GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Butler County man placed fifth in a national art contest here.

The winners of ArtPrize were announced Thursday night, and Bill Secunda of Summit Township took fifth place with a life-size sculpture of a moose made of 1,200 pounds of welded steel nails.

"Are you kidding me? It's the world's largest art prize. We were thrilled," Secunda said this morning from Grand Rapids about being in the competition and placing fifth.

He will bring home $7,000.

"I guess I'll start building next year's project," he said of what he might do with his winnings.

The top winners competed for one of the world's largest art prizes: $250,000 for first place.

There were 1,262 entries competing. The public voted for 10 finalists after the first week and then voted for their favorites among the finalists to determine the winners.

A $100,000 prize was given for second place, $50,000 for third and $7,000 for each artist who finished fourth through 10th.