Valve recently announced all the winners of its Dreams & Nightmares Workshop Art Contest a few days back, on 22nd November 2021. The contest was aimed towards all the CS:GO community artists to come forward and share their creativity by designing certain weapon skins for the game.
Finally, four months later Valve has shortlisted a total of 17 submissions (weapon skins) from across the 15,000 submissions it had received. Each winning submission was rewarded $100,000 USD, taking the total prize money of the contest to $1.7 Million USD.
The contest originally offered a total prize of $1 Million USD which would have been split between 10 winning entries. However, the developers ended up selecting a total of 17 skins for the upcoming Dreams & Nightmares CS:GO Weapon Case.
The submission deadline for the contest was 21st October 2021, which gave all the creators a total of 91 days to come up with an idea and execute it. Out of 15,000 submissions, Valve finally selected 17 different weapon skins on 22nd November, giving away 1.7 Million USD to the shortlisted creators for their efforts.
Valve will continue to work with the artists over the coming weeks before releasing the skins in CS:GO. The skins will be rolled out as part of the Dreams & Nightmares CS:GO Weapon Case.
Here are all the shortlisted skins with complete information about their name, creator, description, and more.
Covert Skins
AK-47 | Nightwish [Pearlescent] - Created by Nextgenz
One of the two Covert skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This skin has a pearlescent effect to it and has the elements of deer, Scandinavian mythology, dream catcher, and black light.
Dream & Nightmares AK-47 - Nightwish
MP-9 | Starlight - Created by TheDanidem
One of the two Covert skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This skin is themed around a dream, with a unicorn as the centre figure, and the white areas of the weapon are reminiscent of a marble like material.
Dream & Nightmares MP-9 - Starlight
Classified Skins
MP-7 | Fear - Created by Niran
One of the three Classified skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This skin depicts abandoned souls falling into a pit of nightmares, "You can't escape your destiny".
Dream & Nightmares MP-7 - Fear
Dual Berettas | Beware of Sleeping - Created by Sebasteter and Kuch
One of the three Classified skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The creators of this skin have not spoken a lot about it, but that creepy smile is a pretty big sell.
Dream & Nightmares Dual Berettas - Beware Of Sleeping
FAMAS | Rapid Eyes - Created by Sparkwire and Druida
One of the three Classified skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This is a weapon finish based on REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, when most of the dreams occur, "Frantic are the eyes of the dreamer, what could they be seeing?"
Dream & Nightmares FAMAS - Rapid Eyes
Restricted Skins
XM-1014 | Zombie Offensive - Created by Okeyush
One of the five Restricted skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin shows a collection of zombified CT and T characters from CS:GO.
Dream & Nightmares XM-1014 - Zombie Offensive
PP-Bizon | Space Cat - Created by Maloo
One of the five Restricted skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin shows a character which looks like a cat, the creator describes it as "Paws of the universe".
Dream & Nightmares PP-Bizon - Space Cat
G3SG1 | Dream Glade - Created by Druida
One of the five Restricted skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin seems to be based on an eerie, magical forest, "A clearing in the forest of the mind."
Dream & Nightmares G3SG1 - Dream Glade
M4A1-S | Insomnia - Created by Madara and Blazer
One of the five Restricted skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. In this skin the creators have tried to integrate their work to Valve's universe while observing realism in every detail.
Dream & Nightmares M4A1-S - Insomnia
USP-S | Ticket To Hell - Created by Supremat
One of the five Restricted skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This skin is based on utilitarian design with numbers, labels, barcodes, and other technical information.
The QR code on the weapon is unique as it leads to the creator's Steam Workshop page.
Dream & Nightmares USP-S - Ticket To Hell
Military Spec Skins
Five-SeveN | Alpha And Omega - Created by Anbu and Kasim.Tattoo
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. No particular weapon description has been provided by the creator, as for the skin it seems to have random sketches all over it.
Dream & Nightmares Five-SeveN - Alpha And Omega
SCAR-20 | Chicken Fight - Created by Guardian Gear
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skins shows the popular CS:GO chickens fighting against each other, a nightmare for many fans.
Dream & Nightmares SCAR-20 - Chicken Fight
MAG-7 | Predictor - Created by Jerry and Zlo
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin focuses on an Octopus that is predicting between 'Win' and 'Loss', this might be a reference to 'Paul the Octopus'.
Dream & Nightmares MAG-7 - Predictor
P2000 | Flying In A Dream - Created by Des
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin is based on a classic dream of flying around, "When flying in dreams, do not forget to fasten your seat belt".
Dream & Nightmares P2000 | Flying In A Dream
Sawed-Off | Ouija - Created by Sorarox
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. This skin is based on an Ouija board which is also known as a spirit board or talking board.
Dream & Nightmares Sawed-Off - Ouija
MAC-10 | Pixies - Created by Catmagen and B3d
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The creator of the skin describes it as "Someone caught mischievous pixies and put them in a flask. Now they will always look at you, even if the drawing is erased."
Dream & Nightmares MAC-10 - Pixies
MP5-SD | Kid's Necronomicon - Created by Hook and Kvahu
One of the seven Military Spec skins that will be a part of the Dreams & Nightmares Weapon Case. The skin is based on a kid's version of what a Necronomicon (book of the dead) might consist of.
MP5-SD | Kid's Necronomicon
These are all the 17 weapon skins shortlisted by Valve as the winners of the Dreams & Mightmares art contest. They will soon feature in a weapon case though which they will be added in the game.