Judge's Winners & Runners-up

Palau Fish Stocks Story:

Youth Runner-Up & Winner

Runner-Up - Divyangana Vashist - Age 14 (Canada)

Winner - Jiandi Chi - Age 15 (Canada)

Adult Runner-Up & Winner

Runner-Up - Gustavo Soria - (Guatemala)

Winner - David Alegria - (Spain)

Thailand Air Quality Story:

Youth Runner-Up & Winner

Runner-Up - Iris Behr - Age 16 (UK)

Winner - Katie Chung - Age 16 (US)

United States Smoke Signals Story:

Youth Runner-Up & Winner

Runner-Up - Sofia Garzon - Age 11 (Columbia)

Winner - Nicholas Jean - Age 17 (US)

Adult Runner-Up & Winner

Runner-Up - Aral Olgun - (US)

Winner - Folahanmi Akinleye - (US)

List of winners

Palau Fish Stocks Story: 
Adult Winner – David Alegria, Spain 
Adult Runner-Up – Gustavo Soria, Guatemala 

​Youth Winner – Jiandi Chi, Canada, 
Youth Runner-Up – Divyangana Vashist, Canada

Thailand Air Quality Story: 
Youth Winner – Katie Chung, United States 
Youth Runner-Up – Iris Behr, United Kingdom

United States Smoke Signals Story: 
Adult Winner – Folahanmi Akinleye, United States 
Adult Runner-Up – Aral Olgun, United States 

Youth Winner – Nicholas Jean, United States 
Youth Runner-Up – Sofia Garzon, Columbia

People's Choice award winners

Palau Fish Stocks Story:

Youth - Ratnesha Gupta, Vanshika Soni, & Hitakshi Gupta - Ages 14-15 (India)

Adult - Gustavo Soria - (Guatemala)

Thailand Air Quality Story:

Youth - Amna Khan - Age 15 (Pakistan)

United States Smoke Signals Story:

Youth - Sofia Garzon - Age 11 (Columbia)

Adult - Aral Olgun - (US)

List of winners

Palau Fish Stocks Story: 
Adult Winner – Gustavo Soria, Guatemala 
Youth Winner – Ratnesha Gupta, Vanshika Soni, and Hitakshi Gupta, India 

Thailand Air Quality Story: 
Youth Winner – Amna Khan, Pakistan
 
United States Smoke Signals Story: 
Adult Winner – Aral Olgun, United States 
Youth Winner – Sofia Garzon, Columbia

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Our amazing finals judges

Illustration by Kris Pearn

Nicole Stott
Astronaut Artist

In awe of what she experienced from the heights of outer space to the depths of our oceans, Nicole has dedicated her life to sharing the beauty of space ~ and Earth ~ with others.  She believes that sharing these orbital and inner space perspectives have the power to increase everyone’s appreciation of and obligation to care for our home planet and each other. Learn about Nicole at: www.npsdiscovery.com

Illustration by Ripley Entmt

Kristin Laidre
​Scientist

Dr. Kristin Laidre is a Principal Scientist at the Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington. She is an Associate Professor at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. Kristin’s research is focused on broad questions about climate change impacts on Arctic marine mammals. She was named a Pew Marine Conservation fellow in 2017. 

Illustration by Nathan Fox

Nathan Fox
comic artist

Nathan Fox is an award-winning editorial illustrator and founder and Chair of the MFA Visual Narrative program and co-founder of the RisoLAB at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Nathan is co-creator and artist on the sci-fi thriller comic book series The Weatherman (@WM_Comic). Nathan’s sequential work has been published by Marvel, DC, Vertigo, Heavy Metal Magazine, Image comics, and Scholastic Graphix among others. You can find him on Twitter & Instagram @nathanfoxy​​.

Illustration by Deanna Johnson

Lawrence friedl
Scientist

Lawrence Friedl is the Director of the NASA Earth Science Division’s Applied Sciences Program. The Program aims to discover and demonstrate innovative and practical applications of Earth science. Prior to joining NASA, Lawrence worked at the US Environmental Protection Agency, focusing on geospatial applications, and served as a Space Shuttle Flight Controller. Lawrence has a Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Princeton. 

Illustration by Jim Toomey

Jim Toomey
Engineer artist

While working as an engineer, Jim began developing a comic strip in his spare time. The main character of his well-known Sherman's Lagoon comic, Sherman the Shark, is more than just a comic hero; he's an ocean champion, introducing people everywhere to our underwater world, and educating readers on the important challenges facing our ocean today. Currently, Jim works to make science and environmental issues understandable in short, entertaining and visually rich videos. More at: www.jimtoomey.com​

Illustration by Mostafa Moussa

Mostafa MoussA
comic artist

Mostafa Moussa is a 20+ year veteran of the comic book industry. Over his career he has worked for Marvel, DC, Image, Hasbro, IDW, and many other publishers. He recently had the opportunity to work on Batman, Superman and Flash for DC, and special projects for Marvel and Loot Crate. He resides in Houston, TX and is a HUGE fan of NASA. Check out more of his work at: www.MostafaINK.net​

Illustration by Hyesu Lee

HYesu lee
comic artist

Hyesu Lee (it's pronounced like "Heysu") is a Brooklyn, NY, based illustrator, artist, muralist, and educator who is driven by a curiosity about how people connect. She was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea.​ Check out her work at www.heyheysu.com and @​heyheysu on Instagram.

Illustration by Geneva Bowers

Geneva Bowers
comic artist

​Geneva Bowers occasionally works in other mediums, but most of her work is created digitally. She loves manipulating color and adding whimsy with a touch of realism and calm within her works. The inspiration for her work comes in many forms, but much is drawn from the wonders of nature!" Learn more about Geneva at: 
www.gdbee.art and @gdbee on Instagram.

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thank you to our Contest partners!

Thanks to these communication partners who are helping to promote this opportunity:
- Alabama State University Department of Visual Arts
- Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
- Brentwood School
- Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival
- Kayapinar Science and Art Center
- Girls Fly Programme Africa
- International Child Art Foundation
- International Museum of Art & Science
- Oakridge International School
- Renaissance Woman Consulting
​- Rhode Island School of Design, Illustration Department
- Sara Maria Ion​
- The Science Olympiad Foundation
- Shri Vidhya Mandhir
- The SpaceKind Foundation / Yuri's Night
- Srujana, Girlchild and Women Empowerment Association
- Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science
- Voronezh State Medical University

​Special thanks to Other World Computing for hosting our contest submission system!​

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