FINALISTS POSTED-Voting Begins!

What an awesome week we have had here in Nana Banana Land. We received over 500 beautiful butterflies for our art contest. A great job was done by one and all and let me tell you narrowing down the choices for our top picks was a pretty rough task. For those of you who want the inside scoop on how the selection processes went down, here you go.

First all entries were sorted according to age group (ages 2-6 Lower Elementary, ages 7-10 Upper Elementary, and ages 11-13 Middle School). Then the bottom tabs were folded over to conceal contestant and school names. Next the author’s team sorted through the masses until we came up with our top five picks for each age group. Lastly, the illustrator’s team identified the top two finalists out of each group. Now it is all up to the online voters to determine who will be named the Grand Prize Winner! Check out the Finalist Slideshow and then vote here on our poll for your favorite butterfly.

All of the finalists and the runners up will be featured together in the book, Nana Banana and The Weirdo! The Grand Prize Winner will have a separate showcase within the book and will also receive an autographed copy!

The poll will only be open until October 28 so be sure to vote! Follow us by email to get the most up to date information on this contest, the book release, upcoming events, and more!

Congratulations to all of the runners up and a big Thank You to everyone who participated!