Design Winners and Runners-Up were chosen by an impartial panel of industry professionals: Joline Jourdain, and Katy Freeman.
Grand Prize Winner and Overall Runner-Up were chosen by Andrew Sheppard, Managing Director, Transcend. Designs were evaluated using a matrix that included the unique attributes of the character, their bio, and their backstory, as well as the skill and creativity of the character art.
Superlatives were chosen by the CAW Teaching Artists at each high school.
Grand Prize Winner & Runner-Up
School Runners-Up
Chelsea
MECA
Info Tech
UAG
School Winners
Chelsea
Info Tech (Tie)
Info Tech (Tie)
MECA
UAG
Superlatives
Most Original Backstory
Chad Ashman
for “Honey Knight”
Emma Rivera
for “Luna”
Americk Davis
for “Fari”
Most Growth Achieved
Christopher Richardson
for “Stop Man”
Tyler Davis
for “Kakito’
Melanie Salazar
for “Coralina”
Rishabh Rohira
for “Raze”
Most Unique Character
Jaevon Hill
for “Fizz”
Ayana Badeeva
for “Casper”
Kundan Simkhada
for "NOL"
Most likely to be a Character Designer
Olga Gopka
for “Basilius ‘Basil’ James"
Darwin Rondon
for “Jake”
Dylan Diep
for “Boost”
Esther Chen
for “Iris”
Most Compelling Story Arc
Noah Jimenez
for “Harbor”
Tian Aberdeen
for “Toxic Goo from Outer Space”
Mahir Rahman
for “Toxic Goo from Outer Space”
Brandon Tome Diaz
for "The Hunger Game"
Joel Agyei
for “Toxic Goo from Outer Space”
Eric Torres
for “The Hunger Game”
Dylan Diep
for “The Hunger Game”
Benjamin Peng
for “Toxic Goo from Outer Space”
Anita John
for “Nikita”