1986 Small World Competition Winners
- 1st Prize - Dr. Steven F Lowry
Specimen: Hydra viridissima capturing Daphnia pulex
- 2nd Prize - Arthur Strange
Specimen: Anthoxyanin crystals fromBegonia x hiemalis 'Rieger'
- 3rd Prize - George Watchmaker
Specimen: Pluteus larvae just prior to metamorphosis
- 4th Prize - Edward E. Manley
Specimen: Dried Eosin Y / Thanol solution
- 5th Prize - John I. Koivula
Specimen: Termite trapped in African Copal resin
- 6th Prize - William Edward Schadel
Specimen: Sulfur and ketone crystals
- 7th Prize - Paul Fry
Specimen: Unstained Melophagus ovinus: Detail of Thorax
- 8th Prize - Roland O. Marsh, Jr.
Specimen: Dried Vitamin C
- 9th Prize - Charles M. Noasch
Specimen: Deformed crystals of p-Dichlorobenzene
- 10th Prize - Michael J. Klein, M.D.
Specimen: Cancellous bone from distal human femur
- 11th Prize - Gordon P. Lee
Specimen: Etched-enhanced faults in silicon water surface
- 12th Prize - Lorraine C. Poon D.D.S
Specimen: Cross section of osteon in dog mandible
- 13th Prize - Avinoam Tomar
Specimen: Early stage of sintering of powered bronze
- 14th Prize - Dennis D. Kunkel
Specimen: Fan-shaped thallus of Ancdyomene stellata
- 15th Prize - George Watchmaker
Specimen: Fresnel zone plates: defraction gradient
- 16th Prize - Lanier Rowan
Specimen: Trace element variations indolomite
- 17th Prize - Avinoam Tomer
Specimen: Iconography at the edge of copper screen
- 18th Prize - Arthur Strange
Specimen: Crystals extracted from Begonia x hiemalis 'Rieger'
- 19th Prize - John I. Koivula
Specimen: Australian yowah "nut" opal concentration
- 20th Prize - Jesus Ma Bermejo Garcia
Specimen: Spatiphyllum wallii - anther with pollen
