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Winning Emojis!
POKED STUDIO/ J. BALL
In Science World’s September 23, 2019, issue, we invited students to enter our “Design an Emoji” contest. It challenged readers to create original emojis that met the criteria established by the Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit organization that manages what emojis end up on your devices. As described in the article All About Emojis, each new emoji needed to be easily recognizable, useful for communication, and likely to be used by people around the world.
Now, after much deliberation, the Science World editors have selected the top three designs—and had a professional illustrator bring them to life! Take a look at this bustling emoji city. Can you spot the three winners?
SOPHIA RAINS
EMOJI: Climate Change/ Global Warming
CREATOR: Sophia Rains, Hutchinson Middle School in Memphis, Tennessee
DESCRIPTION: Sophia designed this emoji to help raise awareness about climate change. “Global warming is a huge problem in today’s world,” she says.
EMMA PARDO
EMOJI: LGBTQ+ Flags
CREATOR: Emma Pardo, Sheridan School in Washington, D.C.
DESCRIPTION: These inclusive emojis represent those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or other sexualities or genders. “Everyone should be able to express themselves through emojis!” writes Emma.
FOREST WONG
EMOJI: Hangry
CREATOR: Forest Wong, Gilbert Middle School in Gilbert, Iowa
DESCRIPTION: Have you ever wanted to tell your friends that you haven’t eaten yet and you’re starting to get grouchy? This emoji is perfect for when you want to describe “just how mad and hungry you are,” writes Forest.
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