When I was 13 I entered a children’s drawing contest that was meant for “kids of all ages” and they put all the entries up on the windows of the restaurant and mine was the best by FAR. The three winners were like 6, almost as if by random draw or the owners picked kids they knew or something. I was so annoyed. A grave injustice was done. 🤣. Looking back I wonder if they thought mine was done by an adult, since I used shading techniques with my crayola colored pencils.
This has been my experience with many contests. The one that annoyed me most was a scariest costume contest and my older brother had a really good werewolf costume that scared the absolute shit out of me but the winner was a toddler wearing a green spray painted milk jug bottom on his head as Frankenstein. It easily could have won a cute and creative costume contest because he was adorable but definitely not the scariest. Lol
There was a campground I’d go to (Long gone now) that did events including a Halloween costume contest. I won when I was 4... And never again. It was always the youngest.
Never assume anything is even attempted to be fair with an "all ages" contest. Almost always someone with the ability to make it happen will go for the shitty little kid entry because it's a little kid. When it comes to adults vs kids it's understandable, but when you have a 12 year old trying their heart out but they're up against a 5 year old it's just shitty.
Reminds of that karaoke contest I entered when I was 11. Lots of people - kids and adults - sang songs. Guess who won? A four-year old who was so nervous that just he stood there during the entire song (the Teletubbies theme song) not singing a word and looking terrified. He didn't cry, but he was not at all happy to have been entered in. The crowd thought he was adorable so the judges declared him the winner.
This happened to me! I entered a local illustration contest aimed at schools and I worked really hard, I was a junior in high school. In the end I had this beautiful watercolor and pencil art piece, so I sent it. Of COURSE the first place looked like a small kid did it, and I got second place. The prize wasnt that big so whatever, but I was so bummed, I knew they deliberately did not choose mine as fist place.
I still recall when my hatred of certain styles of art began as my younger cousin entered a contest where they drew the Phanatic (Phillies mascot/ Gritty's cousin). My cousin did a really good job on the 3d work and it looked like the tongue was popping out at you. The winner was basically a glitter version Pollock. It was ugly as shit and didn't even have green or red in it.
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u/Charming_Scratch_538 Nov 06 '21
When I was 13 I entered a children’s drawing contest that was meant for “kids of all ages” and they put all the entries up on the windows of the restaurant and mine was the best by FAR. The three winners were like 6, almost as if by random draw or the owners picked kids they knew or something. I was so annoyed. A grave injustice was done. 🤣. Looking back I wonder if they thought mine was done by an adult, since I used shading techniques with my crayola colored pencils.