We’re so amazed by the 6000+ fantastic entries we received during the Design-a-Dog Contest that we chose an entire Top 10 finalists list!
Out of these 10 entries, 1 will be revealed as the contest winner on Webkinz Day, Tuesday, April 29! They’ll walk away with a 1-year Deluxe Membership, a virtual version of the winning pet, and (bonus!) all 5 prizes from the Kinzville Academy creativity class.
Our 9 runners-up will walk away with a virtual version of the winning pet, too!
Congratulations to our finalists. Let us know in the comments who you think should win!
Tigerlily Pup by snowball31802
Sparky Pup by kattattack952
Shooting Star Puppy by qwerty55
Lily Pad Pup by tmh_cookie5055
Galaxy Puppy by babycollie
Legendary Webkinz Lab by ArtMagician
Orange Slice Puppy by Vicora
Chili Dog by Flipslet07
Cinema Pup by CocoaKS
Bathtime Bubble Pup by rabbit
**UPDATE (April 28, 12:00PM EST)
We’d like to address two common concerns among our players since this article has been published.
1) Some players have expressed concern that though the contest officially ended Friday, April 25 at midnight, these finalists were posted early on Saturday morning, even though a number of last-minute entries hadn’t appeared in the ShareCenter yet. We’d like to assure everyone that every single entry to this contest was seen by Friday, April 25 at midnight, and all of them were taken into careful consideration before our team compiled their Top Ten list. The decision to post the Top Ten list on Saturday morning was to ensure that Webkinz Newz readers had time to see the finalists over the weekend and tell us their favorites before the big Webkinz Day winner reveal.
2) Other players have also expressed concern that several of the Top Ten finalists seem to have been done with computer software. According to the official rules, this is acceptable. We want to stress that we were delighted with every entry we received, regardless of the artist’s choice of coloring tool (crayons, computer software, markers, etc — there was a big range!). To that end, our Top Ten contains examples of different types of coloring tools that reflect the wide range of entries we received.
We hope that everyone remains a good sport and congratulates the finalists on their achievement as we count down the hours to the big reveal on Webkinz Day, Tuesday April 29!
Were all the entries considered and were there biases in the judging system? And since when did the prizes change?
orange slice pup?! he was my fav
Wow! This sure was quick! I’ve got to say though, I am a little disappointed by the judgement. I’m not saying I should win, but I saw some pretty nice ones that weren’t the top ten. Oh well, congrats to the winners. I like the bubble one. It’s really cute.
I agree I would of LOVED to win but I am surprised at some they didn’t pick! like the awesome ice cream pup with the cone on the head! THAT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WOULD OF BOUGHT IT! to me it seems like ganz rushed a little my fav of all of these is the bubble one!
If only there was more than one winner!
Ditto on that one, I was a bit surprised that some of them didn’t even cut the finals. There was a beautiful space puppy I saw that looked like its creator put a lot of work into, it’s a shame they didn’t make it. Nonetheless, I’m eager to see who’ll win. Congrats to those who won, and good job to those who entered! :)
yeah, don’t get me wrong, these are great, but some of these seem a little too easy to make. I like them, but I kinda wish they weren’t allowed to use paint, because those who didn’t couldn’t go outside of the lines, I couldn’t get paint on my computer (???) Good job guys!
which ones did you like?
How did they look at all of them so fast? Well I guess out of those, I like the bubbles one or maybe the sparky pup. Good luck to y’all,
GO CHILI PUPPY!! ITS HAND MADE AND HAS DESIGN!! :)
Good question! We all kept a small list of our favourites as the competition went on so we weren’t stuck at the end! And then we looked at everyone’s favourites and had to make our choices from that. It was super hard..seriously. There were too many good ideas. :( But great job everyone!
Since you’re looking at the comments now, Mike, there’s something I’d like to tell you: not every user who submitted puppies before midnight on the 25th has their puppies on the Share Center yet! The thing is, I submitted puppies on the 25th, but they still haven’t shown up on the Share Center, so you didn’t even get to look at them when choosing the finalists. That really disappointed me, because one of the puppies I had submitted was my best design, the Fire and Ice Puppy. I’m sure the same thing happened to many other people. Anyone who submitted puppies on the 25th didn’t get a fair chance, even though the rules said that the contest didn’t close until midnight on April 25.
Actually, they were looked at. When picking the finalists, we looked at the entire list of submissions, not just the ones displayed in share center since that would take too long to click through 6000+ times.
OH. Well, even though mine didn’t make it into the finalists, I’m relieved to know that you at least looked at them! Thanks for addressing my concerns :)
BTW, my favorite finalist is definitely the Galaxy Puppy.
I tried to enter my Neapolitan pup on april 25th but it wouldn’t let me. The page came up saying error or something like that. I really wanted to enter that one. I think that was one of my favourite ones. I made over a dozen that are on the Share Center so if you want search up asker9, or add me to your friends today webkinz pals.
wait, will you use some other good ideas you saw later on for a new dog?
And, do you think that you’ll have another contest like this later on this year? Please do or at least try to because i want to actually win something for once, and because this was fun.
I have to admit, I’m disappointed I didn’t win ): But I’d really love to do this again. Maybe, with a different animal?
yeah, I’d just like another one of these contests
Me too
Yeah! How about with cats or birds please! :)
Mike Webkinz, will you create another contest like this in the future?? I loved this contest, because I LOVE drawing!!! BTW, congrats to the finalists!! I like the tigerlily puppy best, funny because I had that idea too… no time to draw it, though. :( Thanks for an AWESOME contest!
Yes! I agree even though I didn’t win this contest was awesome! It would be really cool with birds or another animal…
Was the top ten chosen today? :( Darn it, I submitted mines yesterday. Oh well.
Mine wasn’t picked :( and I don’t like any of these
It’s okay, there are still plenty of other Webkinz pets to choose from to have as your own. My design isn’t up there either, but it’s great that those got chosen. It makes those ten people happy. Webkinz, may do this again. so think of new designs perhaps for a Webkinz or just draw. If you enjoy drawing don’t stop, you’ll only improve, never feel discouraged from anything if you truly love it. :)
Yes I agree!
None of mine were chosen either but we tried (AND I DO LIKE THE BUBBLES PUPPY) but I do invite you to look at my designs! Just search my username!
especially the last.
Agreed.
yea, my bubble bath puppy was hand made and a little (to me) better. im not trying to be mean, though. I think a hand made puppy should win.
I know how you feel
Mine wasn’t picked either, Maybe we should design a cat for next Webkinz Day!
if you want to look at mine search me!
Great idea!!!!
That’s a good idea!
mine was not picked waaaaaaaaaa :(
mine wasnt picked either. if i had to choose one though i would go with the Lily Pad Pup or the Chili Dog or maybe the Orange slice dog
NICE JOB FUTURE FINALISTS HOW DID YOU ALL DRAW SUCH AMAZING DOGS YOU ALL SHOULD BE ARTISTS WHEN YOU GROW UP.
THOSE DOGS ARE SOOOOOOOO CUTE
I know! I like Bathtime Bubble Pup and Orange Slice Puppy best, but they all are great!
I agree with you!!! All cute but something about the orange slice and bath pup I just love.
Bubble puppy and the orange slice puppy are both so cute!!!!!!!!! They truly all are just adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Sparky pup and Bathtime Bubble pup. BEST ;D TOTALLY! I really hope one of them will be the main winner! and congrats so far on people in the top 10 =D
I totally agree! They are both very creative! But out of the two I think that the Sparky Pup should win. :D
sparky pup is awesome
Do they have 1 of these every year or just this year?
1 & 6 should win :)
mine wasn’t chosen. oh well. i like the bathtime bubble puppy
sadly mine wasnt choosen :( mine were the sun set pup, liberty puppy and the mustache puppy, but congrats to all the finalists that are in! :D i really like the galaxy puppy! i would get it if it becomes a plush! :)
I was going to do a mustache pup too! @musicpup613. Sadly mine wasn’t choosen to:(. Mine was Batdog.
THEY WILL HAVE A HARD COMITITION
ACTUALLY THE ORANGE SLICE DOG IS KIND OF CUTE
I love the orange slice pup too! I would definitely buy it!
Nah, I just kind of like the lily pad puppy. They SOOOO didn’t look at all of them! I mean they chose all the winners already right after the contest was done! Although, congrats to all that won!
They are all so great! Its so hard to decide, but I think either the Tigerlily Pup, Or the Galaxy Pup should get first. Great job everyone!!
I don’t know, I really like the orange slice pup
BUBBLE PUPPY ALL THE WAY!!! HES ADORABLE
I agree!
Tigerlily Pup won. :\
i think the legendary Webkinz lab should of won
Yes I think the same
Or orange slice pup
i just totally loved the chili dog