My votes when to:

1. The hoarsewhisperer as previously it was a beautiful map and with the additions of the last few elements its a really beautiful fairytale map of clear quality.

2. The Buce for a really amazing map that had an amazing amount of attention and fine touches that you really have to study to appreciate. His border alone makes it an astounding piece, and unlike myself and the Hoarswhisperer he kept completely on target as far as the stated goal of the challenge.

Of the other entries there were several of notable quality that really deserve some serious recognition:

Xeonicus took a very hard perspective and executed it wonderfully and managed to make not just an illustration but a map of it. It was quite ambitious and I'd say they succeeded well.

Dragowlin's hand drawn map has a wonderfully unique feel and natural flow that make me hope they continue to enter challenges and put up maps for me to gawk at for a long time to come.