Birmingham-based attorney Alexander Shunnarah has announced the winners of his first ever billboard design competition.

The billboard king recently invited the public to create a new look for his empire of billboard advertisements across Alabama and surrounding states.

Shunnarah’s award-winning law firm this past week announced three triumphant designs from the contest, which came to a close on September 30. This came after 236 billboard designs were submitted from 168 applicants ranging in age from 7 to 82. Submissions were sent in from all over the nation, as well as a few from South America.

While the top three designs will win the prizes outlined in the contest rules, Shunnarah has also decided to send all of the applicants tokens of his appreciation for their participation and creativity.

“I am absolutely amazed by the talent and creativity in all of these billboard designs,” stated Shunnarah, who is president and CEO of his namesake firm. “Looking through each of the designs, I was blown away by every applicant’s hard work. I appreciate the time and thought each of the participants put into this design competition!”

The three winners were Drew Vincent, Nelson Leung and Anna Buckingham.

The first-place winner was Vincent’s design entitled, “Never Give Up,” as a way to motivate our nation to continue to stay positive when times get tough. Vincent’s design will be placed on an official Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys billboard.

Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn