Creston Clay Fest 2026 Teapot Showcase & Awards

Think you've made an amazing teapot? We want to see it!  Whether your style is elegant, whimsical, traditional, or completely unexpected, enter your teapot in our Teapot Showcase & Awards. This is a fun event, intended to inspire potters to make new work, stretch their limits, and share their ideas. You may enter up to three teapots.  

 

Awards

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🏆 People's Choice Award $100 prize
Every Clay Fest visitor gets a vote. The teapot with the most votes wins!

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🏆 Judges' Choice Award $100 prize
Awarded to the teapot that best combines beauty, craftsmanship, and functionality.

Judges will consider:

• Aesthetic appeal

• Functionality

• Quality of construction

• Surface decoration

• Overall finish

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🏆 Most Imaginative Teapot Award $100 prize
How creative can you get?

Animal, vegetable, mineral, mythical creature, flying saucer, or something from another dimension—we want to see your most imaginative creation!

Just remember: it still has to work as a teapot.

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Entry Rules

• Everyone is welcome to enter—you do not need to live in the Kootenays.

• Your teapot must be functional: it must hold water and pour successfully.

• There is no fee to enter.

• You do not need to choose a category. Every entry is automatically eligible for all awards.

• You may enter up to three teapots.

• You do not need to be present to win.

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Judging & Awards

Judging will be completed and awards presented at 3:00 PM on Saturday, August 15.

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Entry Drop-Off

All entries must be received by 10:00 AM on Saturday, August 15.

You may drop off your teapot:

• Friday, August 14: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM at Eversfield Ceramics

• Saturday, August 15: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM at the festival before opening, at Eversfield Ceramics

 

Pick-Up

Please collect your teapot:

• Saturday, August 15: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (after the close of the festival)

• Sunday, August 16: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Alternative arrangements may be made with David Barnes.