Coldwater Steampunk

           Festival   

Thanks to our wonderful donors, sponsors, program partners and volunteers, the Coldwater Steampunk Festival is proud to offer you many ways to get your steampunk on for FREE!

Cue the spooky music, flashing lights and racing heartbeats! 

Tap into your inner Sci-Fi Movie Producer, and imagine an action-packed out-of-this world adventure that would have audiences begging for more. 

Now grab your tablet,  Think of the classic "B" drive-in movies

Create a fictitious "B Movie" Poster for your chance to win a fun prize. Digital Images submitted must be:

~ Full Colour

~ Print Size: maximum 8.5 x 11 inches

~ Digital Resolution: 300 dpi

~ Open to all ages

Email Entries to DiscoverColdwater@gmail.com

Deadline: 5 pm, August 26, 2021

Please DOWNLOAD a 

Registration Package

It includes: Rules, Categories, Important Dates, and a Registration Form. 

Thank you!

All entries must be unique creations, and be in line with the Coldwater Steampunk Festival’s 2021 “Go Galactic” theme. They may be inspired by science-fiction fantasy comics, books or movies, or be imagined alternate realities, or dreams of the future!

Open to Adults, Youth and Elementary School Students, with points being awarded to younger participants to level the playing field.

Entry is FREE

Limit of ONE Entry Per Participant

Entries are to be on Display at 20 Coldwater Road, August 5-22, 2021

One winner is to be selected from each category, and will be announced on Facebook on August 21. Names and Photos of participants, and descriptions of creations, may be published via digital and print media, and organizers.

Judging Criteria:

Design/ Appearance

Use of Colour

Care in Construction

Interpretation of Theme

No onsite construction will be permitted.

Entries may be include several pieces, or be one solitary item.

Base Limit = 10 x 10 inches

Height Limit = 24 inches

All Entries must be labelled with the builder’s name, phone number & address on underneath its base. Decisions by Judges are final.

Imagine the possibilities. 

Hundreds of years ago, when Victorians looked to the heavens and imagined reaching the stars, telephones were for the rich. Horse-drawn carriages filled the streets. Electric light bulbs were slowing replacing gas lamps. 

The Coldwater Steampunk's Annual Writing Competition invites you to travel back in time, and create an alternate universe with life on other planets. 

Grab your fountain pen, quill, or speech-to-text generator, and GO GALACTIC! 

~ No Entry Fee

~ Must be original, unpublished work

~ 500 word max

~ May be a Poem, Short Story, Song Lyrics OR a Radio Advertisement Script for a Fictitious Sci-Fi Movie~

~ Must be inspired by the Steampunk Festival, its "Go Galactic" theme, OR be set in our "Village by the River." 

Deadline: 5 pm on August 29, 2021

Email: DiscoverColdwater@gmail.com

Winners to be announced in October

FREE REGISTRATION! 

Open to All Ages!

Cast your eyes towards the Heavens, and picture yourself back in the 18th Century... dreaming of intergalactic escapades. 

Where are you going? Who will you meet? What will you do? 

And... What will you WEAR? 

Send of THREE (3) Fun Photos of your "Go Galactic" Steampunk costume, and you could win a fabulous prize. 

Send us a few playful pictures of you: 

• Head On
• In Profile
• An an Interesting Pose or Action Shot

Deadline: 5 pm on August 22, 2021

Email: DiscoverColdwater@gmail.com

Winners to be announced in October