A new month is upon us which means more competitive building! Are you ready? Here’s the latest batch of LEGO contests and challenges from all around the AFOL community for June 2023 to help you find some inspiration and motivation to build! There’s nothing quite like a theme or a prompt to take you out of your comfort zone and give you something new to try. Besides, contests are the perfect place to interact with other contestants and judges and get to know your fellow builders. And if you’re like me, a deadline helps make sure you actually finish!
We’ve listed them in order of deadline so you can plan your building time to the best advantage. Make sure to check the LEGO activity calendar for local challenges and events near you. Here at BrickNerd, some of our fondest memories, greatest building achievements, coolest trophies, and best friendships came from LEGO contests, so we really hope you try some of these out. We look forward to seeing what you build!
2020 Competition: Miniaturize a Set
Build a mini model of an existing LEGO set of your choice. Your entry can be max 20x20x20 studs, but doesn’t have to be that big! The most important thing is being creative with the parts you have.
Deadline: June 3rd
Prize: 1st: 10255 Assembly Square, 2nd: 21334 Jazz Quartet, 3rd: 75356 Star Wars SSD, Random: 40478 Mini Disney Castle
Where to enter: Tips&Bricks Instagram
More DetailsGet your stormtrooper hat on for this May! With four different categories and prizes for each, there’s something Star Wars themed for everyone!
Deadline: June 5th
Prize: Lots of great prizes!
Where to enter: Eurobricks
More DetailsA multi-round contest with a focus on constraction creations, Bio-Cup is a great place to flex your character-building skills!
Deadline: Preliminary round ends June 6th @ 23:59 PDT
Prize: A plethora of prizes ranging from Bionicle sets, cash prizes and a trophy!
Where to enter: Flickr
More DetailsTo enter, build one or more 8x8 base habitat(s) that celebrates what Pride means to you, your loved ones, and/or the LGBTQ+ community.
Deadline: June 8th - June 10th
Prize: Just the fun of building!
Where to enter: Instagram
More DetailsWe all remember our first Disney film, watching it on repeat, singing along, and discovering our favorite new character. But what does Disney mean to you?
For this challenge, show your love for classic animation films using between 50 and 800 LEGO elements (approximately) to create:
Dioramas or iconic scenes, your favorite character or item, or what Disney means to you.
Deadline: June 13th (6 am EST)
Prize: The winner will have their build turned into an official LEGO set, which means they will receive 1% of the total net sales of the product,10 complimentary copies of your LEGO Ideas set, and credit and bio in set materials as the LEGO Ideas Fan Designer!
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
More DetailsBrickNerd Brigade at Brickworld
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, BrickNerd is going BIG at Brickworld Chicago! We are bringing a gigantic 10x-sized Nerdly and want you to bring any new or old custom Nerdly builds from Nerdvember to create the largest army of Nerdlies ever assembled!
Deadline: June 15th
Prize: Participants in the brigade will receive BrickNerd swag and be entered into a random draw for several small LEGO sets.
Where to enter: Brickworld Chicago
More DetailsKeep an eye open for the epic annual tournament style LEGO Middle Earth contest! There will be some awesome prizes and lots of fun to be had!
Dates: June 19th-August 16th
Prize: TBA
Where to enter: Discord
More DetailsBrickfilm Rapidly All Week Long or BRAWL is a contest in which you have exactly one week to write, animate, edit, and submit a brickfilm. Do you have what it takes?
Deadline: The contest will start June 24th, 2023 7:00 PM EST (Eastern Daylight Time), and will end July 1st, 2023 7:00 PM EST (Eastern Daylight Time).
Prize: There will be three winners who will have their choice (successively) of the 76218 Sanctum Sanctorum, the 10305 Lion Knight’s Castle, and 40501 Wooden Duck.
Where to enter: YouTube
More DetailsSingle’s Day is all about you! So, if you could do anything for yourself, what would that look like in LEGO? The fan vote winner of this challenge will have the exclusive opportunity to see their submission turned into an official LEGO Ideas Gift with Purchase set!
Your entry must be between 150 - 250 elements to be accepted.
Deadline: June 27th (6 am EST)
Prize: The grand prize winner will receive 21340 Tales of The Space Age, 21338 A Frame Cabin, 21337 Table Football, and 21335 Motorized Lighthouse, and will get the exclusive opportunity to have their model transformed into a new LEGO Gift with Purchase set!
Where to enter: LEGO Ideas
More DetailsThink about the joys hidden in our routines, the emotions that are hidden in the little things of everyday life that we often don't even notice. Deeply reflect on how many good feelings we experience in our daily lives and convey these emotions to your photos.
Deadline: June 28th
Prize: Just the fun of building!
Where to enter: BrickCentral Discord
More DetailsWBI Street Parade Contest
WBI has been asked to provide the street parade in the World Explorer Zone of LEGO House! We can’t think of a better reason for a contest!
Build a parade float around 40 studs long including characters on/around it! The floats will be placed on road plates and should be 12-13 studs wide.
Deadline: July 15th
Prize: The four winning entries will be displayed in Billund at LEGO House for approximately one year (starting in September 2023).
Where to enter: Instagram or Facebook
More DetailsWelcome all to the 8th annual Summer Joust!
There are plenty of new exciting categories and some familiar ones to keep you busy building a castle for the next two months! Head over to the dedicated Flickr group for details and to check out incredible prizes thanks to generous donations from Judges and several BrickLink stores.
Deadline: July 31st
Prize: Lots of epic prizes (sets and custom-built trophies) across all six categories, along with three overall prizes.
Where to enter: Instagram or Flickr
More DetailsAdventurers—the theme that brought us the man, myth, and minifig, Johnny Thunder and his fellow explorers and treasure seekers— has reached its 25th year! To celebrate this cornerstone theme of action and adventure we have three exciting categories for this contest.
Deadline: August 18th
Prizes: 48x48 size: 150 Euro LEGO shopping spree; 32x32 size: 100 Euro LEGO shopping spree; Vehicle category: 50 Euro LEGO shopping spree.
Where to enter: Eurobricks
More DetailsHappy building! See you here next month for our next LEGO community contest list. And if you would like us to add a contest, please email dave@bricknerd.com.
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