What's the secret sauce for an educational contest that has survived nearly 80 year and is expanding its international reach year after year?

It's the sponsors, the coordinators, the volunteers, the judges, the social media team, the audio team, the website gurus, our partner POY, the student entrants and the "grandparent coordinators" of past years who answer late night calls for help.

Scroll on for our peek behind the scenes of the judging, the awards, the gallery shows and more.

Bailey Stover and Rhianna Brown, Mizzou Photojournalism seniors, ran the 78th social media, creating an incredible number of fun infographics, behind the scenes images and winning image posts. Thank you both!