2021 NSS Cover Art Salon

Every year, the NSS Convention offers a "Cover Art Contest". Grottos submit their favorite covers from the previous year to be judged and selected for awards. Most recently, the CARBIDE DUMP won Best of Shohw and merit awardsfor newsletter covers. BRG cavers know how to pick them!

Below are covers from the 2020 CARBIDE DUMPS – vote for your favorite five covers, and send your votes to co-editor Mary Sue Socky. You do not have to be a BRG member to vote. Voting ends April 1, 2021.

Vote Well, and Vote Often!

Jan. 2020 v55 n1: Simeon Warner ascending Apricot Pit in Lechuguilla Cave, NM. Photo by Nick Socky View Full Cover		Feb. 2020 v55 n2: Gypsum hair in the Crystal Gallery in Butler Cave, VA. Photo by Dave Socky View Full Cover		Mar 2020 v55 n3: Alex Faunce in Big Muddy passage in McClung Cave, WV. Photo by Nick Socky View Full Cover		Apr. 2020 v55 n4: Aaron Clair and Nick Socky in Classic Canyon of Great Savannah Cave System, WV (Maxwelton). Photo by Dave Socky View Full Cover
June 2020 v55 n5: Nick Socky placing a rope pad at the top of Cousin It Pit in Great Savannah Cave System, WV (Maxwelton). Photo by Nikki Fox View Full Cover		July 2020 v55 n6: Rebecca Stewart-Calderone in the Broomstick Room in McClung Cave, WV. Photo by Dave Socky View Full Cover		Aug 2020 v55 n7: Eric Steinburg admiring soda straws in Dry Cave, WV. Photo by Nick Socky View Full Cover		Sept 2020 v55 n8: Nikki Fox checking out the waterfall in McClungs Cave, WV. Photo by Nick Socky View Full Cover
Nov. 2020 v55 n9: Part of the “Crawl Master-900” - a virgin tube to a new Sweetwater breakout in Maxwelton Sink Cave, WV, with Irina Tăbărană. Photo by Nick Socky View Full Cover