Snail Mail Show awards Included are Artist's name/medium/"Title"/(Residence), and on the next line is the juror's name and comments. While most juried art shows have a Juror's Award, first place, second place, and third place, with honourable mentions and a People's Choice Award, The Snail Mail Show has a Juror's Award, Media Award, People's Choice Award, Honourable Mentions, and multiple theme- and medium-specific awards. These special awards are meant to be equal to, and not greater or lesser than in status to an honourable mention. Juror's Award
Award by the "Head Juror" of each year's contest. 2005: Sarah Baptist's photograph "Purple" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" 2004: went to two entrants, Bridget Aube Doughty (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Mary Parr (Australia) Judged by marketing manager Penny Karas and marketing assistant Rose Guiao of Shoppers World . Media Award
Judged by The Brampton Guardian. 2005: Jessica Taylor's coloured pencil "Cat love" (Brampton , Ontario, Canada ) Tina Depko, Arts editor, Brampton Guardian  "There is a warm, domestic feel in this piece. This young artist takes great care to include detail from the stripes on the orange kittens to the multicolour patches on the mother cat. Does a work have to look like a Monet, Michaelangelo or Carr to make us like it? I think the best art evokes a feeling and this piece definitely does." 2004: Bridget Aube Doughty (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) Lorne Drury, lead editor, Brampton Guardian  "" Best of Theme
Theme changes from year to year. 2 005 "Remember": Beeks' painting "Remembrance of My Father" (Reno, Nevada) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" 2004: Award didn't exist Best of Snail Art
Any work that features, or at least includes, a snail. 2005: Nicholas Moreau's vector illustration "Albert Einsnail" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" 2004: Award didn't exist Best Photography
Traditional film photography, digital photography, edited photography, some collage. 2005: Ann Baptist's "Tires" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" 2004: Award didn't exist Best Fabric Art/Sculpture/Installation
Anything that fits into these categories; it may be original or a reproduction of an original. 2005: Toni DiSano's fabric art "Vortex" (Ballwin, MO, USA) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" 2004: Award didn't exist Best Use of Medium
Full name of category
"Best use of a medium, best use of an unusual medium, or best use of a traditional medium in non-traditional ways." 2005: Janice Moreau and Cheyenne's collage "Bird Days of Summer" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" 2004 (award then titled "Creative Achievement"): eepy post's photograph "Sammy All-Sorts Officiating" (British Columbia) Honourable mentions 2005 Judith Bush's photograph/mixed media "Los Baños & Surrounds" or "Altered Landscape/Last Vestiges" (Mountain View, California, USA) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" Betty Jean Evans' watercolour "Snowy Afternoon" (Brampton , Ontario, Canada ) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" Julie Fina's painting "Mona + Jeanne" (Brampton , Ontario, Canada ) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" Aaron Goulborn's cartoon "The Classics play a classic" (Brampton , Ontario, Canada ) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" Lee's "Brampton" (Brampton , Ontario, Canada ) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" Paulina Su's scratchboard "Type of Wading Bird" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" Gina Turner's vector art "Who are you looking at?" (Pefferlaw, Ontario, Canada) Alicia Mitchell, Education, Peel Heritage Complex  "" People's Choice Award Nominees Names and info to be announced after the winner is picked.
Visual Arts Brampton has announced the winners of its Second Annual Snail Mail World Postcard Art Show. Currently on display in the Fridge Front Gallery in Shoppers World, The Snail Mail Show features well over 350 entries from 14 countries around the world. This is up from the previous year's approximately 300 from 6 countries.

Shown in the exhibit is original works from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Yugoslavia.

Juror Alicia Mitchell BA viewed the show on August 18 to make her selections from the entries received.

Surprisingly, in the process of identifying her choices for each award, Mitcell ended up awarding two sets of relatives. Sarah Baptist won the Juror's Choice Award for ''Purple'', while Ann Baptist won Best Photography for ''Tires''. Nicholas Moreau won Best Snail Art for ''Albert Einsnail'', while his mother Janice Moreau won for Best Use of Medium for ''Bird Days of Summer''.

Best of Theme (Remember) went to Beek's ''Remembrance of My Father''. Brampton Guardian Arts editor Tina Depko awarded the Media Award to child entrant Jessica Taylor's ''Cat love''. Toni DiSano of Ballwin, Montana won Best Fabric Art/Sculpture/Installation for her fabric art piece "Vortex".

Honourable mentions this year were:
* Judith Bush's photograph/mixed media "Los Baños & Surrounds" or "Altered Landscape/Last Vestiges" (Mountain View, California, USA)
* Betty Jean Evans' watercolour "Snowy Afternoon" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada)
* Julie Fina's painting "Mona + Jeanne" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada)
* Aaron Goulborn's cartoon "The Classics play a classic" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada)
* Lee's "Brampton" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada)
* Paulina Su's scratchboard "Type of Wading Bird" (Brampton, Ontario, Canada)
* Gina Turner's vector art "Who are you looking at?" (Pefferlaw, Ontario, Canada)

A complete list is available on  The Snail Mail Show's website.