Congratulations to the 2025 Festival Poster Contest Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 UC Santa Cruz Festival of Monsters Poster Contest winners. More than 30 works of art created by 24 UC Santa Cruz students were entered in our monstrous contest.

The monster created by first place winner, Sharon Kim, will become the focus of the poster and advertising for the 2025 Festival, Oct. 15-18 in Santa Cruz, Calif. Kim will receive $500 and a festival t-shirt.

Sophia Chin’s cave of tentacles came in second place, with a $50 gift certificate to Atlantis Fantasyworld.

Third Place was won by Adviti Aleti’s wolfish poster. Adviti will receive a $25 gift certificate to Atlantis Fantasyworld.

Our seven judges had a difficult choice with so many excellent monstrous choices. Congratulations!

More information on the 2025 Festival of Monsters, including registration, is coming soon.