r/vexillology • u/Vexy Exclamation Point • Feb 27 '26

Contest February Contest Winners Thread

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The website above has a finalized standings page so you can see the final ratings for all flag submissions, their authors, and what you voted them (if you did).

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Prompt: Black History Month

This month, we want you to make a flag that symbolises black history month for Canada, Jamaica, or the United States.

Contest Top Entries

We had 59 submissions, here's the top 20 and best in each category:

Rank Username Submission Score Category
1 /u/HistoricalTrip5247 Horns of Freedom 3.853 Jamaica
2 /u/Brasitino_do_Sul The Abengs of Freedom 3.611
3 /u/Possumsurprise Black Liberation of the Island Paradise 3.563
4 /u/VertigoOne Afro-American Banner of Heritage and Hope 3.545 United States
5 /u/VertigoOne Black American Umoja/Unity Banner 3.441
6 /u/HistoricalTrip5247 Kente - Canadian Pale 3.441 Canada
7 /u/ralley22 Jamaica's black center 3.344
8 /u/Miguk4Real Nyansapo: The Knot of Wisdom flag 3.313
9 /u/Miguk4Real Fawahodie: The Freedom and Independence Flag 3.182
10 /u/saladinmander Canadian Black Spruce 3.118
11 /u/planete_actions The Maple Heritage: Weaving History into the Red Field 3.114
12 /u/petrusmelly US Black History Month - Fiftyfold Freedom 3
13 /u/planete_actions The Northern Path: A Modern Afro-Canadian Standard 3
14 /u/ralley22 Black Canadian Heritage Flag 2.971
15 /u/Choice-File5800 Rising Stars of Liberation 2.909
16 /u/gmalatete Reaching Out 2.879
17 /u/Vermicelli-Thick Severed Bonds 2.879
18 /u/Douverill American Black February 2.818
19 /u/Diabetic_Dingus North Star of Resilience 2.818
20 /u/Chera_Empire The Maple built by Black Blood 2.794

Annual Top 20

Rank User Total Contests Flags Top 20 Flags Winning Flags Average Jan Feb
1 VertigoOne 13.286 2 4 4 0 3.322 6.3 6.987
2 HistoricalTrip5247 13.064 2 4 2 1 3.266 5.77 7.294
3 Brasitino_do_Sul 12.966 2 4 3 0 3.241 6.619 6.346
4 Miguk4Real 12.849 2 4 4 0 3.212 6.355 6.494
5 ralley22 12.735 2 4 3 1 3.184 6.421 6.314
6 saladinmander 12.024 2 4 3 0 3.006 6.452 5.572
7 planete_actions 11.849 2 4 2 0 2.962 5.735 6.114
8 Possumsurprise 11.292 2 4 1 0 2.823 5.76 5.532
9 Choice-File5800 11.212 2 4 1 0 2.803 5.515 5.697
10 Douverill 10.281 2 4 1 0 2.57 4.766 5.515
11 Virgulillo 9.436 2 4 0 0 2.359 4.655 4.782
12 Emperor_Quint 9.113 2 4 0 0 2.278 4.778 4.335
13 dayudayu 8.856 2 3 1 0 2.952 6.189 2.667
14 Minute_Economist_392 8.288 2 4 0 0 2.072 3.649 4.638
15 RottenAli 7.492 2 4 0 0 1.873 3.723 3.769
16 BIGMAJI 7.14 2 4 0 0 1.785 3.671 3.469
17 bribridude130 7.062 2 3 0 0 2.354 2.297 4.765
18 DWPerry 6.721 2 4 0 0 1.68 2.509 4.212
19 oblivicorn 6.625 1 2 2 0 3.313 6.625 0
20 rasterski 6.342 1 2 2 0 3.171 6.342 0

Full annual standings and past winners

Congrats to /u/HistoricalTrip5247 on their 1st win! They will receive a custom flair of the winning flag and it will be forever enshrined within our Hall of Fame. They'll also get a custom flag from our new contest sponsors over at Flagmaker & Print!

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u/ToastMappingOfficial Prussia Mar 01 '26

its march now

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u/VertigoOne Oct 20 Contest Winner Mar 01 '26

We are volunteers. Please have a little grace.