Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: West Chicago High School Entry Title: Absolutely Not Entry Credit: Alyson Dusing Judge Comment: Nice infographic! The text is a little hard to read but the illustrations make up for it.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Maine West High School Entry Title: From seed to soil Entry Credit: Joey Murphy Judge Comment: Simple but powerful and informative.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Normal Community High School Entry Title: Executive order threatens protections across 112 million acres of U.S. Forests; Science teachers react Entry Credit: Bryce Hickman Judge Comment: The map is great! However, the Florida parks are interfering with the text below.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: Maine West High School Entry Title: Levelling up the playing field Entry Credit: Joseph Murphy, Noah Abero Judge Comment: Nice graphic. I think there may be a couple of typos. (Levelling is the British spelling, and should Blinding Layer be Binding Layer?)
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: West Chicago High School Entry Title: [INFOGRAPHIC] What’s in your backpack? Entry Credit: Romeo Alfaro Judge Comment: Excellent, but technically it is stand-alone and should have been entered in the "Best Alternative Storytelling" category.
Competition Comment: All were very well done! Hard to pick a winner so I had to eliminate some on technicalities.