The state organization has not had a national winner.

The 12 national winners received honors and more than $10,000 in cash prizes.

One national winner will be selected from all of the congressional districts.

From 1964 to 1969 inclusive there was an overall national winner.

The other 30 national winners will receive cash awards of $1.000 each.

There have been numerous local and national winners from the school's research program.

This was the first time in 23 years that Vermont had a national winner.

The national final winner was to be declared by jury and televoting.

Anyone who wanted to could vote, but only once a day, and the town with the biggest total was named the national winner.

And so it came to pass that Montauk was named the national winner last year.