Several weeks ago campus community members were invited to create photos involving any of the late ceramic artist Robert Arneson's seven Egghead creations on campus. Billed as "Hatch a Photo," the contest took place Feb. 1 to March 2. Winners, culled from more than 100 entries, were recently chosen:

Non-student winners

First place — Nancy Morrow, Heads in the Clouds. Judge's comment: "Very charming and poignant use of the image and of Photoshop." Morrow is a lecturer in the University Writing Program.

Second place — Susie Nishio, with Elise Tidrick, Lindsay Davison, Chris Wallis and Evan Wallis, Plopper Lab Eggheads. Nishio is a staff research associate working in Charles Plopper's veterinary medicine laboratory.

Honorable mentions

• Nicole Docimo, Cannibalism #3. Docimo is a binding services assistant at Shields Library.
• Sam Sellers, A Rivalry. Sellers is a staff artist with the School of Law.
• Diana Coleman, Stargazer Stargazes. Coleman co-owns a new business, Coleman Photographic Images, with her husband in Sacramento.

Student winners

First place — Erica Coye, Watching (You). The photographer is an anthropology senior from San Jose.

Second place — Kimberley Yeh with Yousif Abudra, Over Easy. Yeh is a senior from San Francisco majoring in international relations.

All the winning photos, along with more information the photographers and how they created their photos ,can be found on the Eggheads Web site, eggheads.ucdavis.edu/winners.html.

The two first-place winners receive $200 gift certificates to the UC Davis Bookstore. Second-place awards receive $100 gift certificates to the bookstore.

Contest judges were Renny Pritikin of the Nelson Art Gallery; Larry Bogad, UC Davis Theatre and Dance; and Annabeth Rosen, the Robert Arneson Chair in Ceramic Sculpture, UC Davis Art and Art History.

Sponsors were the Department of Art and Art History; Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies; Nelson Art Gallery; and University Communications.