1979 Small World Competition Winners
- 1st Prize - Paul W. Johnson
Specimen: Stalked protozoan
- 2nd Prize - David Gnizak
Specimen: A broad spectrum antibiotic, doxycycline
- 3rd Prize - John V. Atkinson
Specimen: Bisphenol-A crystallized from methanol
- 4th Prize - DoSuk Duke Lee
Specimen: Recrystalized Acetotoluidine
- 5th Prize - John C. Walsh
Specimen: Young female Daphnia with single egg
- 6th Prize - Franco G. Frezzato
Specimen: Franxinus (timber)
- 7th Prize - Christine Skirius
Specimen: Alizarin crimson pigment
- 8th Prize - J. Jackal
Specimen: Micro mount hydrous calcium sulfate
- 9th Prize - Dorothy Rutherford
Specimen: Newt stomach
- 10th Prize - David Gnizak
Specimen: An antibiotic, doxycycline
- 11th Prize - Harriet Goldstein
Specimen: Butterfly wing
- 12th Prize - Alyce Eisenhouer
Specimen: Unicolor E-6 bleach crystals
- 13th Prize - W. William Nash
Specimen: Etched silicon, single crystal
- 14th Prize - Susan M. Daley
Specimen: Muscle tissue in tongue
- 15th Prize - Lisa R. Grillone
Specimen: Exquisetum root
- 16th Prize - John E. Turner
Specimen: Pollen grains of Oenothera biennis
- 17th Prize - James W. Fontaine
Specimen: Neutral red dye precipated on fungal zoospore
- 18th Prize - Scott Mitchener
Specimen: Finger holding grass
- 19th Prize - Gerald W. Tonkovich
Specimen: Resorcinol crystals
- 20th Prize - Steve Downing
Specimen: Thread cell from the slime gland of a hagfish
