Amateur Sand Sculpting Competition

Unleash Your Imagination on the Shores of Fort Myers Beach!

Registration Fees are $10 per person/sculptor and includes entry to the event. THE NUMBER OF PLOTS IS LIMITED to 20 and are available on a first-come first-served basis. Registration is also available at the event on Thursday and Friday during event hours and on Saturday, November 21, 2026 from 9:00 am to 9:45 am if open spots remain. CONTEST RUNS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21st from 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM

ATTENTION: Only sculptors are allowed into the event area before the event opens at 10:00 am.

AWARDS CEREMONY SATURDAY AT 4:00 PM. For questions please contact Bill Knight at bill@thesandlovers.com.

Competition Rules

  • All work will be done using only the sand in your assigned, 10’ x 10’ plot.
  • Nothing may be added to the sand except water.
  • No power equipment, screw guns or machinery are allowed in your plot.
  • No templates or molds are allowed when sculpting.
  • Only registered team members are allowed inside of your plot.
  • All tools and personal items must not block spectator aisles.
  • Absolutely no glue is allowed.
  • Ours is a family-oriented event; the organizers, sponsors and public feel strongly that sculptures
  • should not include anything that would commonly be considered offensive.
  • Anyone working before the start time or after the stop time will be disqualified.
  • All forms must be removed and all compacted sand must be sculpted or otherwise altered by
  • hand once the forms are removed. Contest organizers reserve the right to disqualify any sculptures that are obviously unfinished.
  • Only water and the sand from within the assigned plots may be used to create the sculptures.
  • No artificial color, paint, flour, sugar cement or adhesives of any type may be used.
  • The decisions of the judges are final.
  • The start time is 10:00am and the stop time is 3:00pm (5 hours total). Judging will begin
  • promptly at 3:00.
  • Contestants must provide all their own buckets and shovels, carving tools etc.
  • Contestants will get water from containers near their plots

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