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We are pleased to announce the winners of the Steampunk Month Photo Contest! The entries (all of which can be viewed at the Tor.com Steampunk Photo Contest Flickr group) were so neat that it was nearly impossible to choose just eight.

But choose we eventually did. Your sneak preview is below…

…but you’ll have to click through to the entry itself for the full story.

WINNERS:

Most of the selection anguish was left to our primary judge, steampunk impresario Evelyn Kriete of Jaborwhalky Productions. Evelyn’s picks for our three prize categories wound up being:

BEST OVERALL:

“TorDotCom” by Flickr and Tor.com user Shoomlah

Caption: Uploading a shot from the excursion to Venus for Tor.com.

 

BEST SETTING:

“August Visits His Grandfather’s Old Factory” by Flickr and Tor.com user A. Wahnsinger

Caption: My thanks to the German National Archives, Tyrus Flynn photography, Tor.com and the Letter “X”, because “X” is a letter of mystery, and by Jove, we just wouldn’t have a proper steampunk world without mystery!

 

MOST CREATIVE:

“Entry for Tor’s steampunkmonth” by Flickr and Tor.com user Retrogarde

Caption: Two soldiers on Mars during the 1905 Red Planet campaign.


HONORABLE MENTIONS

The Tor.com staff took the liberty of helping out a bit with the Honorable Mentions. Collectively, our other favorites were as follows:

“Defenders” by Flickr and Tor.com user anaaesthetic

Caption: Myself and Joe for a contest for Tor.com. Original photo taken by Matt of dimhorizonstudio.com. Various textures and backgrounds found on deviantart and for use sites. Notes: Model 1 is Meredith Placko of meredithplacko.com. Model 2 is Joseph Hernandez of outlandarmour.com

 

“Time Traveler” by Flickr and Tor.com user donnaricci

Caption: Photo by Krista of Tiny Dragon Productions. Model: Donna Ricci. Ensemble by Clockwork Couture.

“Professer Gear-trixs: Steampunk Mechanical Wonder Inventor” by Flickr and Tor.com user MadameEm

Caption: Costume contest entry, 2009. This costume was made 100% by me. The goggles are an original creation using spare plumbing pieces, old leather, hoops, and watch parts. The glasses are vintage metal frames with extra lenses I created with tiny magnets soldered into the frames that allow me to attach and remove from my glasses on a whim. Short jacket and vest sewn by moi as well as the wig wefts I have styled into my hair. .oCostume Original Debut: Pure Speculation in Edmonton, Alberta (October 2009). My shop: Attic Raiders.esty.com

 

“Waiting for the train” by Flickr user Ragleft / Tor.com user DanaSmyth

Caption: My steampunk-inspired outfit on Halloween 2009.

(This was also our pick for the special Honorable Mention category Best Incorporation of H.M.S. Stubbington)

 

“Just playing Cowboys and Indians” by Flickr and Tor.com user TwinBee

Caption: Yanno, just flying an airship over the Old West. Juli as the cowgirl and Alex as the Indian! Fashion by Berit NYC. Photography by Judy (TheDreamerWorld)


Congratulations to all of our winners. But, really, massive kudos to everyone who entered and made our job so hard.

So, if your photo is up there, what do you do? Tell us what prizes you want, of course. Winners should send us their address and rank the big prizes in preference order (for example: “#1: $50 gift certificate to Clockwork Couture. #2: two passes to the The Steampunk World’s Fair. #3: Steampunk-style watch”). Winners should also tell us a few choices from the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab perfume oil blend they would like—you can pick from all the scents listed on the Steamworks page except Robotic Scarab, Aelopile, and Violet Ray. Honorable Mentions should also get in touch with their address and their top perfume choices…and for her most excellent Stubby incorporation, we’ll also be sending Ms. Ragleft a gorgeous, brassy Phoenix Steamworks t-shirt (I hear she has a valise she can put it in). Both categories of winners should contact me at [tordotcomics] [at] [gmail.com] to confirm their acceptance of the prize as soon as possible, since your chances of getting the prize you want are better the sooner you contact us. We reserve the right to contact the next winner in line if we don’t hear from you within 24 hours.

Thanks again to to everyone who participated and especially to Evelyn for judging and our prize sponsors, Clockwork Couture, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, and the Steampunk World’s Fair. You are all fabulous beyond words.


Liz Gorinsky is an editor at Tor Books. She constantly wonders why Tor.com doesn’t send her on excursions to Venus.

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