2013 Contest Winners

Photography Contest

Finding your way around the beach.
ESW 2013 Contest Photography Winner (Libby Hinchliff)

Libby Hinchliff of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, won first place in the photo contest with her photo of her little sister trying to find her way around the beach.

Submissions illustrated the theme “Mapping My Community.”

Finalists

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ESW 2013 Contest Photography Finalist (Adam Stibla)

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ESW 2013 Contest Photography Finalist (Elaina Zodiatis)

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ESW 2013 Contest Photography Finalist (Kailee Loving)

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ESW 2013 Contest Photography Finalist (Kelly Yang)

Visual Art Contest

Satellite mapping service for cell phone users.
ESW 2013 Contest Visual Art Winner (Briana Davis)

Briana Davis of Wichita, Kansas, won first place in the visual arts contest with a creative drawing of a satellite mapping service for cell phone users.

Students in grades K-5 made two-dimensional artworks illustrating the theme “Making Maps Through the Ages.”

Finalists

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ESW 2013 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Canyon Garner)

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ESW 2013 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Holly Gehman)

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ESW 2013 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Ian Bench)

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ESW 2013 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Swetha Karthikeyan)

Essay Contest

Saving Lives With Geological Maps

Geoscientists use geological maps in many ways to improve our lives. They are an important tool in understanding the earth’s structure, locating natural …

Mason Port

Mason Port of Woodstock, Georgia, won first place in the essay contest with a short paper on seismologists and engineers using fault maps to understand potential earthquake hazards.

Students in grades 6-9 wrote essays of up to 300 words addressing this year’s theme, “How Geoscientists Use Maps.”

The views and assertions presented in essays are neither endorsed by nor reflect the positions the American Geosciences Institute.

Finalists

Mapping Our World

Geoscientists use maps to examine and analyze the world on a larger scale. Maps enable people to understand how the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere are all …

How Geoscientists Use Maps

Geoscientists study and map the distribution of rocks exposed at the Earth’s surface. They look at how they are folded, fractured and altered by geological processes …

Mapping Our World Essay

In order to monitor interactions among the Earth systems, geoscientists must use maps. These maps help us meet challenges and make the most of opportunities in areas such as …

How Geoscientists Use Maps

Geologists reconstruct the past and foresee the future by understanding how Earth’s materials, structures, processes and organisms have changed over time. To make …

Contest winners from other years