Results of Competition

In the latter half of 2025, we invited thinkers, mathematicians, creators, researchers, and enthusiasts from all walks of life to submit their interpretations, hypotheses, or creative responses to one of archaeology’s most intriguing enigmas: Scotland’s Carved Stone Balls (CSBs). With origins in the Neolithic era and no definitive explanation for their purpose, these artifacts open the door to endless speculation, imagination and exploration.

Entries could be submitted in four distinct categories namely: functional, cultural, imaginative and Ai enabled. By offering these four categories, we hoped to create space for rigorous analysis, rich cultural context, playful imagination, and cutting-edge technological insight. 

The entries were judged independently by an International Panel of Judges. Imagination-works is delighted to announce the winners of the competition in each category.