All Category Winners
Our panel of illustrious judges, after hours of study and deliberation, awarded the following honors. The entries were incredibly strong. The competition was tough. Congratulations to all our contestants for fine work.
Longest taco streak - Stella Jorgensen
Best meal including tacos - Amelia Kauzlarich
Best homemade tortillas - Ike Banks
Best collaborative project (with social distance) - Jeannette Patric
Best homemade tortillas without tortilla press - Aurin Asbell
Fine Art - 2d - Sophie Kunka
Fine Art - Sculpture (3d) - Briar Greene
Fine Art - miscellaneous! - Brooke Hageman
Most scenic taco picnic (within social distance guidelines) - Myka Briggs
Taco story, taco goes on an adventure, coming-of-age story - Melanie Bakin
Best "not-taco" described in Spanish - Lily O'Shea
Best song about tacos - Julia Neville
Best-looking non-taco recipe - Food itself - Peyton Clanton
Best-looking non-taco recipe - Artistic presentation of recipe on paper or digitally - Adeline Gellert DePalma
Biggest Taco - Emme Pirwitz
Best taco garden planted - Samantha Stromberg
Best dessert Taco - Hope Brignoli
Best vegetarian/vegan tacos - Chloe Lampert
Best taco tutorial - Antonio Powers
Most local ingredients - Grace Taracka
Best video that teaches language - Max Stewart
Simplest taco - Olivia Mattern
Best original taco recipe - Seamus Fraser
Best breakfast tacos - Owen and Macy Smith
Funniest video that teaches household members to say Spanish words and phrases. - Isaac Johnson
Most elegant tacos - Hailey Gallagher
Best interpretative dance - Sorina Johnston
Most classic street tacos - Nylah Garling
Taco placed in a famous painting/literature/scifi fan fiction/etc. - Grace Wentzel
Best taco photoshoot - Morgan Trail
Best pet-food taco for a pet - Adriana Wright
Best taco plan with the most disastrous result - Leah Harrison
Best taco-like food - not from Latin America - Orion Pendley
Best head-to-head comparison - Lochlan Krupa
Best-drawn cartoon showing how to make tacos, or a story about a taco - Eunice Lee
Most inexpensive tacos - Solomon McCready
Most simply drawn cartoons that still teach and entertain - Jazmyn Taylor
Best new category for taco competition and entry in that category - Jacob Madison
Best Cinematography - Louis Babik
Highest elevation taco - Lia Poore
Finest interpretation of a Ms. Kruse recipe - Ashton Meyer-Bibbins
High Honors in Taco Achievement - Jenessah Seeber-Goss, Skylar Stekly