Design a Webkinz Contest!

 

Hi everyone, Ella McWoof here!

 

I’m pleased to announce that the Design a Webkinz Contest is now OPEN!

 

To enter, follow these steps:

 

1) Pick and download a template:

 

2) Color in your pet.

 

3) Scan or photograph your drawing.

 

4) Upload it to the Design A Webkinz Gallery on the GanzWorld ShareCenter any time between Sunday, February 1 and 10AM (EST) on Tuesday, February 17.

 

UPDATE: [Feb. 1, 11:40AM EST] The Image Gallery where you can submit your designs is now up! Enter your design by clicking HERE.

 

5) Cross your fingers until February 21st to see if your design won!
The winner will receive:

 

  • A virtual version of their winning pet
  • A 1-Year Deluxe Membership
  • All 10 Webkinz Day trophies (2006-2015)

 

A few things to remember…

 

  • We will especially be looking for pet designs that celebrate your love for Webkinz or are inspired by our 10 Year Anniversary!
  • You can enter as many designs as you want!
  • Contestants MUST upload their work to the Design A Webkinz Gallery on the GanzWorld Share Center. Never uploaded to the ShareCenter before? Don’t worry! It’s easy. Just watch this video to see how it’s done!
  • You can use any kind of art supplies that you want — except computer software (yes, this is a change from the Design a Dog Contest last year). Want to use markers, pencil crayons, crayons, or other art materials? Go for it!
  • You don’t NEED to include ideas for this pet’s adoption gifts (PSI & PSF), but feel free to draw them if you want.
  • We can’t accept submissions with company logos or sports team emblems.
  • Please make sure you save your images as a jpg, gif, or png.


Happy designing and good luck!

 

BIG NEWZ [Feb. 12, 10:30AM] — We’ve extended the deadline until Tuesday, February 17 at 10AM (EST), so you have more time to submit entries!

804 Responses to Design a Webkinz Contest!

  1. cathouse2 says:

    I’m ready to enter! :)

    • Pokekinz says:

      Ooooh, I’m so excited!!! I really hope I can win this thing!! This is the first art contest on Webkinz I’ve ever entered. Fingers double-triple crossed!!

      • RainbowDash716 says:

        Mine, too! I really hope I win, because I have never EVER won a contest in my whole life, no kidding.

        • Pokekinz says:

          I’m actually not sure I’m going to be able to enter, because our good scanner is reeeaaally complicated, and I’m not sure my dad is really gonna try to figure it out. :|

          • Gennelle Webkinz says:

            You can also take a picture and upload it, if that helps?

          • Pokekinz says:

            Heheh, turns out I was right: My dad didn’t figure it out. My mom did. And it’s a jpg file, so I just uploaded my pictures. They’re the “Webkinz Arcade Cub”, the “Webkinz Fashion Feline”, and the “Webkinz Diamond Dragon” (Which is NOT a copy of the Purple Crystal Dragon, I drew this before I even saw that).

          • lavadragon says:

            Hey Pokeinz! Welcome to your first drawing contest! (: I remember last year When for the puppy design contest that I drew a Fruit puppy or something like that the next thing I know there are even more fruit oriented puppies! I was thinking what!!!??? ~lavadragon~ I can’t wait to see the picture of your dragon!

          • Pokekinz says:

            Well, it’s not my first drawing contest, just the first one I’ve entered on Webkinz. :P I’m goiing to the Share Center now to check out your drawings, lavadragon!

          • lavadragon says:

            Aww thanks Pokekinz! I just checked, I don’t see them :/ I guess I will just enter them all again… sigh… (:

          • arzi02 says:

            GO MOMS! (I’m not a mom, I just love mine.)

          • syah1 says:

            Gennelle ,how do you know if you won?

          • Mickiewalk says:

            I have no idea at all! (Which is a surprise)

  2. puppypower04 says:

    wow I may have to enter this! I LOVE to draw so this will be very fun!

  3. 594nat says:

    I think I’ll design a few of each! Good luck to everyone! :-)

  4. anddey says:

    Does this mean we can draw our own? Or are we just coloring? Add me: anddey

  5. z1z123 says:

    Yes! Another design contest! :D

  6. JaneOfAllTrades says:

    I have a question…would it be okay if we just drew the pet not using the template? The computer I use isn’t hooked up to a printer. :( I would still be drawing one of the horse cat dragon or bears but I can’t print anything.

  7. karamelmalk1239 says:

    why no computer? i dont have a printer D:

    • Kittygirl101First says:

      Neither do I! I was so excited to enter, but then I saw the part that said ‘no computer technology’ and I can’t enter now :( I had an amazing idea for a dragon :’(

    • ArtMagician says:

      I admit that I believe maybe at least Paint should have been allowed. But I see where they are coming from and I do agree. I’m sorry you guys. :’(

      • bepoodlepal says:

        Aww thats to bad, do you have a library with printers and computers? I think the no computer program idea was to level the playing field a bit, for people like me who arent very good at it….. Lol

        • prprprprp says:

          Yeah, I think so too. I also am terrible at computer art! xD Haha, you should have SEEN me trying to draw a rose on there! xD IT WAS HILARIOUS!!! I just kinda stick to drawing with paper and pencil now, lol. ;D

          • abby6204 says:

            Yeah I stick with the “classical” way!

          • prprprprp says:

            Haha, ok, we are “classical”! I like the sound of that! Lol!

          • _emiemiemiemiemi_ says:

            Haha =] That’s me too! I’m pretty bad myself at computer art.. Although.. (not trying to brag) I am pretty good at doing pencil and paper. I can make realistic animals as long as I look at a picture.

          • prprprprp says:

            Exact same with me, lol. ;) I wish I could post my drawing of the Signature Wild Dog…

          • prprprprp says:

            But obviously I’m not using any templates…

          • prprprprp says:

            Ugh, I meant I’m not using any templates for my siggy dog that I drew, not for my contest entries!! All of my contest entries were made following the rules, and therefore were made with the templates!

          • woofwoofwoof says:

            that’s kind of funny i saw your comment and was like omg i can’t believe her how could she and then i read your comment below and i’m like oops i think i over reacted a little bit sorry prprprprp

    • Hanngela2005 says:

      I’m so sorry :(

    • Hhayes says:

      I think there arent computers because last year (even the winner a little) used stuff from the internet or higher advanced computer stuff and paisted them on their pets and didnt really draw them.

  8. space30 says:

    Who is going to judge the entries?

    • Gennelle Webkinz says:

      We have a team here at Webkinz HQ who will be judging.

      • Fracktail says:

        Question! Do they have to be Webkinz-Day based, or is that just strongly suggested?

        • Gennelle Webkinz says:

          I would say… strongly suggested.

          • ArtMagician says:

            I’m going for Webkinz-themed things for sure. :D

          • Fracktail says:

            Okay, thanks Gennelle! :D

          • _emiemiemiemiemi_ says:

            Gennelle! could you please answer mee??? It is important. Is it okay if I add things like, Making the wings longer on a dragon or making the cat have long hair..? Is this okay? Will you accept them if I add things like this?? I have a lot of ideas that change them slightly.

          • mackensie6 says:

            She said yes to that multiple times

          • MidnightQueen says:

            HEY FRACKTAIL!!!!! I miss you so much… did you know that princejackson5 left? ***MidnightQueen***

          • Fracktail says:

            Really? That’s too bad…best of luck to princejackson5, if you can see this! Yeah, I know I said I’d be leaving, but this contest was just too good to pass up…I’ll probably be hanging around the comments section still, just not in the forums. That way, I can still talk to you and do stuff on Webkinz, but I won’t be so invested that it gets in the way of other things! Which is pretty much what happened before. I have Internet problems. :D

          • xCountryKinz17 says:

            Oh, I didn’t even know you quit? Sad to hear that.

          • _emiemiemiemiemi_ says:

            Also, is anyone else getting this? I can’t submit the images.. I hit the submit images button and nothing happens. It stays on the same page D: I can’t even put my pictures in..

          • Fracktail says:

            I think you have to log in first; sometimes when I open the Share Center, it randomly logs me out so I have to log back in. (It usually takes me a while to notice that, though. :P)

          • xCountryKinz17 says:

            LOL!

          • MidnightQueen says:

            Haha, well, good to have you back for a little while! And yes, I might have Internet problems too, but unlike you, I guess I’m not doing much fun stuff other than this! I wonder if any of my Webkinz designs would be good enough to be chosen winner… good luck, you’ll be really good! ***MidnightQueen***

          • Fracktail says:

            Thanks, you too! I’ll be really happy if one of our designs get chosen, at least for runners-up. (Will there be runners-up? i hope there’s runners-up)

          • _emiemiemiemiemi_ says:

            xD LOL Fracktail you were right lol…. I wasn’t logged in… lol…. DUR DE DURRR… check that your logged in next time, emily..

          • _emiemiemiemiemi_ says:

            I doubt I’m going to win because I couldn’t think of any webkinz themed things except just like putting a ton of webkinz signs all over a webkinz.. lol. I hope they give people that couldn’t think of an Anniversary pet a chance too!

          • Fracktail says:

            I think that for the people who didn’t make Webkinz-themed pets, they could make a “special mentions” update or something. I don’t know about you, but if my art were just recognized in a post then I wouldn’t mind not winning a prize.

          • MidnightQueen says:

            Sorry I haven’t been posting to you… been busy. I submitted a Podkinz transcript earlier tonight, it took me all afternoon to write it! Are you ever going to be back on Webkinz World? And what if you do win this contest? It comes with a Deluxe Membership and a pet… ***MidnightQueen***

          • Fracktail says:

            It’s alright, MidnightQueen; I’ve been really busy lately. If I do win (which is unlikely), then yes, I’ll probably be on Webkinz a little more (although I haven’t been on at all lately, so that’s not saying much). I’m having a week off of school right after the contest (what a coincidence!), so that would give me a lot of time to go on!

          • MidnightQueen says:

            Well, enjoy your week off school! Even if you don’t post on the forums, do you still read them? Just asking! Maybe I’ll see you on Webkinz World sometime next week, that would be nice! Besides, I think it is only a small chance that anyone will win, but someone will win. Kinda like the lottery, I guess. I guess it just depends on how much the Ganz workers like the pictures submitted and how many are submitted. I doubt I will win (I will be doing good just to get them posted before the end date!), but I can certainly try. Besides, I drew a couple of other pictures that are unrelated to the contest that I would like to submit into the Share Center. ***MidnightQueen***

          • Fracktail says:

            Cool, I’ll be sure to check your artwork out! And no, I probably won’t read the forums. I wouldn’t want to get tempted to stick to them again; I already kind of blew it just by posting here! But I’m still maintaining the balance, so that’s good.

          • lavadragon says:

            Well hey there Fracktail!!! You don’t know me I am lavadragon (: I left you a goodbye comment and welcome back to the comment sections!!! So glad to see you making comments again ☺ btw, MidnightQueen your comment on the page with Pokekinz you and I did not get approved Just letting ya know (: ~On the page with the coyote naming thing~

          • abby6204 says:

            Why are people leaving? Webkinz is fun!

          • xCountryKinz17 says:

            I KNOW RIGHT!!!!! Don’t leave you guys! Country luvs you!

          • MEGWEBKINZ says:

            Ya! I love Webkinz and I have for 7 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I would have started when it first began!

          • xCountryKinz17 says:

            Me too, MEGWEBKINZ. This is my 5th year playing webkinz. xD

          • Bwfuzzycat228 says:

            On my first comment when i said leave midnight queen, i meant leave midnight queen?! so sorry if at first i came across rude… Love you MidnightQueen! ***-~-BWFuzzycat-~-***

          • Hhayes says:

            oh I didnt even know that was suggested! I thought it was something people randomly did. Good thing I didnt enter.

        • hafarm2013 says:

          I’m worried I won’t be able to create an animal based on Webkinz-Day… :(

          • webkinzluver4ever1144 says:

            you dont have to make a webkinz based on webkinz day!! what you can do if you dont want to create on for webkinz day you can create one that is just creative!!! good luck!! – webkinzluver4ever1144

      • momo4cookie says:

        How will we know if we’ve won?

      • balletbear5M says:

        Gennelle? Can we add animated effects to our pets?

      • Hanngela2005 says:

        Gennelle, what kind of animals are they looking for? crazy colors or normal animal colors?

  9. Goldstar2 says:

    Cool! I’m excited. I love drawing, good luck to everyone that enters!

    • carebeargirl716 says:

      I’m back! I had been at Israel on vacation last week! :) Anyway this contest looks awesome, except I don’t think I can enter it. :( Good luck to everyone! :D

      • _emiemiemiemiemi_ says:

        Fracktail: Hey, Gennelle, can we add other aspects to the template besides the ones shown (such as showing the tail on the dragon or adding wings to a wing-less animal? (SORRY GENNELLE… lol I bugged you when I scanned through the comments to see if anyone had asked the same thing and they did.. SORRYS! I was getting annoyed because I thought you guys were ignoring me xP

        • my9tailkinz says:

          Gennelle ummm do we need to give a name to our pets ? ( you know like tigerly pup or cat )

          • Gennelle Webkinz says:

            Not if you don’t want to, but it’s helpful for us to know what you’re aiming for.

          • picklekoda says:

            Ummmm…… Excuse me Gennelle, I just was wondering I tried putting a Mazin’ Hamster online but it said error and that the Mazin’ hamster would be on there in 24 hours……. but it never was …….. so now what do i do?!?!?!?!?! Thanks, Picklekoda

          • Gennelle Webkinz says:

            Please contact Customer Support! webkinzsupport@ganz.com

          • prprprprp says:

            I was putting my new trading card set (I had just bought 36 packs) and then after putting only half of my cards in, it suddenly said that for safety reasons I would be banned from the Code Shop for 24 hours!! And then, that if I committed any more VIOLATIONS my account could be permanently banned!!! :0 Then it said to only put my own cards in! But they were mine!! I have the receit to prove it!! I want to put my other cards in, but I’m so scared!! I should be able to do it around 5:42, but I’m waiting until 6 just to be safe. But I don’t want to be banned!!! They are mine!! I didn’t do anything wrong! I don’t know what to do, Gennelle, what do should I do?? Why is this happening to me?!!? Please answer!! :”(

          • Gennelle Webkinz says:

            Contact Customer Support: webkinzsupport@ganz.com. I’m not sure why it’s telling you that.

          • prprprprp says:

            Ok. Thanks Gennelle. :)

          • dontask1 says:

            Gennelle- i posted 8 entries just today, and just make sure i did it right i went to “my entries” and they weren’t their. so, i tried posting one of the same ones again and the message that says “your entry has been posted” came up. so then i checked again in “my entries” and it wasn’t their! what should i do? what’s happening? (also if any one sees one of mine pls let me know so i can be reassured.) thx

          • Gennelle Webkinz says:

            They haven’t been moderated yet. They’ll all be moderated before the deadline.

          • MEGWEBKINZ says:

            @prprprprp thats CRAZY! ~Hug a Pug~

          • prprprprp says:

            Yeah, I know right! It let me enter the rest now though. :) *sniff sniff* Yes, I think I will go hug a pug…that’s just what I, and one sorrowful pug need right now!! *Goes and hugs the nearest pug until it scratches me* OW! What was that for?!?!? I WAS HUGGING YOU!! *Pug magically gains voice* “No, you were suffocating me!” Me: “…”

          • RainbowDash716 says:

            Something’s wrong, my account didn’t do it when I was putting my cards in!

          • prprprprp says:

            Yeah, but now it let me put the rest of my cards in without banishing me, phew! :)

          • norah says:

            Gennelle, my sister got the full year deluxe membership which means she also got the golden fawn. the problem: she didn’t get it when she logged in so…. how does she get it?

          • Gennelle Webkinz says:

            Contact the eStore: 1-888-818-8770 (Mon-Fri, 9AM-5PM EST).

          • woofwoofwoof says:

            Gennelle, is it a good idea to wait till the last minute to submit your picture so no one steels your idea? pplleeaassee reply

          • Gennelle Webkinz says:

            I wouldn’t worry too much about people stealing your idea. Submit when you’re ready to submit.

          • woofwoofwoof says:

            ok thanks #:)

          • prprprprp says:

            Hehe, I like your smileyfaces with hair. xD Or should I say #xD I have a curly mop. ;P (No actually a have straight blonde hair that goes down to my mid-thighs-in real life I mean)

          • woofwoofwoof says:

            no way mine goes down to the end of my back (i grew it out because i’m a cancer survivor and that i lost all of my hair during cancer treatment) #:)

          • Hhayes says:

            @woofwoofwoof: Thats awesome that youre a cancer survivor! :)

          • huskylover101 says:

            Gennelle, what if 2 designs look sort of alike?

          • allyisen7 says:

            Gennelle, I am so nervous. It is getting so close to 10am. If I don’t win, is there any other prizes for 2sd and 3rd place winners?

          • allyisen7 says:

            I thought the they were suppose to announce the winner today. Whoops! But I still would like to know if there are any other prizes for others who didn’t win.

          • blacktigergym says:

            i wouldn’t think there would be prizes for those who didn’t win it doesn’t make sense

        • woofwoofwoof says:

          i think its just for the first place winner plus i dont really think that they are willing to give away a bunch of free stuff. #:!) ha ha my smiley face has a mustache #:!)

  10. bullseyejingles444 says:

    So excited for this! Good luck to all entries! :D

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