Wikipedia:Wiki Science Competition 2019 in the United States/Results

in the United States

The 2019 Wiki Science Competition in the United States announces its national finalists, all of which will advance to the international phase of the competition. The Wiki Science Competition is an international science photography competition first organized in Estonia, expanding in 2015 to all of Europe, and in 2017 to the rest of the world. The U.S. branch of the competition was organized by Wikimedia District of Columbia.

Participants uploaded their submissions during November and December 2019. The U.S. competition received 1,144 contributions across six categories. These included 359 general images, 333 images of wildlife, 76 images of people in science, 161 microscopy images, 59 non-photographic submissions, and 156 images as part of sets. The jury selected six winners in each category to represent the United States at the international level. Of the 28 awardees, only 5 had previous contributions to Wikimedia Commons. In addition, the panels selected eight submissions as "Jury's Choice" awards, each of which receives a $250 prize from Wikimedia District of Columbia.

Thanks to our volunteer judges for their efforts. The jury for the U.S. competition is John P. Sadowski of Wikimedia District of Columbia; Esther Jackson of the New York Botanical Garden; Ian Ramjohn of the Wiki Education Foundation; Laura Soito of the University of New Mexico; Jamie Flood of the National Agricultural Library; and Kevin Payravi of Wikimedia District of Columbia.

All finalists
All 25 U.S. finalists are displayed below. The full results gallery contains more information about the winning photographs, including the complete winning image sets.