2010 Contest Winners
Photography Contest
ESW 2010 Contest Photography Winner (Adam Yurigan)
Adam Yurigan of Vero Beach, Florida, won first place in the photo contest with his image of car drivers and bicyclists traversing a landscape of power plants and lamp posts.
Submissions illustrated the theme “We Depend on Energy.”
Finalists
ESW 2010 Contest Photography Finalist (Aaron Noriega)
ESW 2010 Contest Photography Finalist (Christina Forbes)
ESW 2010 Contest Photography Finalist (Juri Fukuda)
ESW 2010 Contest Photography Finalist (Kennedy Mirocha)
Visual Art Contest
ESW 2010 Contest Visual Art Winner (Darwin Lau)
Darwin Lau of Virginia Beach, Virginia, won first place in the visual arts contest with a colorful drawing of energy sources, uses, and users in her community.
Students in grades K-5 made two-dimensional artworks illustrating the theme “Energy on Earth.”
Finalists
ESW 2010 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Allison Crane)
ESW 2010 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Sebastian Barrios)
ESW 2010 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Shanti Vega)
ESW 2010 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Vennela Sri Kantamaneni)
Essay Contest
Kayli Hall of Paradise, Texas, won first place in the essay contest with her writing about where energy comes from, how it affects the environment, and ways people can be effective stewards of resources.
Students in grades 6-9 wrote essays of up to 300 words addressing this year’s theme, “How Energy Powers the Planet.”
The views and assertions presented in essays are neither endorsed by nor reflect the positions the American Geosciences Institute.