Here are the lucky winners of this year’s Sticky Rice Annual Photo Contest! Thank you for all your hard work and thank you to all those who submitted! Congratulations!!!

The Best Overall:

Megan Carr’s “Reflections of a Thai Preteen”

Captured here is the emotions of a Thai preteen teetering between the innocence of youth and the social norms of Thai womanhood. Taken during the preparation of Thai Day at my school.

The Traditional:

Caitlin Elder’s “Watching the monks chant during Loi Krathong in Chiang Mai”

The Festive:

Anika Goyal’s “Festive and Fun”

My first month at site we celebrated Songkran, Thai New Year. During the day we made merit to the elderly at the wat. Then, in the evening my counterparts showed me where the party was at in Sukhothai city. This holiday is celebrated with water and so that is what we did. Water guns, foam, loud music, and thousands of dancing Thai people makes for a great New Year’s celebration.

The Unexpected: 

Erin Hardin’s “A Small Distraction”

A cat hopped up on stage during a tribute to the King on Dec. 5th, 2016