Congrats on winning the prize, it's well deserved! The details on the heart are realistic and it looks a little gross but in a good way- and it's clear you used your references which is fantastic. The light flickering is a nice touch, if you decide you want to go further on this piece I would try animating the heart to pump with it. The veins have some banding (look it up or dm me if unfamiliar) with the shading, so breaking that up would give it a more organic look. The lines floating around the heart don't look very purposeful the way that they are. If the intent was to make it stand out from the background better, I would recommend simply darkening the background to give the heart more contrast. I also really like seeing the open hole on the top left so I think showing a couple of the right too would be *chefs kiss*. And lastly, I just really appreciate your interpretation of the theme. I love outside-the-box thinkers!