ANN: John Hunter SciPy 2015 Plotting Contest - Call for Entries by 4/13 (Cash prizes!)

3rd Annual SciPy Conference John Hunter Plotting Contest Open for Entries: Cash Prizes

In memory of John Hunter, creator of matplotlib, we are pleased to announce the Third Annual SciPy John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Competition. This open competition aims to highlight the importance of quality plotting to scientific progress and showcase the capabilities of the current generation of plotting software.

Participants are invited to submit scientific plots by 4/13/15. John Hunter’s family is graciously sponsoring cash prizes from $500-$1,000 for the contest and the winning entries will be announced and displayed at the conference.

Full requirements and submission details here: http://www.scipy2015.scipy.org/ehome/115969/276538/?&

See the 2014 Contest entries here for inspiration: http://stsdas.stsci.edu/download/mdroe/plotting/

The plots in here are great! However, I couldn’t figure out who won?

Cheers, Jody

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On 26 Mar 2015, at 12:55 PM, Courtenay Godshall (Enthought) <cgodshall@...120.....1036...> wrote:

See the 2014 Contest entries here for inspiration: 2014 Scipy John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest Entries — 2014 Scipy John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest Entries 1 documentation

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Jody Klymak