LEGO Contest Round-Up for April 2023
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[Our current monthly LEGO contest round-up can be found here.]
A new month is upon us which means more competitive building! Are you ready? Here’s the latest batch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for April 2023 to help you find some inspiration and motivation to build! There’s nothing quite like a theme or a prompt to take you out of your comfort zone and give you something new to try. Besides, contests are the perfect place to interact with other contestants and judges and get to know your fellow builders. And if you’re like me, a deadline helps make sure you actually finish!
We’ve listed them in order of deadline so you can plan your building time to the best advantage. Make sure to check the LEGO activity calendar for local challenges and events near you. Here at BrickNerd, some of our fondest memories, greatest building achievements, coolest trophies, and best friendships came from LEGO contests, so we really hope you try some of these out. We look forward to seeing what you build!
April 3rd through April 5th, post your 8x8 Spring habitats. Then on April 6th, post your habitat stack if you’ve built more than one!
Deadline: April 6
Prize: Just the fun of building with bricks!
Where to enter: Instagram
Make a 23-part minibuild featuring numbers!
Deadline: April 7
Prize: The fun of building with LEGO!
Where to enter: Instagram
Explore the world of Middle-Earth and show us some of the most epic, stunning, or iconic scenes and moments from the books and films for a chance to win the amazing Lord of the Rings Rivendell set!
Deadline: April 11
Prize: The Grand Prize Winner for each of two categories (Location and Scene) will receive a signed 10316 Rivendell and a prize package of The Lord of the Rings goodies - one runner-up in each category will also receive 10316 Rivendell.
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
BrickCentral 10th Anniversary Contest
BrickCentral is 10 years old, and it’s time to light some candles in celebration! Feature a LEGO candle (brick-built or otherwise) somewhere in your build and light it using some of the photography tips on BrickCentral
Deadline: April 27
Prize: Three grand prize winners will each receive a copy of 31139 Creator Cozy House.
Where to enter: BrickCentral Discord
Imagine opening the box of the upcoming LEGO D&D set and finding your artwork as the cover on the building instructions!
For this challenge, we're calling for artists to create designs that show off the best of Dungeons & Dragons. It could be worlds, characters, battles or anything else you feel represents 50 years of the game.
Deadline: May 2 (6 am EST)
Prize: The winner will receive 5 copies of the upcoming D&D set with their art on the building instructions!
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
How madly creative can you get with 101 bricks? RogueOlypmics is back to test your building skills, endurance, and imagination… coming soon!
Starting: 8 weeks, 8 rounds (you don’t need to build for every round in order to qualify, though entering more does increase your odds!)
Prize: Top 10 builds receive prizes from an amazing prize pool!
Where to enter: RogueBricks
For the past 5 years, the Brickfilm Day event has been a non-competitive celebration of the brickfilming community, where animators come together to each release a brickfilm, or brickfilming related video, on the same day.
This particular Brickfilm Day is a special one, as this May marks the 50th anniversary of brickfilming itself!
Upload on: May 13th
Prize: All entrants will have their Brickfilms promoted by the event hosts across all their online platforms and social media pages (Instagram, Twitter and Discord)
Where to enter: Youtube (send link to video through email)
Get prepped for Series 2 of the Bricklink Designer Program, coming soon!
Submissions open: May 15
Prize: Five models (presumably) will be accepted to become the next wave of sets produced through the program.
Where to enter: BrickLink
To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the LEGO Minifigure, you have between 150 - 200 elements to create customizable display stands to show off your Minifigures using a select BrickLink Studio palette. Selected submissions will be available to purchase directly through the Pick and Build hub on LEGO.com!
Deadline: May 23
Prize: Users (however many) whose submission is selected will receive $1,500 USD (before tax)
Where to enter: Ideas
Build your dream garage! Enter for a (slim) chance to win an awesome bundle with 8 LEGO vehicle sets! Each entry requires 50 points, with a maximum of 50 entries per VIP member.
Deadline: June 1
Prize: Eight amazing race car-related LEGO sets
Where to enter: LEGO.com
May the 4th Contest
Get your storm trooper hat on for this May! With four different categories and prizes for each, there’s something Star Wars themed for everyone!
Deadline: June 5th
Prize: Lots of great prizes!
Where to enter: Eurobricks
Happy building! See you here next month for our next LEGO community contest list. And if you would like us to add a contest, please email dave@bricknerd.com.
What are your experiences with LEGO contests? Are there any you know of that we missed? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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