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CONTEST WINNER

She Found Mapman!

Courtesy the Day family

Courtesy Jim Picariello (Contest Winner)

In our Can You Find Mapman®? contest (see JS, January 6, 2020), we challenged you to figure out Mapman’s mystery destination—Lion Rock, Sri Lanka—then create a map of the country.

The grand-prize winner is Isla Day, 14, of the Bay School in Blue Hill, Maine. Congratulations to Isla and her teacher, Ian Chittenden.

We received nearly 3,500 entries from 33 states. Isla’s map (above) won for its clever design. “I know how important elephants are to Sri Lanka,” Isla says, “so I drew one of them creating the country by spraying water with its trunk.”

Isla’s colorful map features some of the things you’ll find in that South Asian country along with its national flag: carved masks, Buddha statues, and elephants.

Isla and her teacher will each receive $250. The 25 runners-up will each get a Mapman T-shirt. Mapman will soon head off to a new mystery location. Look for our contest in JS next year!

THE RUNNERS UP


Thea Andersen-Strait, Buffalo, NY • Kenny Bach, La Grange, IL • Caleigh Burrack, Lakewood, CO • McKenna Bush, Delhi, IA • Emily Corman, Oklahoma City, OK • Ashley Cunningham, Prescott, AZ • Ariel Fader, Union, KY • Stefania Gama, Sellersburg, IN • Liliana Griffis, Coral Springs, FL • Anjali Harikumar, New Milford, NJ • Mariya Joji, Norwood, MA • Chennah Kim, McAllen, TX • Hannah Lee, Portsmouth, RI • Eleanor Leon, Stroudsburg, PA • Sophie Majcher, Birmingham, AL • Ruby Mann, Omaha, NE • Teanekuma Pulini, Anchorage, AK • Amber Ramirez-Sanchez, Cincinnati, OH • Kadence Rausch-Frank, Big Stone City, SD • Mia Sabatini, Signal Mountain, TN • Isabelle Salazar, Glen Burnie, MD • Agata Siwinska, Chicago, IL • Julian Su, Shorewood, WI • Tyler Thalblum, Stilwell, KS • Jane Wang, Irvine, CA

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