Juried Awards

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Best in Show

Ribbon & Plaque…

Results of the Dragon*Con Independent Short Film Festival were announced in the Hyatt Regency V Ballroom at 4:30pm Saturday by Bob Coughlin, following a six-hour screening of many of the films.

This year’s selections ran the gamut of production values (low-fidelity video to 16mm color film) and subject matter (documentary to animated …

Most Popular (Female):
Laura Rifkin

Most Popular (Child):
Victoria Birchfield

Honorable Mention (Children):
Casey Andrews
Drake Andrews
Rhiannon Birchfield
Naomi Butterfield
Barret Ford
Spencer Ford
Avelyn Stemmer
Charlie McCravey
Mac Benning
Ben Ross
Sam Ross
Roman Lucyshyn
Marcos Lopes
Elizabeth Poulon
Drake Poulon

Ma’Jon of the Clan IpaQ (Marjan Peltier) wrested the Miss Klingon Empire title from seven other formidable warriors vying for the honor. Ma’Jon stalked Master of Ceremonies Eric L. Watts in formal attire trimmed with gold. She demonstrated her skills as the Head Chef of the Klingon Imperial Palace by stabbing and milking the young from a prized Klingon delicacy saying, “Klingon food fights back.” When asked who ruled pageant judge Mardok’s family, Mardok or his wife, Ma’Jon asked the Chancellor to “stand up,” then replied “Mardok,” to the roaring approval of the crowd gathered in the Regency Ballroom.

They don’t want no bulky Lou Ferrigno. They don’t want no sex god like Pierce Brosnan. They ain’t looking for no scoundrel like Han Solo. What girls really want is a man that can rattle off every unnecessary fact concerning Star Wars while espousing his theories on why the Empire lost. Well, look no further ladies …

Magic: the Gathering™ Grand Prix tournament wound up Sunday when the German Marco Blume defeated Matt Linde of Maryland in an intense, fast-paced final round. The players tied with one game apiece by the time their names were printed for the scoreboard.

Linde played with a black and white deck, while Blume’s deck mixed white, blue and …

Dragon*Con’s answer to Iron Chef took place in the Con Suite on Sunday at Noon.  Contestants were given a secret ingredient and one hour to use it, a toaster oven, small rice cooker, griddle, and blender, plus anything else in the Con Suite to …

Emily Rigelsky’s “Gold Dragon” won top honors in the Dragon*Con Art Show’s first Dragon Egg Contest. Contest judge Anne McCaffrey said, “this one has caught my imagination.” The winning dragon egg and other eggs entered in the contest will be offered for sale at the charity auction.

The X-Track would like to announce the winners in the Design an Alien Contest:

1st Place: Austyn Anderson
2nd Place: Julie Busby
3rd Place: Ben Brown

Dragon*Con has its signature events: the parade, the Masquerade, the waiting in line to get down the Hyatt escalator, and-of course-the Dawn Look-Alike competition. In case you’ve not run into the character Dawn before, she is the redheaded goddess staring in the comic series by the same name from Joseph Michael Linsner. Women and the occasional …