The Second Annual Holiday Model Contest is over. We've checked every entry and the judges have made their decisions:

Winner in the Holiday Scene category is Glenn Williams' marvelous "Jason & Bob's Christmas" diorama (shown above). Runner-up is "Daylight Bust" by Dean Haaf, who was also a winner in last year's contest.

Joe Bohannon's "Santa's Own Eggnog" truck (shown above) earns top honors in the Holiday Model competition. Andrew Boucher, who took the 2001 contest with his patriotic scene, picks up second place with a nice Athearn Ford C Christmas Tree truck.

Honorable mentions go to Gary Mulford in Holiday Scene for his whimsical Santa Races and to Karl Erk in Holiday Model for his old-time Santa Fe Freight Service truck loaded with Christmas Trees and a candy cane. In keeping with the spirit of the season, Gary and Karl will receive prizes, too. Watch for photos of all these winners to appear in upcoming Photo Gallery presentations.

Thanks to everyone who entered. It's still a small contest, but we had several more entries this year than in 2001. I hope to do this again next year, so I am giving everyone lots of notice. From now until next fall, I'll be looking for prizes, so you might want to be looking for ideas.

Special thanks to Bob Johnson, Lonestar Models, Promotex, Flint Imports and Truck Stop Models for their help in putting together this year's contest. Everybody went "above and beyond" to make sure this one was the best yet. [posted 12/27/2002]