September 11-14, 2025 I participated in the Orlando Pen Show as a vendor as well as participating in the Penmaker Challenge AND I WON THE CHALLENGE. I have turned this winning entry into my new "Display-Dropper" offering.

This year the judging of entries changed as Steve Zazzaro, one of the Orlando Pen Club members put together a panel of 6 judges, from across the pen industry as well as regular pen users and charged them to rank each pen on a set of criteria with a maximum score of 100 on any single pen. The categories and maximum weights were:

• Adherence to Theme - 30 Points
• Technical - 25 Points
• Writing Comfort - 15 Points
• Aesthetics - 15 Points
• Creativity - 15 Points