Hello, everybody – it’s Orlando here. The competition, or I should say, my competition, has ended. Since it was named after me, I insisted that I be involved in the judging, and I helped the illustrator in his difficult task.
Here I am looking through all the entries. They were all so good! There were one hundred and fifty-eight in total. In fact, they were so good that the job of picking a winner was almost impossible!
Here I am looking through all the entries. They were all so good! There were one hundred and fifty-eight in total. In fact, they were so good that the job of picking a winner was almost impossible!
It was so difficult that at one point I got dizzy and needed a quick nap. I shuffled the entries around to make myself a bed and snoozed away. I don’t think anyone noticed me sleeping on the job, I’m sure I got away with it.
Anyway, after many hours of careful consideration, the illustrator and I came to an agreement on a shortlist. Any one of the ones below could have won, so I wanted to display them on my blog for everyone to see.
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Abby, Charlotte, Ynas, Felicity, Megan, Vuyelwa, and Alex drew the above pictures - a really really big congratulations to all of you. You were picked for the shortlist because you came up with some really new and fantastic ideas.
Please click on the pictures to see a better view of them.
Unfortunately there had to be three winners, and as hard as it was here they are ...
Please click on the pictures to see a better view of them.
Unfortunately there had to be three winners, and as hard as it was here they are ...
THE WINNERS
1st place - Madison Jane, age 8, for her picture “Elfwater”. We picked this one because the colours and ideas were amazing. You made up a brilliant new mythical creature from lots of different things - like an eagle’s wings, a lion’s face, a hippo’s nose, and a shark’s gills - but what made your creature so special was that it didn’t look like lots of different creatures put together, it looked like it was supposed to be the way it was. A really big congratulations!
2nd place - Lydia, age 9, for her picture “Leafarwough”. This drawing was one of the best we got. I like the fox. You have really got the idea of Anglo-Saxon myths by drawing a forest pixie which is both mischievous, and protects nature. Most mythical creatures in Anglo-Saxon mythology, including goblins, were neither good, nor evil, most were mischievous and looked after some aspect of nature. Very well done!
3rd place - Gabby, age 7, for “Woody”. We liked this one because you again got the idea of a mythical creature being linked with nature. Woody looks like a tree, and we liked the thought of him scaring children in the darkest part of the woods. This is similar to lots of Anglo-Saxon myths where stories are told to scare children from going near dangerous places - like pools of stagnant water, or dangerous forests.
The winners will be getting their prizes shortly - I think you’ll all like them ... because they look like me ... and I am the most charming cat after all!
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