The Entry Deadline has passed. Check back soon to vote for the People's Choice Awards.

Contest Rules:

• Projects must be your original design and cannot be altered versions of existing patterns by another designer.

• Projects can be hand or power carved and can be finished naturally or with paint.

• Projects must be able to be made from commonly available wood.

• Include the name of anyone who contributed to the carving, including instructors or spouses.

• Projects cannot have been previously entered in a WCI-sponsored contest.

To Enter:

Submit the following information:

• Category of entry: Relief, Realistic, Caricature, Santa, Chip Carving, Stylized, or Junior Carver (16 years and under)

• Clear photographs of your work from multiple views. DO NOT send your carving. You can e-mail photos, send a disk, or send traditional prints. DO NOT send photos printed from your home computer. 

• Information on the project size and types of wood used

• Information on special construction or finishing methods, including add-ons

• Your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address

Category winners receive: (two winners in each category - one voted on by the public, and one selected by the editors)

• $50 Fox Books Gift Certificate

• Woodcarving Illustrated T-shirt

• Commermorative Contest Pin

Best in Contest Winners receive: (two best in contest winners - one voted on by the public, and one selected by the editors)

• Category prize package PLUS

• $50 Cash

• Autographed Fox Chapel Book

Submit entries to:

Best Carving Design Contest

Woodcarving Illustrated

1970 Broad St.,

East Petersburg, Pa., 17520

Or e-mail: Editors@woodcarvingillustrated.com

See a few of the Editor's Choice winners from the 2010 Best Carving Design Contest in the gallery below.