We have received total of 2021 applications from 63 countries and areas for this year's contest. After closing the application on May 31, 2012, all the applications went through impartial grading process, and the contest result is now finalized. Based on the grading, we have ranked each entry.
All applicants' pictures will be compiled as a booklet "The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2012". This booklet will be on sale for the planted aquarium hobbyist around the world.
Finally, we will organize the 13th International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest next year. We hope you'll join the next year's contest, again.
1. Zhang Jianfeng (China)
2. Siak Wee Yeo (Malaysia)
3. Long Tran Hoang (Vietnam)
4. Song Pin Chen (Taiwan)
5. Yutaka Kanno (Japan)
6. Duc Viet Bui (Vietnam)
7. Truong Thinh Ngo (Vietnam)
8. Chee Keong Teoh (Malaysia)
9. Diego Marinelli (Italy)
10. Xuan Thuy Nguyen Thi (Vietnam)
11. Toshifumi Watanabe (Japan)
12. Wang Chao (China)
13. Su En Zong (China)
14. Robertus Hartono (Singapore)
15. Timucin Sagel (Turkey)
16. Bernice Sim (Malaysia)
17. Hidekazu Tsukiji (Japan)
18. Luis Carlos Galarraga (Brazil)
19. Leandro Artioli (Brazil)
20. Piotr Dymowski (Poland)
21. Wei Cheong Chung (Malaysia)
22. Katsuki Tanaka (Japan)
23. Xue Hai (Taiwan)
24. Piotr Beczynski (Poland)
25. Cheng Jingqlu (China)
26. Haruji Takee (Japan)
27. Quan Nguyen Minh (Vietnam)
