The What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® Best of PA 2026 Contest will feature videos from contests throughout the state. A special panel of judges will select the state’s top three videos, and the team with the most votes per day in its regional contest will receive the state Viewers Choice Award. Nominees are selected from the 13 Pennsylvania regional contests in 2026, which had 165 entries.
Awards Event
Wednesday, May 13, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA
Best of PA Nominees
Nominees are selected from the 13 regional What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® contests in 2026.
Berks Schuylkill (PA)
Central Susquehanna (PA)
Lehigh Valley (PA)
North Central (PA)
Northern Tier (PA)
Philadelphia Region (PA)
Pittsburgh Central (PA)
Pittsburgh East (PA)
South Central (PA) East
South Central (PA) West
West Central (PA)
Past Best of PA Winners
| 2025 | Lower Macungie Middle School, Macungie, PA |
| 2024 | Broughal Middle School, Bethlehem, PA |
| 2023 | Northeast Middle School, Bethlehem, PA |
| 2022 | Eyer Middle School, Macungie, PA |
| 2021 | Contest Not Held |
| 2020 | Saint Clair Area Middle School, Saint Clair, PA |
| 2019 | Neil Armstrong Middle School, Fairless Hills, PA |
| 2018 | Northeast Middle School, Bethlehem, PA |
Best of PA Partners
Best of PA Planning Team
Best of PA Contest Manager
Karen Buck
Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC)
610.628.4626
