WonderFest 2026 “WOW!” Award Winners

From top left: Matt Lawrence and Eric Hamilton present Bryan Powell (center) with the "WOW" Award for Kaiju Innovation for his Kaiju build “Gamera 2.”

This year Kaiju Kastle presented four “WOW!” awards in Modeling Innovation. Rebecca LaClair won for her amazing piece—and paint—of “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.”

David O’Shea won in the Modeling Innovation category for his artwork with a special shoutout to his lighting of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Mothership/Devil’s Tower.”

Another winner took home an award for “Monster of the Bride.”

In the Young Adult category of Modeling Innovation, the “WOW!” award went to the diorama, “Gunner/Walker.”