1978 Small World Competition Winners
- 1st Prize - David Gnizak
Specimen: Gold, vaporized in a tungsten boat
- 2nd Prize - Lynne Osman Elkin
Specimen: Thin section of a leaf of Dicanthium annulatum
- 3rd Prize - John E. Turner
Specimen: Tradescantia filament trichromes
- 4th Prize - James C. Carlisle
Specimen: Scale from silver dollar fish
- 5th Prize - James Bell
Specimen: Resorcinol crystals
- 6th Prize - Ralph Elston
Specimen: American oyster larva stained with India Ink and eosin
- 7th Prize - Stephen Skirius
Specimen: Fish scales of Pomoxis annularis
- 8th Prize - Andre Gorzynski
Specimen: Photochemical bleach crystal
- 9th Prize - Paul Kolsanoff
Specimen: Kodak Ektamatic activator
- 10th Prize - Stephen Skirius
Specimen: Pigment in scale of large mouth bass
- 11th Prize - Susan E. Brown
Specimen: D19 stock solution crystals, 2 hours old
- 12th Prize - John J. Kroll
Specimen: Sodium chloride crystal in salt solution
- 13th Prize - Paul Chapello
Specimen: Crack propagation specimen
- 14th Prize - Stephen Skirius
Specimen: Hexanitrodiphenylamine high-explosive crystals
- 15th Prize - James Bell
Specimen: Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) crystals
- 16th Prize - Lynne Osman Elkin
Specimen: Thin section of a corn leaf
- 17th Prize - William H. Love
Specimen: Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) crystals
- 18th Prize - Brian D. Leavy
Specimen: Edge of clinopyroxene crystal in epoxy mount
- 19th Prize - H.S. Baird
Specimen: Tongue of a fly
- 20th Prize - Brian N. Ivanovic
Specimen: Pupa of holly leaf miner
