Winner of the Alumni Choice Award at the SCAD Sand Arts Festival 2015 held in North Beach on Tybee Island, Georgia. The annual festival features competitions for sand castle, sand sculpture, sand relief and wind sculpture. (SCAD Sand Arts Festival)

North Beach in Georgia's picturesque Tybee Island was transformed into an art canvas for hundred of spectacular sand sculptures and castles created by students of the Savannah College of Art and Design for the in May.

Presented by the School of Foundation Studies, School of Fine Arts and the sculpture minor program, SCAD Sand Arts Festival featured competitions for sand castle, sand sculpture, sand relief and wind sculpture. Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary also sponsored an Underwater Sea Creature Award for the best creation from the deep, real or imagined.

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A panel of judges, including renowned sand sculptor Ted Siebert, selected winners for individual and team categories, spotlighting exemplary work. View the slideshow above for photos of some of the winning sculptures, and for some serious beach inspiration this summer.

View the complete list of 2015 SCAD Sand Arts Festival winners .