We just published our blog post announcing the winners in our SnailBlitz 2017 photo contest! https://nhm.org/nature/blog/winning-snails-and-slugs

Congratulations to the winners!
Grand Prize Winner: @ajzellmer www.inaturalist.org/observations/5119199
Best Snail Photo: @alex_bairstow http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5255745
Best Slug Photo: @dlbowls http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5240455
Rarest Snail/Slug Photo: @silversea_starsong http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5179160

Also congrats to these runners up!
Grand Prize Runner up: @finatic http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5496346
Best Snail Photo Runner up: @alex_bairstow http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5255748
Best Snail Photo Runner up: @alex_bairstow http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5209387
Best Slug Photo Runner up: @kimssight http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5092479

Thanks again to everyone who participated in SnailBlitz 2017! We look forward to doing it again in 2018!

Sincerely,

NHMLA Citizen Science Program

What a tremendous SnailBlitz! Thank you for your incredible documentation of land snails and slugs in Southern California! Your data will be put to good use, and many of your photos are beautiful.

One addendum to the previous post: we'll be announcing the winners of the photo contest categories AFTER April 7. We want to coordinate the announcement of the SnailBlitz winners with the kickoff of the City Nature Challenge, which runs April 14-18th: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2017-los-angeles

Please continue to add to the SLIME project: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/slime

Thanks again!

Will your snail or slug photo be a winner? Every eligible observation you submit will automatically get entered into our #SnailBlitz photo contest. On April 7 we will announce the winners.

CONTEST CATEGORIES:
• Grand Prize Winner
• Best Snail Photo
• Best Slug Photo
• Best Snail/Slug Meme (must be generated using #SnailBlitz eligible photo)
• Rarest Snail/Slug Photo

PRIZES
• Grand Prize Winner will receive:

• free lunch and behind the scenes tour for you and 3 friends with Jann Vendetti @jannvendetti (NHMLA Curator of Malacology)

ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for the photo contest, the photo must meet the following criteria:

1. Photo of a wild snail or slug, no pet snail or slug photos. Must be a land snail or slug (no marine or freshwater snails/slugs).
2. Taken in Southern California, defined as the ten southernmost counties in California (i.e., San Luis Obispo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties and all counties south of these).
3. Taken between February 1 and March 31, 2017 (winners will be announced on April 7)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
*By submitting photos to the SnailBlitz 2017, and the SLIME project, the photographer is granting the Museum the rights (1) to reproduce the photos for any Museum purpose, (2) to allow others working with the Museum to do the same, and (3) to use her or his name in connection with publicizing the SLIME project.
**The Museum reserves the right to substitute other prizes of equivalent value.