Brickworld Awards Nominees and Winners
Chicago 2025
Land Vehicle
Award for best land traversing vehicle creation, this can be in any scale and excludes trains.
Winner
Scott Wilhelm
Daniel Schmidt
Christopher Doyle
MARAT ANDREEV
Nicholas Kramer
Sea Vessel
Award for best water traversing vehicle creation, this can be in any scale and does not need to float.
Winner
Justin Boverhof
Chris Searing
Jared Astle, Ian Astle
Nicholas Kramer
Daniel Church
Spacecraft
Award for best outer space vehicle creation, this can be in any scale.
Winner
Scott Wilhelm
Duncan Lindbo
Dan Marko
Ryan McBryde
Caleb Ricks
Air Ship
Award for best flying vehicle creation, this can be in any scale and does not need to actually fly.
Winner
Isaiah Kepner
Jack Jautaikis, Nolan Quinn
Jack Jautaikis
Markus Rollbühler
Nicholas Kramer
Creature
Award for best (non-constraction) creature creation. This can be in any scale and can be a bust or complete creature and may include characters, humans or humanoids.
Winner
Ben Hauger
Eann McCurdy (Miscellanabuilds)
T.E.
Ian Summers
Steven Wayne Howard Year of the Frog
Movement
Award for best creation that has added movement. This can be any scale and can be any theme.
Winner
Brian Hirt
Bethany Wright
Joseph Cherwink AVGJoeTinkering
Caleb Saw
David Manfred
Special Effects
Award for best creation that has special effects such as lights, sound or other effects, or a combination thereof. This award is aimed at builds that incorporate elements beyond just the brick building techniques to enhance the presentation or overall concept of the build.
Winner
Chelsy Chesterman, Julian Chesterman
Jeromey McCulloch August McCulloch
Bender Builds
Lego Team Bee
Benjamin Roblin
Constraction
Award for best creation built using the Character and Creature Build System (CCBS). Creations do not have to be a creature or figure, but a significant portion of the build should use the CCBS (AKA Bionicle/Herofactory).
Winner
Nathan Don
Benjamin Anderson
Sam Mascari
Hans Giesfeldt
Markus Rollbühler
Use of Color
Award for best creation that displays outstanding use of color. This can be any scale and can be any theme.
Winner
RebelLUG
Bethany Wright
Jennifer Vandeleest
Heather Davis
Hans Spieringhs
Artwork - 2D
Award for best two-dimensional artwork. This includes mosaics. Creations in this category will be judged based on both building technique and message/content of the work.
Winner
@SerperiorBricks
Mark Anderson
Ted Andes
Corrine Bottelsen
Anthony Forsberg Tony_Bob
Artwork - 3D
Award for best three-dimensional artwork. Creations in this category will be judged based on both building technique and message/content of the work.
Winner
Kendall Read
Nicholas Kramer
Tanner Carlson
Chad Machan-Garland squ1ddos
Steven Wayne Howard
Pop Culture
Award for the creation that best replicates something in pop culture that is not 1:1 scale.
Winner
Zane Houston
Roldan Grace
David Manfred
Evan Haubner
Samuel Occhipinto
Humor
Award for best humorous creation.
Winner
Kevin Darke
James Feeny
Christopher Weishaar
Victoria Worsley
Cheryl DeHaan
Replica - Life-sized
Award for best replica creation in 1:1 scale.
Winner
Markus Rollbühler
Nick Jensen
Jonah Schultz
Daniel Church
Randall Wilson
Replica - Scaled
Award for best replica creation in a scale other than life-sized.
Winner
Christopher Doyle
Moto
Ian Summers
Nicholas Kramer
Ryan Bloecker
Star Wars
Award for best Star Wars creation, this can be in any scale. Star Wars MOCs may be eligible for other categories.
Winner
Joshua Lee (BigBoiBricks)
Caleb Ricks
Alex Mertens
Josiah Kantola JKbricks
Marc Uda HAPA Bricks
Medieval Display
Award for best medieval building creation, this can be in any scale and any size, and includes castle and fantasy genres.
Winner
Ben Hauger
Marco den Besten
Marc M
Cecilie Fritzvold
Matt Turner
Mecha
Award for best mecha creation, this should be an exoskeleton operated by a pilot.
Winner
Zane Houston
DOMINICK PLOECKELMAN
Khaled Saeed
Duncan Lindbo
Meredith Najewicz Brian Bell
Micro-scale
Award for best creation in micro scale. Micro-scale is defined as anything smaller than minifig-scale. Micro-scale may include both building and non-building creations. Micro-scale buildings can be in small building or in micro-scale.
Winner
Caleb Schilling
Cecilie Fritzvold
Eli Willsea
Ian Summers
Scott Vandeleest
Vignette
Award for best vignette creation, which captures a scene and can be in any scale, and should be smaller than a baseplate.
Winner
Hadden Roanoke
Marc M
Geneva Durand
Joshua Lee (BigBoiBricks)
Kristel Whitaker
Teen Creation
Award for best creation built by a teenage fan 18 years old or younger and can be any theme.
Winner
hazbazbricks, Harry
William
Katie
Katie
Arthur
Youth Creation
Award for best creation built by a youth fan 12 years old or younger and can be any theme.
Winner
Elliot
Remi
Destiny
Nick
Emmett
Train - Original
Award for best original train engine or car design. This can be in any scale and does not have to be operational.
Winner
Elizabeth Standerski @Brick_Built_Babe
William Sabo
Nathan Flood
Timothy Walsh
Train - Replica
Award for best replica of a train engine or car. This can be in any scale and does not have to be operational.
Winner
Derrick Griffith
Brandon Koller
Brandon Koller
John Gerlach
Cale Leiphart Conrad Schlenker
Train Layout
Award for best Train display, built either individually or by a group which features an operational train track. Given the evolutions of large train displays, train displays are eligible for awards if a previous iteration has been displayed and may win awards multiple years.
Winner
Kurt Zimmerle
Monty Smith
Dale Sims
TruckyLUG Flynn, Richard, Kara, and more
Andrew Beckett WisLUG members
Building - Small
Award for best small building. Large, Medium and Small Buildings are determined by putting the best eligible creations at the show into a scale, with creations being assigned to each category depending on where they fall on this scale.
Winner
Marc M
Scott Wilhelm
Geneva Durand
Rylie Howerter
Andrew Tamer @lego_remat
Building - Medium
Award for best medium building. Large, Medium and Small Buildings are determined by putting the best eligible creations at the show into a scale, with creations being assigned to each category depending on where they fall on this scale.
Winner
T.E.
Zak Luthin
Nannan Zhang
Joe Minieri
Markus Rollbühler
Building - Large
Award for best large building. Large, Medium and Small Buildings are determined by putting the best eligible creations at the show into a scale, with creations being assigned to each category depending on where they fall on this scale.
Winner
Maia - MB Bricks
Meredith Najewicz
Geneva Durand Isaiah Durand
Joel Tyer
Gordan Grguric
Individual Layout – Small
Award for best display that is built by a single person. This display can be a singular build, or a series of builds that add up to a single uniform display. Large and Small Indiviudal Displays are determined by putting the best eligible displays at the show into a scale, with displays being assigned to each category depending on where they fall on this scale.
Winner
Scott Hoffmeyer
David Duperre Kooky Bricks
Dave Kaleta
Jackson Sandler
Steve Pulda
Individual Layout – Large
Award for best display that is built by a single person. This display can be a singular large build, or a series of builds that add up to a single uniform display. Large and Small Indiviudal Displays are determined by putting the best eligible displays at the show into a scale, with displays being assigned to each category depending on where they fall on this scale.
Winner
Brendan McMahon
Kevin Darke
Quinn Roberts
Steven Grant
Caleb Schilling
Display – Small Group
Award for best group display, built by a small group of builders that create the most impressive and/or striking group creation. Large, Medium and Small Groups are determined by putting the best eligible displays at the show into a scale, with displays being assigned to each category depending on where they fall on this scale.
Winner
Jarren and Kayla Harkema
Evan Johnson, Simon Liu, Finnn
Mel Brown & Jesse Mohler
Philip + Maria Straatsma
Nikki Malone Daniels and Chad Rhode
Display – Medium Group
Award for best group display, built by a medium group of builders that create the most impressive and/or striking group creation. Large, Medium and Small Groups are determined by putting the best eligible displays at the show into a scale, with displays being assigned to each category depending on where they fall on this scale.
Winner
Joe, Joel, Jimmy, Ryan, Nannan Daniel
Members of NILTC
Eurobricks
Matticus, Brynara, CoolGuyDom, Ethan, Ben, and Paul
Geneva, Isaiah, Anna, Sarah, Katie, and Faith Durand
Display – Large Group
Award for best group display, built by a large group of builders that create the most impressive and/or striking group creation. Large, Medium and Small Groups are determined by putting the best eligible displays at the show into a scale, with displays being assigned to each category depending on where they fall on this scale.
Winner
Vault 25 Dwellers
Simon Liu
WisLUG
Rollie Pollies
WMLUG
Brickworld Master
This award winner represents the finest of all builders at Brickworld. It represents a body of work that could span years of building and is not limited to what people display “this year”. It is not about the size of a single display. It is about the combined artistic and engineering innovation, imagination, and originality contained in this individual’s creations. Versatility in building ability can be considered a factor.
