2025 Competition Winners

Following the competition, three jurors met to judge the busts.

Jurors:
Simon Kogan, FNSS and 2025 Medal of Honor recipient

John Belardo, FNSS and faculty member at Lehman College CUNY and the New York Academy of Art

Dana Pilson, Curatorial Researcher & Collections Coordinator, Chesterwood

Winners:
Richard McDermott Miller Prize of $3,000
Kelly Micca

Roger T. Williams Prize of $1,500
Pema Kongpo

Walter & Michael Lantz Prize of $750
Jordan Hein 

New this year, the three prize winners each recieved a Robin R. Salmon Award of $1,000 sponosored by the Fantasy Fountain Fund.

Jordan Hein, Gregory Glasson, NSS President, Pema Kongpo, Kelly Micca

Congratulations to the Competitors:

Austen Brantley – Brenton Henriques – Eddie Holecko – Liza Little

Tanya Lucero – Quintin McCann – Joseph Zovickian