Gaia Category Winners
“Gaia – The Living Planet” is coming to life. All twelve people who have been involved in shortlisting and judging for the publication have been deeply moved by the works submitted. If our wonderful earth has hope, it is in the hope, vision and courage displayed by all the artists who have contributed.
The overall category winners are below. We think you will agree that these works capture something exceptional.
In a few weeks we will have finished the design of the book. This is not a quick process as we aim to honor the work and the importance of the Gaia itself through the quality of design of the final publication. When this is complete and the book is for sale we will announce all those who are to be published.
Read more about “Gaia – The Living Planet here and more about out 9 judges here
Overall Visual Art Winner
Dryad by Helena Nelson-Reed
One of the judges simply commented: “stunning art”. Helena’s interest in mysticism is melded in this image with a living vitality. This image has an otherworldly quality while shedding a light on our world in the here-and-now.
Category Winners: Photography
There were two winners in the category of Photography which scored the same marks from the judges. They show us Gaia from two different, but complementary angles.
In Utero by Kitsmumma
The connection between our human vulnerability and the apparent solidity of the earth that nourishes us is beautifully portrayed in this fine artwork.
The Covenant by Phil Thomson
The threat of loss and the promise of new life are framed in this single, beautiful image.
Category Winner: Traditional
Evadne by Nadia Turner
This image has a delicacy of touch and depth of symbolism which took our collective breath away.
Category Winner: Digital Image
GAIA by Charles Winslow
The use of digital art at its finest to create an image impossible by any other medium – an earth mother completely apart of her world.
Overall Writing Winners
Two written works got exactly the same marks from the judges. We certainly are not going to try and separate them. They both leave echos long after they are read.
Holiday by abletsandtoast is in the words of one of our judges “An amazing piece, illuminating the relationship between people and place”.
Boilingdown Creek by PinkElephant is as dry as “Holiday” was cold. The diversity of Gaia fully on display.
Category Winner: Poetry
A Gift of Flowers by Louise Kuskovski will leave you with a strange sense of sorrow as it hints at a greater meaning.
Category Winners: Short Story
Again we had two winners in the short story category and rather than splitting hairs we are splitting prizes.
Benwerrin Road by Rainmemory will probably catch you by delicious surprise.
Storm Joy by Panda65 has a depth of humanity that warms your fingers as you read.









Karen Cougan
Congrats to you all….........wonderful work
xkc
Marita McVeigh
congratulations to all!
Jules Campbell
Congrats to all the winners! Just beautiful, breath taking, stunning work -really well done!!!
Glenda Remaklus
Beautiful choices….......
Sam Mortimer
Congrats to all who won!
Elana Bailey
Congrats to you all, worthy winners. Well done.
~ Selle
Congratulations! Beautiful work :)
Marny Barnes
Breath taking , all of them!
Kenny Gulley Jr.
wow!
Larry Varley
Congratulations to the winners, redbubble has some wonderfully talented artists
Jazzyjane
absolutely stunning choices congrats everyone Well done
Peter Marin
Congratulations to all the winners. I’m in awe of the talent displayed here.
Damien Mason
Wow, wonderful work. Really, stunning
Shelley Heath
Great choices and congratulations to the winners
cherokee
Congratulations everybody,wonderful art and writings….............
:):):)
Leeo
Stunning works of art, both visual and written, and well chosen by the judges. Congratulation to all involved : )
Laurie McClave
Wow What an excellent group! Congratulations to all!
Elaine van Dyk
Congratulations to all these most deserving winners, and congratulations on the team who had the task of choosing the winners. A truly amazing selection. “Wow” just doesn’t even come anywhere near close enough to expressing my admiration for these visual and written works.
Maya -
Congratulations to all the worthy winners! The judges sellected well. Very stunning work.
EnVee
Heartfelt congratulations to all the winners and I share your joy and excitment!! Well done judges!
Jess Andrews
Congrats to all :)
Craig Goldsmith
Congratulations to all that entered and a big congrats to the winners well done.
Jeremy Harrington
congrats!!
Lila Alias
Hmm interesting… Very well done everyone!
Nolan Nitschke
have to say im pretty disappointed with the judging :(
Anni Morris
Amazing work from all of you…a big CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
coppertrees
Wonderful work all
tboneinc1
Real Masterpieces!!! Congratulations to all of you! Very Very Nice!
Philip Rogan
Congratulations to all the winners!
ECFTBH
Why are you disappointed Nolan?
hilarydougill
Congratulations to you all, fantastic imagery and writing, beautiful work. Real talent!!!!
frozenfa
Great choices!! Love Dryad most!! =D
Mary Trebilco
Congratulations to all of the winners!!! :-)
Alan Findlater
Well done to all of those who have won, And to the overall visual art winner “Dryad” excellent work your win is well deserved .
Shanina Conway
Fantastic choices! Congratulations to all the winners, it’s well deserved:)
krafty
TERRIFIC…..CONGRATS TO you all…amazing work.
Carrie Glenn
Excellent choices…and a congratulations to all of you!!! :)
John Brotheridge
All worthy winners, excellent selection, esp’ Helena Nelson-Reed’s ‘Dryad’
MuscularTeeth
yeah there is some real talent in these winners !
congrats to all.
Sara Lamond
Excellent choices – Gaia should be stunning with work like this!
rochelle
Why are you disappointed Nolan?
AlMiller
Congrats to everyone all great pieces of work !
Christine Wilson
congrats to all very well done you guys should be proud – how good is it gonna look in the book. – way to go guys!
Anne van Alkemade
Very exciting news. Well done to the wonderful winners.
irenemaria
I am not worthy of being here together with you! Lovely work you have.
ltruskett
Congratulations to all…..........very well done.
Juilee Pryor
well it all looks very ….....nice. be happy all you lucky winners and well done on your respective wins….
Elizabeth Aust...
Brilliant selection – all incredible images! Well done to everyone!
ByrneFoto
Congrats to all the winners, all outstanding work!
sharra
some really inspirational art….outstanding and motivational…keep it up
Robert Knapman
Tremendous effort. Congratulations everyone.
Heabar
Congratulations to all the winners & great effort from all who entered !!! well done everyone !!!
Kathleen Hill
Congratulations to all the category winners, well done
Joseph Barbara
Exceptional work chosen,congratulations to the winners.
Deborah Parkin
congratulations to all the winners – wonderful choices here :)
Tainia Finlay
Well done to all who entered and HUGE congratulations to the worthy winners … must have been hell to judge! Pat on the back to you guys too :D
AmandaWitt
Well done everyone!
Gareth Chalklen
Well done, the winning works are a credit to their creators///WELL DONE. :- )
Bevsimages
I can only hope to be as good as the entries above…Take a look & let e know what you think of my images, writings & poetry…find out more at website: www.bevsbook.co.uk Cheers, & congrats to all involved above youre fab! x ;) Bev… UK.
Jacqueline Baker
deepest and happiest congratulations to you all…..well deserved!
Linda Ridpath
well done to you all. i can only aspire!!!
Rosalie Dale IPA
Well done both judges and winners – stunning work.
Julie Langford
What can I say but WOW – what talent! These are all so very worthy of winning, they are all stunning.
Kristina K
congrats to all, very well done.
Kain White
Well done to all. It will be a beautiful thing.
BlueRuby
Fantastic work – congratulations to all the winners!
Del Millar
Wonderful work, congratulations to you most talented people
Melinda Kerr
Well done guys!
Marilyn Brown
congratulations, looks like the judges did good!!!
budrfli
Wonderful art, congratulations!
Kathryn Potempski
Congrats to all,well done
ccrcats
Great work. Well done to everyone.
Silvia Manuela
Deep congratulations to all winners, fantastic work!
Kylie Hanson
fantastic work! congratulations to all
slickjesus
Lovely work.
Jacqueline Ro...
Congratulations to the winners…excellent choices, excellent works!!!
Sharon Perrett
Congrats to all the winners, such stunning work, well done .
Louise Kuskovski
I’d like to thank the judges for reviewing all the pieces, and for choosing my piece for publication. It is an honor.
I find the redbubble community to be a warm and genuine place to safely take the risk of sharing something as personal as we do here.
Again, many thanks.
Louise
Ilunia Felczer
congrats to all….excellent works…..
Craig 'has a n...
Awesome, but I dont like how “In Utero” made it into “In the moment” as a winning piece also, it may be an excellent image, but still.
PPV247
Congratulations to all winners. Well done to judges on such a great selection of work.
Mundy Hackett
Congratulations everyone, very inspiring and theme appropriate.
Faizan Qureshi
Congratulations to the winners!!
Deborah Milligan
Wonderful work. congratulations to all the winners.
Sean Crease
Congrats to you all, they are wonderful works. :)
Paul Tait
Wow – fabulous – congratulations to all
nanarhodes
Excellent choices! This collection of artwork is stunning. Excellent work and tremendous imagination…..Congratulations to all of you gusy…...you deserve the acknowledgment of “Excellent Work”......
Christina Martin
wonderful work congrats to all
erich biemer
congratulations…
kseriphyn
Images are perfect choices. Very impressed with the results this time. Well done.
Anthony Hedger
congratulations to all of you, well deserved I must say.
Jing3011
Good smart choices.
jewelskings
WOW what wonderful works(WWWW) !
mlgkats
congrats to all of the winners, well deserved
C J Lewis
All stunning and excellent writing. Congratulations to all the winners….well deserved :)
TrEaSuReDiMaGeS
Absolutely Beautiful…...Gorgeous work everyone and Congrats to all the winners!! :-))
Jan Piller
Wow!!! Well deserved accolades for all these winners – just beautiful!
peter
Wonderful effort guys – and I can’t wait to see the finished publication!
Frank Pey
Beautiful stuff guys and girls…Congrats
Jan Landers
awesome…..all of them!!! a big congrats to everyone who won!!! this will be a beautiful and powerful compilation…...
oscarelizondo
Judges, your taste was delightful in the selection of fine art work. Even the writings were of high quality work. This group is very talented and I envy all of the artist that participated, even those of us that didn’t win. I am proud to belong to this group, and the published work will be a world of art, no ands, ifs about it. To all of you in this group, you are all gifted and congrats to everybody involved here in your creations. Keep the excellent work coming, and can’t wait to buy the book.
Nancy Stafford
beautiful choices they are all wonderful
stephfine
Well done winners
Margarita Peak...
Wow! Wonderful Work!
Congrats all!
MzSardonicus
Great choices. Congratulations to everyone.
Linda Bennett
Congrats to all the winners as it is well deserved!!! Also, I want to mention that the judges had a long road ahead to decide on the finalist. I’m sure this was not easy and my hat is off to you…nice job!!!
Joanne Bradley
Exceptional work! Extraordianry images! Congratulations to all involved!
Mary Campbell
Yes, you did a great job. Loved them all. Such excellent artists here on the Bubble, it must of been very difficult to choose…
joan warburton
Congratulations! Wonderful choices!
Luuezz
Clapping my hands to all the winners….
bamagirl38
Congrats to each of you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heidi Clark
well done winners
Pat Lucas
Fantastic work, well done winners
Winslow357
I would like to thank the Judges for choosing my image for publication, it’s a real honor. Congratulations to all the other winners, as well as to all the artists who participated in this event. It feels great to be part of this Red Bubble community! DRINKS ARE ON ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
LittleHelen
Hugs and Congrats to all the winners xx
No poems about sex though…thats a little disappointing..BUT excellent all round choices :D
chinet
Congrats to all! Great work here!
bushia1lorna
Congratulations to all the winners ! the artwork is stunning! the writings are reading
worthy. Those who have not been chosen keep trying your time will come. Great art survives JUST LIKE MOTHER EARTH. P
phirephly
Bravo! The art and literature chosen here is superb! Well done to all!
kseriphyn
PS: Well done on the writing choices too.
Tracy King
Congratulations to the winners and everyone who participated in the comp. I’m glad i didn’t have to judge. Again really well done.
CanDuCreations
How very beautiful and splendid all of this artworks are. Congratulations to all of you!
Robin D. Overacre
Congrats to All! Very nice work!
Tara Sheffer-A...
I just want to say congrats to everyone that won the Gaia competition, it is surely well deserved! As for those that entered and did not win, it is still wonderful to have seen all of those works of art in the Gaia gallery. Everyone did great!
Lucindawind
congrats to the winners ..they are all so beautiful !
Patricia L. Ba...
Congratulations! Wonderful work, guys.
RichImage
Congratulations all. the choices are deserved…
red addiction
Incredible works. Excellent choices. Great job everyone!!
blamo
well done to all ….............. congratulations …......dont forget the drinks are on charles LOL
AngelArtist
Excellent Artworks which I personally find beautiful. Warm congratulations to the deserving winners.
TrEaSuReDiMaGeS
Gorgeous works of ART!! Congratsssss to all the finalists!! Beautifully done everyone!! :-))
librapat
Such talent by everyone. Amazing and deserving.
Sandra McNabb
Fantastic work to all the artists who won and came close. Absolutely amazing work, both visually and in written form. Brilliant job.
Leena Hedman
Congratulations to all winners!
Jennifer Vickers
Wow some amazing work….well done and congrats to all the winners.
ElYPares
Just perfectyion!!!!
VanSnuG
Stunningly Beautiful. Congratulation. :-)
Stacy Rodriguez
Great work all you WINNERS. LOVE THEM ALL> :)
Dawne Olson
Congrats to all! Amazing art and writing. These works are truly an inspiration and make me grateful to be a part of the living earth!
joshua bloch
Congrats to all! Just to be able to see these works makes my heart strong.
Glenn Alderson
Wow, what a great goup of work. Well done to all.
Gayle Faucette...
Amazing work – congratulations to everyone.
battybarton
Wonderfull work by all…......inspirational well done!
George Yesthal
Great cross-section of work. The reward for their efforts is certainly well deserved.
nkbellani
Congratulations…great artworks indeed!
owlspook
fantastic work! congratulations to the winners and everyone here that posted their work! (smile)
gypsycaster
WOW!! Well deserved I feel! Congrats to you all!!!
brian pendrey
congrats to you all wonderfull work
JuneHolbrook
Excellent work … I am new here and trying to improve my artistic abilities. Would appreciate any suggestions or ideas to improve my work.
Congratulations Everyone
Alison Edge
Wow, all very worthy winners, well done everyone – the whole group has fantastic work in it!
webbie
Congratulations WINNERS..GREAT JOB
Craig 'has a n...
I withdraw what I said earlier,
I am an idiot.
Congrats to the winners, great work!
anaisnais
Wow, how mammoth a task that must have been. Might Ioffer my profound congratulations to all who took part, be them judge, artist or writer and echo the applause and standing ovation from this crowd when I say well done to those named as winners! Keep the great work bubbling folks!
Lindsay Berman
fantastic job to everyone, congratulations!!!!!
Di Kuschert
I just want congratulate all the winners and thank them for sharing their wonderful talent with us.
Di
Jacky
Congratulations to all the very talented winners !!! :)
espanolvive
makes it all seem worth it now, well done.
masterpiececre...
Congratulations, well deserved winners !!!
Sande Elkins
Simply amazing work! Well deserved congratulations to all. And thank you to redbubble for introducing all of these wonderfully talented people to all of us.
Alison Pearce
Congrats all!
jackitec
what can i say
greenfrog153
Congratulations everyone !!!!!
Dr Woo
This is absolutely fantastic! What a boon for the bubble ! when I read the news I started laughing but then started crying but then started laughing again, it was a great moment ! CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE ! ; )
Dr Woo
I CAN’T BELIEVE I WON !!!!!!!!!!
Jennifer Tate
Congrats to all… incredible work
Catherine Davis
So beautiful, well done!
Dr Woo
Oh wow, I’m so embarrassed, I thought I saw one of my works, i’m so sorry guys i’m an idiot. :(
t4red
Fantastic work, congratulations!
Lam Tran
Fantastic works, Congrats to All! Excellent composition!
Rosalie Scanlon
Beautiful works, Congratulations.
JohnPaulj
helena’s work was feline frazzeta like. enjoyed the air-brushing
Greg Blackley
congrats to you all keep up the great work
RevBearJones
Outstandingly beautiful artwork!
Maryanne Lawrence
Congratulations to all.
Donna Martin
What exceptional creations….outstanding and well deserving…congratulations to all
Kathleen Struckle
Congrats to all. Very awesome Art Work!! :)
Nasif Hussain
congratulations to all… stunning work…
Rosina Lamberti
Congrats to all the winners… stunning work…
Wendy Slee
breathtaking, beautiful and soulfull work…. well done to all winners!
Mui-Ling Teh
What lovely work; must have been difficult making a decision with all the entries, but the result looks like a good outcome. One of these was in my favourites! I hadn’t had a chance to look at the rest; it’s not easy seeing everything, and I’m glad that now I don’t have to be searching the best of the best myself!
Michael King
why didn’t i win , i ask myself , i am now fully aware why not . wow! great work everyone i will admire and keep on snapping , well done .
lacitrouille
Congrats! This is going to make this book a work of art! :)
nancy dixon
CONGRATULATIONS!!! all of you deserve it
Ushna Sardar
Congrats to all winner!!!
karenanderson
congratulations to the winners .. such wonderful images and words !
IndyLady
Congratulations to the winners, excellent stunning images and words
SnowDog
Congrats to all the winners!!!!
yanmos
congrats to all! great stuff!
Jan Stead JEMp...
I go away overnight and look what happens! Some stunning award winners are announced ~ and I missed it. Nearly…
Congratulations one and all. Some truly inspiring and moving work in all categories. Thank you.
Sabine Spiesser
Congratulations to all winners. There were so many truly inspiring works – not an easy job for the judges.
Seanchai
True winners because they really “get it” and all of our blessings.
Accolades to the judges because this had to have been very very difficult.
Gaia Rules!
Michelle Scott
congrats too all :) well done
Lisa Weber
stunning works, congats to all the winners!
pennye
Well done everyone…Amazingly beautiful work.
Russell Holder
Congratulations to the winners of the competition… and may we meet again on “the literary field of Honor.”
GFinch
Amazing work guys!
Congrats on winning also! You deserve it!
busbydeebar
marvellous work and well earned recognition for quality and brilliant images and pieces….. good stuuff all ‘round i say!!
Scott Ruhs
Some really fantastic work!
Marlene Piccolin
To me, Dryad is the quintessential Helena Nelson-Reed. Her work is so beautiful and inspired that it is impossible to have a “favorite”, but (to me) this one truly embodies all that is Helena’s art and I’m glad to see it recognized here. Congratulations Helena, and to all the other winners too; you all have wonderful entries.
dimarie
congratz to all the winners! :)
DavidGates
Way to go winners! Great work
deb cole
Mesmerizing! Inspiration provokers every one…Keep on creating ! !
nadinestaaf
I’m really, really pleased with the judges picks! Thoughtfully chosen and beautiful work. Yay winners!
Izak van der M...
Some really inspiring work here, well done ALL!!
Gajanan Kashalkar
wonderful works. congratz.
underdoc
Deserving winners, for sure.
Diana Davidson
I have just been inspired. I’m very content with the choices made, worthy all- each piece capturing in essence the things we would like to remember about our Mother Earth.
Marc Hollembeak
Excellent choices, all..
rdshaw
congrats!
Jenny Kakos
CONGRATULATIONS! Every piece was beautiful! :)
bonniemonahan1
Hello,
CONGRATULATIONS to all of you. Your entries are Exceptionally Outstanding!
Take care, Bonnie
Kirlan
I am very happy to have lost to such beautiful pictures.
They are a credit to the artists, whose place is well earned.
Congratulations to all.
prime
wow!congratulations to all
you guys deserve to win!keep it up
Roslyn Slater
Congratulations to all concerned. This has been an inspirational competition.
Ciska
Congratz to all, all well deserved
annacuypers
Congratualations to all the winners ! Beautiful work. Cheers,
Anna
alindsay
I first want to congratulate all the winners in the writing categories. I think they are all remarkable writers. However I must complain about a couple glaring misfortunes. I found all the winning writing pieces grossly sentimental and gushing with floral, ostentatious language (the meaning in the pieces is drowned by the language!). Had I not known any better I would have thought the same author wrote them all. All of these writing pieces testify to the fact that in recent years writing has evolved into a sort of “flowery ejaculation of the heart”. And nearly all of the pieces exposit strictly physical phenomenon. It appears as if modern materialism has infested our imaginations. I apologize if I have offended anyone. It is not my intention to do so.
alindsay
Now I just feel like an a-hole after reading everyone else’s comments. I’m probably just bitter because I didn’t win and I think that the winning artists are all very talented. It was an honor to participate in this competition with everyone.
TheRealCoolGuy
Actually, alindsay, I agree with you. It’s all way too flowery. But I suppose when you’ve got a writing contest where people have to judge works and pick the winners out of countless more or less equally good pieces of work, there’s never going to be any one poem that really stands out above the rest as a clear-cut winner. And so the judges have to decide what they value in a poem, and use that to devise a standard for judging. As a result, there’s inevitably going to be a bias against anything that doesn’t fit the exact mold they’ve formed, the concept they have in their head of the ideal poem or winning piece of art or whatever. So basically, it’s not a contest of the best poem, but the poem that most closely resembles the mold.
Personally, I think contests of this sort are utterly ridiculous. You can’t rank art. Show me a contest-winning poem and I’ll show you a poem that stands out only in that it’s absolutely the most ordinary piece of work submitted.
Glory as a poet or writer is overrated. What matters is that you’re heard by those who need to hear you.
envirojo
An enormous CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners – your art is very inspirational
ImagineByLisa
much, much respect to these fine winners. congratulations!
spuddy
Congratulations to the winners these images are fantastic
daveinuk
well done everyone fantastic work.
donna56455
Totally agree with all above sentiments…well done and thank you all for sharing such wonderful and creative art!
Dodsonsth
excellent – congrads
catherine walker
Well done everyone and congratulations to the winners.. !!
It must feel truly wonderful!!
and the work is just amazing !
again… well done !
regards from catherine walker
Yusef Keith
exceptionally well artwork you guys and girls!!!
Bizin
Congratulation! Beautiful art, worthy winners!
KT
auntgrannie
Great work. Congrat’s to all of you!!!!!!
Hugh Waller
Congratulations eveyone! Thoroughly deserved.
yerokuns
thanx to everyone, good job good pieces
elisabetta tre...
Congratulations to the winners
eyestrange
WoW what wonderful works and deserved to be winners – well done all
silus
nice…...
a follow up is in order eh guys…
erich biemer
obviously the publication will not be printed in may as was stated after they changed the original deadline…but they have an enormous task putting these books together…
since the publications consistently run behind perhaps instead of trying to do these quarterly maybe bi-annually or yearly would be a better choice to make things a bit more manageable….
Kenny Gulley Jr.
that would just make the job of rummaging through works even harder
Krysanthium
WOW!!! I hope i CAN DO THAT SOMEDAY!!! CONGRATS AND WOW!
Macky
Well done, well deserved!!
Andyt
Well done to all winners
Tanqueray
Congratulations to all the winners, I’m astounded by the talent on display here! Today I gained access to the internet for the first time in what seems an age (moving house and installing DSL lines is such a pain!) only to find that my poem was also chosen to be included in the Gaia project. I’m so excited and flattered to be included alongside such talent as this.
tessmaturana
BRAVO! congratulations to you winners, well deserved!
Tess