First grade Mackinac Island students Ava Sehoyan and her brother, Leon, enjoy resident Jay Barch's snow rendition of nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty. The egg-shaped character and his wall of snow won top prize in the Mackinac Island snow sculpting contest Friday, February 19. (Photograph by Allison Sehoyan) Jay Barch of Mackinac Island took top prize in the Island's snow sculpting contest Friday, February 19. He crafted the egg-shaped nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty from snow and placed him atop a block wall also made of snow.

Taking second place was Madison Gamble with her three little snowmen and in third was a snow turtle created by Ike Bunker, Jr.

The winners were awarded cash prizes of $100 for first place, $50 for second, and $25 for third.

The contest, originally a part of Winter Festival activities February 6 and 7, had been postponed two weeks over a lack of good packing snow. The festival is organized by Mackinac Island Recreational Development, with proceeds used to support recreational activities throughout the year.