For the 2025 Aviation Art Contest, participants were asked to create original artworks inspired by the theme “Women with Wings”.
The statewide competition drew 1,000 entries from students representing 155 schools and 150 hometowns.
Winning Entries
Entries were divided into three age groups. The top three finishers in each age group advance to the national competition, hosted by the National Association of State Aviation Officials in Washington, D.C.
Junior (born 2015-2018)
| - First Place: Kriti Veeramachaneni of Cary
- Second Place: Enya Mei Thomas of Fayetteville
- Third Place: Aeliana Luca-Phillips of Charlotte
- Fourth Place: Otto Wolff of Beaufort
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Intermediate (born 2011-2014)
| - First Place: Megan Moshman of Sanford
- Second Place: Carolynn Kim of Apex
- Third Place: Sofia Garcia-Vazquez of Cary
- Fourth Place: Evelyn Scarboro of Smithfield
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Senior (born 2007-2010)
| - First Place: Catherine Park of Cary
- Second Place: Soyoon Kim of Chapel Hill
- Third Place: Audrey Song of Winston-Salem
- Fourth Place: Ericka Ocampo Miranda of Wake Forest
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