Wikipedia:Wiki Science Competition 2021 in the United States/Results

in the United States

The 2021 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 2021. The U.S. competition received 391 contributions across seven categories. These included 142 images of wildlife, 34 microscopy images, 24 non-photographic and video submissions, 7 images of people in science, 90 general category images, and 52 images as part of sets. The jury selected up to seven winners in each category to represent the United States at the international level. Of the 33 awardees, only 7 had previous contributions to Wikimedia Commons. In addition, the panels selected five submissions as "Jury's Choice" awards, each of which receives a $200 prize from Wikimedia District of Columbia.

Thanks to our volunteer judges for their efforts. The jury for the U.S. competition is listed below.

All finalists
All 42 U.S. finalists are displayed below. The full results gallery contains more information about the winning photographs, including the complete winning image sets.

Jury
Thanks to our volunteer judges for their efforts. The jury for the U.S. competition is:
 * John P. Sadowski, Wikimedia District of Columbia (coordinator)
 * Laura Soito, Director of Collections, University of New Mexico
 * Jamie Flood, Wikipedian-in-Residence at National Agricultural Library
 * Kevin Payravi, Wikimedia District of Columbia
 * Sandy Avila, Science Librarian at the University of Central Florida
 * Annie Rauwerda, University of Michigan neuroscience student and Depths of Wikipedia creator
 * Tochi Precious, Wikipedian-in-Residence at Moleskine Foundation
 * Danielle Jansen, Wikidataist-in-Residence at Maastricht University Library
 * Callan Carpenter, 2019 U.S. Jury's Choice Prize and International Runner-Up for "Killer whales hunting a seal"
 * Jeremy Axelord, 2019 U.S. Jury's Choice Prize and International QSORT Prize for "See the light"
 * Dustin Johnsen, 2017 U.S. Jury's Choice Prize for "The galaxy within"