This year, five entries (marked as “winners”) received equal scores from the judges and have shared the prize. Seven additional images were recognized as Honorable mentions.
- Winner: Bubblegum Heart by Deanna Bousalis
- Winner: The Developing Heart by Deanna Bousalis
- Winner: Opposites Attract by Jonathan Bremer
- Winner: Family by Oliver Keller
- Winner: Moth-erhood by Scott Cinel
- Honorable Mention: A Study in Bilingualism by Leah Palmer
- Honorable Mention: Euglossa dilemma by Jonathan Bremer
- Honorable Mention: Myrmecophily by Geena M. Hill
- Honorable Mention: Form, Function, and Power by Christina A. Pacak
- Honorable Mention: Moth shadow puppetry by Geena M. Hill
- Honorable Mention: Gator Island by Allan Gonzalez
- Honorable Mention: Glossy Ibis by Derya Tansel
- Myrmecophily II by Geena M. Hill
- Crystals by Jessica Tami
- Cellular Plant Perspective 1 by Angela Skrivanek
- Anhinga and African Sacred Ibis by Derya Tansel
- Beauty is Skin-Deep by Kristen Solocinski
- Stuck On You by Scott Cinel
- Great Egret by Derya Tansel
- Nephron Staining by Kristen Solocinski
- Verticality by Scott Cinel
- Morphing the blue morpho by Scott Cinel
- Southern Swamp Bird by Chelsea Collison:
- Moon Jellies by Angela Skrivanek
- Hidden beauty of the oligodendrocyte by Pedro E Cruz
- Made Up by Ellen Knudson
- Shelf Fungus by Angela Skrivanek
- Feline Kidney Stone by Allison O'Kell
- Chromatographic Collection by Danielle Fagnani
- The Unreliable Naturalist by Megan Kean
- Swallowtail Butterfly by Derya Tansel
- Sounds of Nature by Allan Gonzalez
- Layout of a current mirror circuit by Gargi Beri
- Cellular Plant Perspective 2 by Angela Skrivanek
- Amphiuma by Allan Gonzalez
- Scanning Electron Microscopy of Fractured Alumina by Cody Kunka, Matthew DeVries
- Hydrogel Micro-architecture by Syed-Mustafa Jamal
- The Dreamers Guide to Mythobotany by Joshua P Hobson
- Cicadidae by Joshua P Hobson
- Forgotten Crystals by Kristen Solocinski
- First Bird Not a Bird at All by Megan Kean
- Megischus brunneus by Jonathan Bremer
- Pulling Away by Kristen Solocinski
- Life Cycle by Joshua P Hobson
- Anhinga by Derya Tansel
- Entangled by Kristen Solocinski
- Sluggish Steward by Conor MacDonnell
- False colour SEM image of polystyrene nanowires lurking under the cracked anodized aluminum oxide thin film by Sarathy Kannan Gopalakrishnan
- Gator Migration (aka student flow) by Tim Young
- Monarch Boards by Samm Wehman Epstein
- Austin Cary Forest Layers by Angela Skrivanek
- Danaus Plexipus by Joshua P Hobson
- Diurnal/Nocturnal by Joshua P Hobson
- Falling into Water by Kim Backer-Kelley
- V. Antipothe's Medica Botanicum by Megan Kean
- Skin deep by Deepa Danan
- Friends and Fieldwork by Allan Gonzalez
Six videos were also submitted to the contest this year.
The top score was received by Scott Cinel’s video “Slow-Motion spider”:
Video “Introduction to Ecosystem Services” by Conor MacDonnell
Video “Traveling Water” by Young GuHer
Video “Making Hope and 3D Printing Change” by Shannon Butts
Video “C. Elegans See Pieter Bruegel, or Problems of Mystic Positivism Movements I. – III.” by Aaron “Ernie” Williams-Roby (can be viewed at vimeo.com/189673925)
Video “realiti . exe” by Ashley Browne, Liz Herold, Brianna Piedra (can be viewed at vimeo.com/251239334)