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Overwhelming success of the 'Chemistry for Humanity' poster competition Before the deadline (May 1st, 2006) 427 real pieces of art on paper arrived at SAW head quarters in Hatfield, UK. Electronic mailboxes had to be emptied several times per day, because of an overflow of 517 graphic files in various formats. Altogether we received 944 entries from 32 different countries. The posters were divided in two age categories: 10-13 and 14-16.
Science Across the World (SAW), the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry's (IUPAC) Committee on Chemical Education (CCE) and the Korean Chemical Society (KCS) collaborated over the past year to launch and administer this global poster competition. Students were asked to visualize their ideas about 'Chemistry for Humanity'. - Relevance to the theme: chemistry related to humanity;
- clear message, communication value;
- artistic value: colour, composition;
- understandable by people all over the world (no or little text).
Preselection (long list) on showOut of the 944 entries, 13 posters (10-13) and 41 posters (14-16), both paper and electronic entries were chosen. A display of these posters was shown at the IUPAC conference: International Conference on Chemical Education in Seoul, Korea in August 2006. Around 300 chemists from all around the world could admire this selection.  Prizes 10-13 category
Jerika C. Shi, Philippines (10) from Saint Jude Catholic School in Manila (jury: striking colours, clear message, good poster design, prize: i-pod) Runners up
Lily Wang, Taiwan (13)
Annie Chen, Taiwan (11) Prizes 14-16 category   Ronalyn T. Yu, Philippines (14) from Philippine Tiong Se Academy in Manila (jury: colourful, noticeably chemical, happy clear message, comprehensive, effective poster design, energetic, prize: gameboy)
Maria Prasilova, Slovak Republic (16) from Sec Gram Slovak-English Bilingual School J.M. Hurban in Cadca (jury: well thought out, creative idea, well drawn, prize: mp3 player)
Hsin-Wei Wang, Taiwan (14) from Taipei Municipal Chin-Hwa Junior High School in Taipei (jury: striking, familiar figure, excellent drawing, very related to topic, prize: mp3 player) Runners up
Mary Ann Soheil Mansour, Egypt (14)
Magy Ezzat Gaber, Egypt (14)
Patrick Chen, Taiwan (14)
Jiang Huifan, China (15)
Tok Wing Ten, Malaysia (16)
Amanda Kaenzle, USA (15)
Feng Haochen, China (13) + Qin Zhiqiang, China (16)
Andrea Albu, Romania (14)
Daniela Vilela Morimoto, Brazil (16) International teamTeams from Bulgaria (96 SOU 'Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy' in Sofia) and China (Zhanjiang Chinese-English School in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province) collaborated on the best 'international' poster.  Youngest participantIrina Polishchuk (7) from Russia, Vladivostok joined her parents to the conference and 'secretly' added her poster to the selected posters! Teachers with most quality entriesMariam El Agamy from Egypt, El Nasr Girls College in Alexandria (prize: data logger) Runners up
Xing Huanyun from China, No 1 Middle School of Qixian in Qixian
Razel Nubla from the Philippines, Philippine Tiong Se Academy in Manila Certificate of recognitionAll winners and runners up got a certificate of recognition, signed by Marianne Cutler, director of the Science Across the World programme and Prof Bryan Henry, president of IUPAC. Final remarksWe received entries in many different languages, which needed e.g. downloading Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Bulgarian and Arabic character sets before opening. We received entries from ages 7 up till 20 and files up to 17,5 mB. A few teachers told their students to write the source of their used electronic pictures. The receipt of entries from art teachers and art studios was very encouraging.
Several of the winning posters will be published in Chemistry International, the news magazine of IUPAC. Jury verdictOur distinguished panel of judges could hardly manage to choose the winners: too much creativity, imagination and ability! Thanks a lot for accomplishing this great job! Text: Lida Schoen
Pictures: Choon Do, Lida Schoen October 2006
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