Winkie Costume Contest

From the earliest days of the Winkie Convention, members have been encouraged to show off their creativity with costuming. And prizes have been awarded for the most creative works.

• 1968 - Kevin Harris
• 1973 - All participants earned a prize
• 1978 - Dick Rutter as "The Tin Woodman"
• 1979 - Dick Rutter as "The Wizard"
• 1980 - Eric and Elizabeth Shanower as "Kabumbo"
• 1981 - Dick Rutter as "Tik-Tok"
• 1982 - Dick Rutter as "The Braided Man"
• 1983
  • Adult Division - Larry Irvine as "Jack Pumpkinhead"
  • Children Division - Zachary and Tierra Martinez as "Winged Monkeys"
• 1984
  • Adult Division - Co-winners: Virginia Fowler as "Handy Mandy" and Dick Rutter as "The Gump"
  • Children Division - Kyle McCulloch as "The Scarecrow"
• 1985
  • Adult Division - Troy Hall as "Grandpa"
  • Children Division - Elizabeth Chumbley as "The Sawhorse"
• 1986
  • Adult Division - Dick Rutter as "Cap'n Bill"
  • Children Division - Ginger Hall as "Mr. H.M. Wogglebug, T.E."
• 1987
  • Adult Division - Virginia Fowler as "Urtha"
  • Children Division - Alicia Lambertson as "Tin Woodman"
• 1988 - Nancy Fortner as "The Nome King"
• 1989
  • Adult Division - Eric Gjovaag as "Benny the Public Benefactor"
  • Children Division - Austin and Chelsea Worden as "Members of the Lollipop Guild"
• 1990
  • Adult Division - Nancy Fortner as "Yookoohoo"
  • Children Division - Collin Helfrich as "The A-B-Sea Serpent"
• 1991
  • Adult Division - Dick Rutter as "Gwig the Mangaboo" and Christopher Wayne Buckley as "Emperor Chang Wang Woe"
  • Children Division - Nicholas Griffen as "Lollipop Kid" and Collin Helfrich as "King Cleaver"
• 1992
  • Adult Division - Elizabeth Chumbley as the "Diamond Swan"
  • Children Division - Sean LaTour as "Button Bright"
• 1993
  • Adult Division - Susan Hall as "Pigasus"
  • Children Division - Collin Helfrich as "The Bookman"
• 1996
  • Adult Division - Dick Rutter as "Animated Tree"
  • Children Division - Brittany Rizzo as "The Twister"
• 1997
  • Adult Division - Virginia Fowler as "Cross-Patch"
  • Children Division - Matthew Goldsmith as "The Hungry Tiger"
• 1998
  • Adult Division - Herm Bieber as "Dorothy Gale of Kansas"
  • Children Division - Lea Thorin as "Princess Ozma"
• 1999
  • Adult Division - Virginia Fowler/Marilyn Plutaeas "Nikobob and Zella", Stephen Koontz as "The Scarecrow", and Beverly Mendheim as "The Dark Gloma"
  • Children Division - Veronica Maund as "A Winged Monkey"
• 2001
  • Adult Division - Herm Bieber as "John Dough"
  • Children Division - Ruth Bieber as "Chick the Cherub" and Nathan Hollister as "a Wild Wheeler"
• 2002
  • Adult Division - Virginia Fowler as "Soothsayer"
  • Children Division - Katie Gladson as "Dorothy" and Veronica Maund as "Toto"
• 2003
  • Adult Division - Dick Rutter as "King Terribus of Spor"
  • Children Division - Melissa Hollister as "Cayke the Cookie Cook"
• 2010 - Susan Hall as "The Nome King"