A panel of three distinguished judges has been named for the 2022 Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge, which is currently accepting entries. Judges for this year’s competition will include Marc Adams, Ana Rothman, and William Sampson.

Marc Adams founded the Marc Adams School of Woodworking and has been woodworking professionally for more than 40 years. His work has appeared in many books and national magazines, including on the cover of Fine Woodworking. His Technical Techniques video series was awarded four Telly awards. This will be his fifth time as a judge for the Veneer Tech Craftsman Challenge Awards. In May of 2017, Adams received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Indianapolis. The Governor of Indiana awarded Adams with a Sagamore of the Wabash, which is Indiana’s highest civilian honor.

Ana Rothman is vice president of sales and estimating at Montbleau & Associates in San Diego, California. She has worked for the last 15 years as a liaison to the Architecture and Design community in addition to handling marketing and sales for the company. Prior to working at Montbleau, she worked for 17 years at a large interior design firm in San Diego. Her emphasis was in the design of large corporate offices.

William Sampson is a lifelong woodworker and previously served as a judge for the Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge in four separate years. He was the editor of Fine Woodworking magazine in the early 1990s and founded WoodshopBusiness magazine, which he eventually sold and merged with CabinetMaker magazine. He helped found the Cabinet Makers Association in 1998 and was its first executive director. Today, as editorial director of FDMC magazine and Woodworking Network, he has more than 20 years of experience covering the professional woodworking industry.

Prizes include a Grand Prize of $1,500 available to the designer, craftsman, or manufacturer who enters the best work based on the expert panel’s view. But not only does the maker win, the Grand Prize awards also include $1,000 for the supplier of veneer for the winning piece and $500 to the salesman who sold the veneer. Category prizes of $500 each are available. Special awards or honorable mentions may be given at the discretion of the judges.

Enter at judgify.me/2023-craftsmans-challenge and post your entry, including photos, by June 9. Winners will be announced at a special event at AWFS in Las Vegas. For more information about the contest, go to the contest home page.