We look forward all year to the Sellwood Park Concerts, and not just for the music. One of the high points to us is our Car Of The Future contest, where we see the future of transportation through the eyes of kids. As usual the only downside is picking a first, second, and third place drawing, this year from an incredible 108 entries. Did we pick the Jet-powered Whale? The Hovercar with the “high-tech wonder light?” 
The Flying Car with the drag-behind Trash Collector? Or did Nuria come from behind to game the system with her “drawing” of an Invisible Car? You don’t have to live with suspense… for the Car of the Future, the Future is NOW!
All our winners receive gift certificates to Wallace Books in Sellwood, a charming little independent bookstore that’s been a friend of our shop for many years. There were many tough choices but we had to pick just three winners, so without further ado here are our top picks with everyone else’s drawings below. Congratulations to our winners and everyone who entered, we thank you for participating, and we look forward to seeing you again next year!
Our Third place prize of $10 went to Isabel, age 11, who doesn’t settle for DVD players in the back seat. Her sleek little sedan has an entire pop-up playground for “use if kids are bored”!
Second prize went to Willa, age 8. For all the entries, hers was the only spider car. The “Spidrey 10,000” is never caught in traffic… not only can it hover, but it can step over cars on its extendable spider-stilt legs.
Chloe H., 10, took First Place this year with her deep consideration of alternative fuels… her cars run on sugar, song, and rainbows, but that’s not all… one runs on “Kawainess”. We thought that was a misspelling of some kind (and we spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out what she was trying to spell) until we looked it up online… it’s chiefly related to Japanese culture, and means the quality of being kawaii; cuteness. An under-utilized fuel, indeed!
Congratulations again to all our winners, and here are the 105 other drawings we wish we could have picked as well…
