{"id":2960522,"date":"2026-04-22T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2960522"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:20:22","slug":"get-inspired-by-the-2025-arcgis-storymaps-competition-winners","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/sharing-collaboration\/get-inspired-by-the-2025-arcgis-storymaps-competition-winners","title":{"rendered":"Get inspired by the 2025 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition winners"},"author":9422,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101,37511],"tags":[398132,538552,781051,40161],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36611,380802],"class_list":["post-2960522","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-sharing-collaboration","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-competition","tag-geospatial-storytelling","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Karina Amalbert, 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition winner and 2025 guest judge, introduces the 2025 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition winners. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

Happy Earth Day!<\/p>\n

Esri\u2019s ArcGIS StoryMaps and Living Atlas of the World teams joined forces to co-host the 2025 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition<\/a>, inviting storytellers from around the world to submit stories in one of three categories: Environment, Infrastructure, and People.<\/p>\n

The challenge?<\/p>\n

Use Living Atlas<\/a> content \u2014 from data layers and satellite imagery to 3D basements and deep learning packages \u2014 to tell a geospatial story.<\/p>\n

We are honored to celebrate submissions from 55 countries and in 14 languages \u2014 and are excited to announce the category winners selected by our panel of dynamic guest judges<\/a>, along with three special awards from the Living Atlas and StoryMaps teams and a community choice!<\/p>\n

Ready to learn about the winning stories? View the video below, check out the 2025 ArcGIS StoryMaps Winners collection<\/a>, or \u2014<\/p>\n

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Join Karina Amalbert, 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition winner and a guest judge for our 2025 competition, as she shares her experience and perspective on this year\u2019s winning stories.<\/p>\n

Take it away, Karina!<\/p>\n

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Being a winner of the 2025 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition is much more than a title; it is an invitation to push innovation and ensure we portray stories with heart and resilience. As a 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition winner, I can tell the 2025 winners that you are about to see a spike in views \u2014 if you haven\u2019t already \u2014 and this is not something to take lightly.<\/p>\n

Your story matters. Our stories matter. This year, each of you showed us how important it is to combine storytelling with a call to action \u2014 a call to continue the hard work of preserving and conserving our spaces. StoryMaps is a tool that allows us to visualize complex and often underrepresented stories, and it is our responsibility as storytellers to keep pushing the geospatial field forward.<\/p>\n

Across the Environment, Infrastructure, and People categories, each winner demonstrated the responsibility inherent in geospatial storytelling and the interwoven relationship between technology and the voices of our communities. Whether focusing on humpback whales or the economic burdens of sandwich generations, each story reminded us that narratives are only as powerful as our commitment to ensuring all audiences can access them.<\/p>\n

From the judges and the global StoryMaps community, thank you for sharing your stories and allowing us to celebrate you as the 2025 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition winners!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2962974,"id":2962974,"title":"winner-blog-sep-enviro","filename":"winner-blog-sep-enviro.png","filesize":20097,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blog-sep-enviro.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/sharing-collaboration\/get-inspired-by-the-2025-arcgis-storymaps-competition-winners\/winner-blog-sep-enviro","alt":"Graphic separator for Environment category.","author":"345372","description":"","caption":"","name":"winner-blog-sep-enviro","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2960522,"date":"2026-04-17 17:29:42","modified":"2026-04-20 16:06:51","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":300,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blog-sep-enviro-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blog-sep-enviro.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":73,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blog-sep-enviro.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":120,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blog-sep-enviro.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":300,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blog-sep-enviro-1536x240.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":240,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blog-sep-enviro.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":300,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blog-sep-enviro-826x129.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":129,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blog-sep-enviro.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":300}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2962963,"id":2962963,"title":"winner-blg-survival","filename":"winner-blg-survival.png","filesize":2608636,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blg-survival.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/sharing-collaboration\/get-inspired-by-the-2025-arcgis-storymaps-competition-winners\/winner-blg-survival","alt":"Graphic of images and a map from the winning story.","author":"345372","description":"","caption":"","name":"winner-blg-survival","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2960522,"date":"2026-04-17 17:06:16","modified":"2026-04-20 16:07:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2000,"height":980,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blg-survival-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blg-survival.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":227,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blg-survival.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":376,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blg-survival.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":941,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blg-survival-1536x753.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":753,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blg-survival.png","2048x2048-width":2000,"2048x2048-height":980,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blg-survival-826x405.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":405,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/winner-blg-survival-1920x941.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":941}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Winner: A Fight for Survival: Isolated Indigenous Peoples of South America<\/a>\u202fby The International Working Group on Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact<\/h3>\n

A Fight for Survival reminds us of a crucial concept in storytelling: scale. The resistance of Isolated Indigenous Peoples of South America is skillfully conveyed through rich, dynamic maps that illustrate the interrelated relationship between their existence and the conservation of the region\u2019s biodiversity. The reader\u2019s attention remains anchored on South America as the map stays fixed while the data changes. This approach demonstrates how rooted-in-place maps can still be dynamic, effectively communicating the impact of data \u2014 in this case, the threats facing Isolated Indigenous Peoples.<\/p>\n

Geospatial storytelling concepts that this story excelled in:<\/p>\n