NaMoPaiMo cleanaway

For the first five years of its existence, NaMoPaiMo had prizes. These were mostly donated by members of the community and ranged from stickers and bookmarks to unpainted traditional scale resins, with pretty much anything and everything in between. 

some of the 2020 prizes

Winners were chosen both for merit and at random from the pool of registered entrants who completed their models. One year, I shipped out over three hundred packages in March. It was wild.

2020 prizes taking over my living room

I have no regrets, but also, I will never do that again.

2020 prizes in the hands of the US Postal Service

I have spent the last couple weeks cleaning my studio. 

Much to my dismay, I uncovered a box of unsent NaMoPaiMo prizes.

I know I said I would never ever do NaMoPaiMo prizes again, but these things do not belong to me. I know I'm probably going to regret this, but for better or worse, the redistribution process has begun.

So far, there have been three winners. Alexander Kennedy was awarded a prize for being the first non-staff member to register for this year's event. Donna Fredley and Jack Stroud were chosen by a random number generator.

I like the random number generator, but some prizes need to be more targeted. For example, I really want this book to go to a new painter who wants to try pastels in February. 

Similarly, I've got a pile of parts and broken things that might be enticing to an ambitious young customizer with more time than money. 

Finally, there's this pile of coloring books. Clearly, they're not for everyone, but I know someone out there will enjoy them.

If you are a registered NaMoPaiMo entrant who would like to own any of these things, let me know in the comment section of this post. In the likely event that multiple people express an interest, I'll use a random number generator to choose the winners tomorrow evening.