AI poster wins Ohio State Fair contest

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The poster competition asked artists to incorporate a patriotic theme to celebrate America's 250th anniversary.
Among 38 entries, the top five posters will be displayed at the 2026 Ohio State Fair in Kasich Hall.
The winners are: first place Christin Billips, second Gene Strickland, third Lisa Oliver, fourth Lindsay Boyd, fifth Nikki Smetters.
Entries for the 2027 Ohio State Fair Poster Competition will open in the future.

The ICFP Programming Contest 2026 will be held from July 24 (Friday) to July 27 (Monday), with a 24-hour lightning round ending July 25.
The contest takes place online, and registration is open via account creation (only one team member needs to register).
Winners will be announced at ICFP 2026 in Bloomington, Indiana.

A contest challenges participants to write a 1,000-word piece connected to a provided picture by August 31st, 2026, with the best entry winning $1,000.
The contest is run by Medium Rare, an organization that creates projects to attract interesting people and make the world more interesting, with past examples including writing and dessert contests.
Participants can submit any genre of writing, such as creative nonfiction, sci-fi, or jokes, as long as it relates to the photo.

KoreLogic's password cracking contest at DEF CON 34 challenges teams to recover plaintexts and publish their tools and techniques.
The contest takes place both in Las Vegas, NV, USA and online.
It runs from 11 AM LV time on Friday, August 7th to 11 AM LV time on Sunday, August 9th.

The 3rd Annual Experimental History Blog Competition invites unpublished blog post submissions for a chance to win cash prizes.
First place wins $500, second $250, and third $100, plus exposure and Substack recommendations.
Submissions must be unpublished, one per person, and uploaded to a Google Doc with sharing set to 'Anyone with the link'.

Third annual Experimental History Blog Post Competition had 68 submissions from diverse backgrounds.
All winners were verified as 100% human-written using Pangram AI detector.
First place ($500): 'How to Survive Boiling Water' by Jane Cook, an effort post about probiotic bacteria.

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