Read more 86.5: Beneath the Surface – Judging Jan 5, 2021 by Anthony 1st Place: “WHERE ARE THE TURTLES.” by Daniel... Read more
Read more 86: Beneath the Surface Dec 1, 2020 by Anthony “…you can stare right at something and not see what... Read more
Read more 85.5: Homunculus III – Judging Dec 1, 2020 by Anthony 1st Place: “Santa” by Krazy Kat Krazy Kat secured... Read more
Read more 85: Homunculus III Nov 2, 2020 by Anthony “There are three kinds of forms in the human figure:... Read more
Read more 84.5: Zen Stringed Instruments – Winners Announced Nov 2, 2020 by Anthony 1st Place – “Magnetic Stradivarius” by Krazy... Read more
Read more 84: Unlimited Zen Stringed Instruments Oct 1, 2020 by Anthony The October 2020 contest is to create a stringed instrument out... Read more
Read more 83.5 Truncated 12-Triangle Subunit – Winners Announced Oct 1, 2020 by Anthony 1st Place: “Prespective” by Kimball Kimball took... Read more
Read more 83: Truncated 12-Triangle Subunit Sep 3, 2020 by Anthony The September contest is to build a sculpture using only... Read more
Read more 82.5 Magnets in Motion – Winners Announced Sep 1, 2020 by Anthony 1st Place – “I ❤️ Magnets and Tops” by... Read more
Read more 82: Magnets in Motion Aug 5, 2020 by Anthony The August 2020 contest is to photograph magnets in motion. You... Read more
Read more 81.5: Hazardously Suited to Scenery – Winners Announced Aug 5, 2020 by Anthony 1st Place: “Bridge” by johnny5 A decent attempt at... Read more
Read more 81: Hazardously Suited to Scenery Jul 14, 2020 by Anthony Your July 2020 mission, if you choose to accept, is to create... Read more
Read more 80.5: Two Tone, One Set – Judging Jul 1, 2020 by Anthony 1st Place: “Who is the real cactus?” by Luisin... Read more
Read more 80: Two Tone, One Set Jun 3, 2020 by Anthony Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of... Read more
Read more 79.5: Unlimited Zen Aircraft – Winners Announced Jun 1, 2020 by Anthony 1st Place – “Ready to takeoff” by Ra Tascon... Read more
Read more 79: Unlimited Zen Aircraft May 5, 2020 by Anthony Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to... Read more
Read more 78.5: Artsy Tree No. Three – Winners Announced May 4, 2020 by Anthony 1st Place: “Lothlórien Apple Tree” by YoyoBandalore... Read more
Read more 78: Artsy Tree No. Three Apr 15, 2020 by Anthony Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new... Read more
Read more 77.5: Silhouette – Winners Announced Apr 1, 2020 by Anthony 1st place: Electron Orbital by YoyoBandalore YoyoBandalore took... Read more
Read more 77: Silhouette Mar 4, 2020 by Anthony There are not many original shapes or silhouettes – only... Read more
Read more 76.5: 864 Piece Monochrome – Winners Announced Mar 2, 2020 by Anthony 1st Place: “A Rose by Any Other Name” by... Read more
Read more 76: 864 Piece Monochrome Feb 6, 2020 by Anthony Color is descriptive. Form is interpretive. The February 2020... Read more
Read more 75.5: Forced Perspective – Winners Announced Feb 3, 2020 by Anthony All the votes are in and we have our placings. The top 4 were... Read more
Read more 75: Forced Perspective Jan 16, 2020 by Anthony Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance... Read more
Read more 74.5 Cybertruck Build Video – Winners Announced Jan 16, 2020 by Anthony We finally have the Cybertruck contest all wrapped up. Winners... Read more
Read more 74: Cybertruck Build Video Dec 9, 2019 by Anthony When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds... Read more
Read more 73.5: Zen by Candlelight – Winners Announced Dec 2, 2019 by Anthony 1st Place: metal king metal king was the crowd favorite with... Read more
Read more 73: Zen by Candlelight Nov 6, 2019 by Anthony The November 2019 contest is to photograph Zen Magnets with a... Read more
Read more 72.5 Jack-o-Lantern Winners Announced Nov 4, 2019 by Anthony 1st Place: Purple Ixora Purple Ixora constructed a classic... Read more
Read more 72: Jack-o-Lantern Oct 1, 2019 by Anthony The October 2019 contest is a pumpkin carving contest! Okay,... Read more
Read more 71.5 Separate Triple 72s: Winners Announced Oct 1, 2019 by Anthony 1st Place: DBOI DBOI took 1st place using the three 72pc builds... Read more
Read more 71: Separate Triple 72s Sep 12, 2019 by Zen Magnets The contest for September 2019 is to photograph three builds,... Read more
Read more 70.5: Perspective Framing – Winners Announced Sep 3, 2019 by Anthony 1st Place: Purple Ixora Purple Ixora takes 1st place recreating... Read more
Read more 70: Perspective Framing Aug 6, 2019 by Anthony The contest for August 2019 is to photograph a sculpture... Read more
Read more 69.5: Apollo 11 Lander – Winners Announced Aug 1, 2019 by Anthony 1st Place: Glen Landing in first place is Glen with this... Read more
Read more 69: Zen Apollo 11 Lander Jul 5, 2019 by Zen Magnets That’s one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind.... Read more
Read more 68.5: Utilitarian Pen Holder – Winners Announced Jul 1, 2019 by Anthony 1st Place: Cody The winner of the Pen Holder contest is Cody,... Read more
Read more 68: Utilitarian Pen Holder Unlimited Jun 4, 2019 by Anthony Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when... Read more
Read more 67.5: Levitation Feature Winners Announced Jun 3, 2019 by Anthony After much deliberation, tallying, recounting, traveling to... Read more
Read more 67: Levitation Feature May 8, 2019 by Zen Magnets “See! Levitation is easy if we all just keep our heads on... Read more
Read more 66.5 Non-Fiction Auto – Winners Announced May 1, 2019 by Anthony 1st Place – tend2it tend2it secured 1st place for the... Read more
Read more 66: Non-fiction Auto Apr 1, 2019 by Anthony A dream without ambition is like a car without gas…... Read more
Read more 65: Wanted – Homopolar Motor Mar 5, 2019 by Zen Magnets Wanted: A simple direct current motor made from just magnet... Read more
Read more 64.5: Famous Landmarks Unlimited – Winners Announced Mar 1, 2019 by Anthony 1st place: Ben Cannon – Tower of Pisa The voters have... Read more
Read more 64: Famous Landmarks Unlimited Feb 11, 2019 by Anthony “When smashing monuments, save the pedestals – they... Read more
Read more 63.5 9-Triangle Subunit II – Winners Announced Feb 4, 2019 by Anthony 1st place – KLAW With about 30 entries, KLAW managed to... Read more
Read more 63: 9-Triangle Subunit II Jan 14, 2019 by Zen Magnets There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music... Read more
Read more 62.5: Gallery Revue – Results, sorta Jan 3, 2019 by Anthony This last contest was Shihan’s idea, and it was a... Read more
Read more 62: Gallery Revue 1000 Dec 11, 2018 by Zen Magnets Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The... Read more
Read more 61.5 Chain Reaction – Winners Announced Dec 3, 2018 by Anthony 1st Place: Mathnetism Mathnetism’s magnetic ghost... Read more
Read more 61: Chain Reaction Nov 6, 2018 by Zen Magnets “Nothing is lost. . .Everything is transformed.” ― Michael... Read more
Read more 60.5 Shadow Projection Threequel – Winners Announced Nov 1, 2018 by Anthony 1st Place: Vivien “Zödel, Escher, Nach.” was... Read more
Read more 60: Shadow Projection Threequel Oct 8, 2018 by Anthony The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.... Read more
Read more 59.5 Popsicle Stick Balancing Act – Winners Announced Oct 8, 2018 by Anthony 1st Place: Smiley Face 🙂 Smiley Face slipped into first place... Read more
Read more 59: Popsicle Stick Balancing Act Sep 6, 2018 by Zen Magnets It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material... Read more
Read more 58.5: Unlimited Zen Dinosaurs – Winners Announced Sep 4, 2018 by Anthony 1st place: Tend2it Tend2it overcame the obstacles of this... Read more
Read more 58: Unlimited Zen Dinosaurs Aug 6, 2018 by Anthony Life, uh, finds a way. – Dr. Ian Malcom The August 2018... Read more
Read more 57.5: Creepy Crawly – Winners Announced Aug 1, 2018 by January 1st Place: Tend2it Tend2it thought a Wasp would be a fun... Read more
Read more 57: Creepy Crawly Challenge Jul 6, 2018 by January “Together even the smallest can achieve the greatest goal.”... Read more
Read more 56.5: Cubic Figure-eight Knot Created Jul 3, 2018 by Zen Magnets Not only was the explicitly defined goal accomplished, just a... Read more
Read more 56: Wanted – Cubic Figure-eight Knot Jun 27, 2018 by Zen Magnets [6/29/18 Edit: The challenge has been... Read more
Read more 55: Contests Reawaken [Correct Guess Found] Jun 20, 2018 by Zen Magnets [Edit: The correct guess of 4740 was found on 7/2/2018 via... Read more
Read more 44.5: Single Set Origami – Winners Announced + Contest Hibernation Apr 1, 2015 by Zen Magnets Many wonderful submissions for contest 44, the single set... Read more
Read more 44: Hex Sheet Origami Feb 19, 2015 by Zen Magnets This contest stretches your imagination more than magnet... Read more
Read more 43.5: Castle Submissions – Winners Announced Feb 12, 2015 by Zen Magnets 1st Place: Mathnetism Fancifully proportioned castle, with... Read more
Read more 43: Castle Construction Jan 18, 2015 by Zen Magnets A man’s home may seem to be his castle on the outside;... Read more
Read more 42.5: Non-Circular Planetary Gear Created Nov 25, 2014 by Zen Magnets Mathnetism Has Succeeded.. .. in designing a planetary gear... Read more
Read more 42: Wanted: Non-Circular Planetary Gear Set Sep 2, 2014 by Zen Magnets Wanted: A non-circular Epicyclic gear system, with at least... Read more
Read more 41.5: Super Smash Contestants – Winner Announced Sep 2, 2014 by Zen Magnets Difficult contest with relatively few submissions, but all... Read more
Read more 41: Super Smash Sculptures Jul 14, 2014 by Zen Magnets Everything not saved will be lost. – Nintendo... Read more
Read more 40.5: Abstract Tree Sequel – Winners Announced Jul 2, 2014 by Zen Magnets 1st Place: Mathnetism Simply titled Tree by Magnetism, and... Read more
Read more 40: Abstract Tree Encore Jun 2, 2014 by Zen Magnets “Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage... Read more
Read more 39.5: Flagship Video Results May 13, 2014 by Zen Magnets Flagship Video Contest Results We received 61 entries, 44 of... Read more
Read more 39: The Flagship Video Contest Mar 7, 2014 by Zen Magnets $3500 Front Page Video Contest $2500 First Place $1000 Second... Read more
Read more 38.5: Humanoid 2 – Winners Announced Mar 4, 2014 by Zen Magnets 1st Place: Poolshark “I started with an enormous,... Read more
Read more 38: Humanoid V2 Feb 12, 2014 by Zen Magnets It’s true that the human body is more vulnerable than the... Read more
Read more 37.5: Hanging Sculpture – Winners Announced Feb 4, 2014 by Zen Magnets 1st Place: EraZorx EraZorX, the master magnet sphere... Read more
Read more 37: A Hanging Ornament Jan 10, 2014 by Zen Magnets You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity.... Read more
Read more 36.5: 2R Hex Set – Winners Announced Jan 9, 2014 by Zen Magnets 1st Place: Waynehjr1 “Seahorse Pride”. A wonderful... Read more
Read more 36: Single Set Simplification Dec 11, 2013 by Zen Magnets It’s easy to forget the possibilities of just one set of... Read more
Read more 35.5: Sea Life Contest – Winners, Bitcoin Announced Dec 5, 2013 by Zen Magnets Zen Credits can now be exchanged for Bitcoin. Details following... Read more
Read more 35: Two Set Sea Life Nov 7, 2013 by Zen Magnets You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe... Read more
Read more 34.5: Shadow Projection 2 – Winners Announced Nov 6, 2013 by Zen Magnets 1st Place: PleasantZen This piece, titled The Tree on Fire is... Read more
Read more 34: Shadow Projection: Second Generation Oct 13, 2013 by Zen Magnets A sequel to the unique Shadow Projection contest of October... Read more
Read more 33.5: 5 Ring Construction – Winners Announced Oct 10, 2013 by Zen Magnets 1st Place: David Eye catching, when reduced to a small icons.... Read more
Read more 33: The 5-Ring Subunit Sep 9, 2013 by Zen Magnets The September 2013 contest is to build any sculpture using only... Read more
Read more 32.5: Firearm Construction Entries – Winners Announced Sep 2, 2013 by Zen Magnets 1st Place: EraZorX Magnet sphere sculpting is part art, and... Read more
Read more 32: A Firearm, Fictional or Real. Aug 7, 2013 by Zen Magnets I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun... Read more
Read more 31.5: A Symbol or Logo – Winners Announced Aug 5, 2013 by Zen Magnets 1st Place: GalaxyTraveler An elegant, soft, yet sharp rendition... Read more
Read more 31: A Worthwhile Emblem Jul 8, 2013 by Zen Magnets “Sometimes a symbol holds more power than the thing it... Read more
Read more 30.5: Human Face Recreation- Winners Announced Jul 3, 2013 by Zen Magnets 1st Place: BenjaminGoosen The most recognizable and well... Read more
Read more 30: Difficult Human Face Jun 8, 2013 by Zen Magnets ♦♦ This one is HARD ♦♦ To experience the aura of a phenomenon... Read more
Read more 29.5: Magnetic Landscape Art – Winners Announced! Jun 5, 2013 by Zen Magnets Small turnout on a very abstract contest. A total of Five... Read more
Read more 29: All Natural Landscape May 7, 2013 by Zen Magnets “Sometimes, when one is moving silently through such an utterly... Read more
Read more 28.5: Two Set Monopoly – Winners Announced May 2, 2013 by Zen Magnets Great turnout on the May Monopoly Piece contest. There were 14... Read more
Read more 28: Classic Monopoly Apr 6, 2013 by Zen Magnets Fun Fact: The board game Monopoly was originally invented to... Read more
Read more 27.5: Zen and the Art of Cycle Creation – Winners Announced Apr 5, 2013 by Zen Magnets Incredible Turnout. And many amazing entries in the April 2012... Read more
Read more 27: Single Set Cycle Mar 8, 2013 by Zen Magnets Some of the Zen Magnet Contests are like a trek up a mountain,... Read more
Read more 26.5: Thor Magnet Skirmish – Winners Announced Mar 8, 2013 by Zen Magnets Only 9 total entries submitted in the February 2012 Thor... Read more
Read more 26: The Massive Thor Feb 7, 2013 by Zen Magnets Update [3/1/13] – Contest Extended until 3/5. 60 Damage... Read more
Read more 25.5: Hex Race Winners Feb 1, 2013 by Zen Magnets After the longest delay ever, we finally got around to making... Read more
Read more 25: Hex Stack to Icosahedron Jan 16, 2013 by Zen Magnets It’s January, so it’s time for magnet sphere time... Read more
Read more 24.5: Musical Instrument Entries Posted – Winners Announced Jan 3, 2013 by Zen Magnets 16 total entries submitted in the January 2013 Musical... Read more
Read more 24: Magnetic Interpretation of a Musical Instrument. Dec 4, 2012 by Zen Magnets What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A flat... Read more
Read more 23.5: Mandala Tower Entries Posted – Winners Announced Dec 3, 2012 by Zen Magnets 12 total entries from submitted in the December 2012 Mandala... Read more
Read more 23: Mandala Tower Nov 7, 2012 by Zen Magnets The entire contest.zenmagnets.com site has been updated! More... Read more
Read more 22.5: Magnet Shadow Entries Posted – Winners announced Nov 7, 2012 by Zen Magnets 16 total entries submitted in the October Shadow Projection... Read more
Read more 22: Shadow Projection Oct 5, 2012 by Zen Magnets Unlike most magnet contests, the focus of the October contest... Read more
Read more 21.5: 9-Triangle Subunit contest entries – Winners Announced Oct 1, 2012 by Zen Magnets Contest 21: Winners Announced. entries from all skill levels in... Read more
Read more 20.5: Letter Drive winners Sep 20, 2012 by Zen Magnets All of the letters have been collected. Almost all the magnets... Read more
Read more 21: 9-Triangle Subunit Sep 7, 2012 by Zen Magnets The September contest is to build a sculpture using only... Read more
Read more 20: Essay Contest – Don’t Ban Magnet Spheres Jul 25, 2012 by Zen Magnets Click Here to Sign the SaveMagnets.com Petition Submissions... Read more
Read more 19.5: Icosa-Dodeca entries – Winners Announced Jul 23, 2012 by Zen Magnets Winners Announced! Another incredible turnout, and many... Read more
Read more 18.5: Two set spaceship entries posted – WINNERS ANNOUNCED Jul 15, 2012 by Zen Magnets WINNERS ANNOUNCED So after extended voting, the standings were... Read more
Read more 19: All out Icosahedral-Dodecahedral dual – Submissions closed. Jun 20, 2012 by Zen Magnets The June contest, is to build a sculpture with magnet sphere... Read more
Read more 18: Two Set Spaceship May 17, 2012 by Zen Magnets By popular Demand, the May contest is to make a two set... Read more
Read more 17.5: Headgear Entries – Winners Announced May 4, 2012 by Zen Magnets First Place Winner: Tend2it The winner of the April headgear... Read more
Read more 17: Hatch Magnetic Headgear Apr 19, 2012 by Zen Magnets This time Limit 1728 magnets, with no brand restrictions.... Read more
Read more 16.5: Subunit Contest Entries – Winners announced! Apr 2, 2012 by Zen Magnets Contest 16: Winners Announced In a massive contest of 33... Read more
Read more 16: Subunit Show Mar 22, 2012 by Zen Magnets Here’s your chance to show off your favorite subunit. Pick one... Read more
Read more 15.5: Contest 15 Entries – Winners Announced Mar 5, 2012 by Zen Magnets Contest 15: Winners Announced 1st Place The Rare Zen Seahorse... Read more
Read more 15: Milkdrop Feb 20, 2012 by Zen Magnets Start with a messy blob of 216 to 432 Zen Magnets, and without... Read more
Read more 14.5: Sphere Race Results Feb 12, 2012 by Zen Magnets Winners posted. See Video Below. Available in 720p and... Read more
Read more 14: Mini Sphere Race Jan 24, 2012 by Zen Magnets Similar to last January, this month is a video contest to see... Read more
Read more 13.5: Snowflake Entries – Winners Announced Jan 5, 2012 by Zen Magnets #13Winners Announced! First Place: Nujabez Quite a mesmerizing... Read more
Read more 13: Snowflake Dec 7, 2011 by Zen Magnets Yesterday the fields were only grey with scattered snow, And... Read more
Read more 12.5: Gyroid Created. Nov 28, 2011 by Zen Magnets Here’s the completed gyroid in all of it’s glory: Make sure to... Read more
Read more 11.5: Butterfly entries. Winners announced! Nov 27, 2011 by Zen Magnets #11 Winners (Finally) Announced! First Place, again:... Read more
Read more 12: Wanted: The Gyroid Nov 7, 2011 by Zen Magnets What do butterflies, ketchup, microcellular structures, and... Read more
Read more 11: Butterfly Oct 18, 2011 by Zen Magnets Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but... Read more
Read more 10.5: Magnet Tree Entries. Winners announced. Oct 2, 2011 by Zen Magnets First Place: YoYoBandalore Professionally shot and constructed... Read more
Read more 10: Magnet Sphere Tree Sep 16, 2011 by Zen Magnets Lots of lateral liberty on the the Zen Magnet Challenge of... Read more
Read more 9.5: 2R-Hex Building entries. Winners announced! Sep 2, 2011 by Zen Magnets It wasn’t easy trying to model architecture, with only 432... Read more
Read more 9: 2R-Hex Architecture Aug 15, 2011 by Zen Magnets The contest of August ’11, is to form a building, using 24... Read more
Read more 8.5: Cityscape entries are in. Aug 2, 2011 by Zen Magnets Some of the most elaborate entries yet. Ctrl+Click on the image... Read more
Read more 8.0: We’re back. Wanna build a city? Jul 14, 2011 by Zen Magnets We’re back! And the contest for the month of July to make the... Read more
Read more 7.6: TP Macro results. Also some bad news. Jun 10, 2011 by Zen Magnets In first place is a Toilet paper lily and a Zen vase by... Read more
Read more 7.3: We don’t know how to judge these. Help! Jun 8, 2011 by Zen Magnets Having an incredibly hard time picking out a winner here at Zen... Read more
Read more 7: Macro Zen and the art of Toilet Paper prop placement. May 4, 2011 by Zen Magnets This one’s silly. Credit goes to our gallery members. First... Read more
Read more 6.5: Art contest voting at r/openart Apr 4, 2011 by Zen Magnets There are a hundred entries! Quite impressive goodies inside,... Read more
Read more 6: The Zen Open Art Contest. Mar 9, 2011 by Zen Magnets This is by far the most we’ve ever put into a contest, because... Read more
Read more 5.5: Magnet Homunculus Results Mar 6, 2011 by Zen Magnets The Winner : Mecha Warrior v2.0 by Tend2it Click above to see... Read more
Read more 5: Magnet Homunculus Feb 11, 2011 by Zen Magnets Make a standing humanoid figurine out of magnet spheres, and... Read more
Read more 4.5: Cube Race Results Feb 9, 2011 by Zen Magnets Watch this short and silly video: As noted by gallery members,... Read more
Read more 4: Cube Race Jan 13, 2011 by Zen Magnets This is a video contest is to see who can make the fastest... Read more
Read more 3.5: Cybernetics Core Results Jan 9, 2011 by Zen Magnets The Winner – Ben A. A total of 9 entries were received, and the... Read more
Read more 3: Crucial Protoss Tech Building Dec 10, 2010 by Zen Magnets The next contest is to build a cybernetics core (SCII) out of... Read more
Read more 2.5: Viking 1 results Dec 5, 2010 by Zen Magnets First Place goes to WTG_Fireflex. Great representation, and... Read more
Read more 2: Happy Carl Sagan Day Nov 6, 2010 by Zen Magnets “We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it’s... Read more
Read more 1: Introducing Contests. ZenMagnets.Com Nov 3, 2010 by Zen Magnets The zen gallery community has been scoring free magnets for as... Read more