Christopher Lavery
Best in Show
Winner: Beth Reitmeyer and ELEL
Second place: Brian Somerville and Will Somerville
Third place: Sarah McDonald and Tyler Blankenship
Beth Reitmeyer and ELEL
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