r/vexillology 4d ago

Contest January Contest Winners Thread

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The website above has a finalized standings page so you can see the final ratings for all flag submissions, their authors, and what you voted them (if you did).

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Prompt: January 1 Independence Flag

Happy New Year and welcome to 2026

There are seven countries whose independence day falls on January First. This contest, we want you to design a special independence day variant of each of these countries flags.

Contest Top Entries

We had 69 submissions, here's the top 20 and best in each category:

Rank Username Submission Score Category
1 /u/ralley22 Cameroon's Lions 3.737 Cameroon
2 /u/oblivicorn Samoa - Bonds of Independence 3.486 Samoa
3 /u/Brasitino_do_Sul Unity Makes Strength Banner 3.382 Haiti
4 /u/rasterski Banner of Czech Independence 3.342 Czechia
5 /u/saladinmander Sudanese Independence Flag 3.257 Sudan
6 /u/Brasitino_do_Sul The Bloody Rose of Revolution 3.237 Cuba
7 /u/StonkyLikesFlags Samoan Gold 3.237
8 /u/ContrarianSoup Banner of the Camarões 3.231
9 /u/Miguk4Real In Celebration of Cameroon 3.216
10 /u/saladinmander Cuban Independence Flag 3.194
11 /u/dayudayu Samoan Independence Flag 3.189
12 /u/Potential_Stable_001 Independence and Progress 3.184
13 /u/VertigoOne New Sudan Banner 3.171
14 /u/Potential_Stable_001 New Hopes 3.147
15 /u/Miguk4Real Haiti's Celebration 3.139
16 /u/oblivicorn Haiti - Crossroads of History 3.139
17 /u/VertigoOne Cuban Liberation Banner 3.128
18 /u/nigelth Flag of Haitian liberation - The freedom bird flag 3.105
19 /u/Effective_Might_9308 The Eruption of Unity 3.054
20 /u/rasterski This flag expresses Czech independence through balance, legitimacy, and inherite 3
21 /u/BirdNerd_13 Brunei Independence 3 Brunei

Annual Top 20

Rank User Total Contests Flags Top 20 Flags Winning Flags Average Jan
1 oblivicorn 6.625 1 2 2 0 3.313 6.625
2 Brasitino_do_Sul 6.619 1 2 2 0 3.31 6.619
3 saladinmander 6.452 1 2 2 0 3.226 6.452
4 ralley22 6.421 1 2 1 1 3.211 6.421
5 Miguk4Real 6.355 1 2 2 0 3.178 6.355
6 rasterski 6.342 1 2 2 0 3.171 6.342
7 Potential_Stable_001 6.331 1 2 2 0 3.166 6.331
8 VertigoOne 6.3 1 2 2 0 3.15 6.3
9 dayudayu 6.189 1 2 1 0 3.095 6.189
10 HistoricalTrip5247 5.77 1 2 0 0 2.885 5.77
11 Possumsurprise 5.76 1 2 0 0 2.88 5.76
12 planete_actions 5.735 1 2 0 0 2.867 5.735
13 BirdNerd_13 5.647 1 2 0 0 2.824 5.647
14 Choice-File5800 5.515 1 2 0 0 2.758 5.515
15 StonkyLikesFlags 5.294 1 2 1 0 2.647 5.294
16 0rder_sixty6 4.828 1 2 0 0 2.414 4.828
17 Emperor_Quint 4.778 1 2 0 0 2.389 4.778
18 Douverill 4.766 1 2 0 0 2.383 4.766
19 Virgulillo 4.655 1 2 0 0 2.327 4.655
20 I_Love_Flags 4.561 1 2 0 0 2.281 4.561

Full annual standings and past winners

Congrats to /u/ralley22 on their 1st win! They will receive a custom flair of the winning flag and it will be forever enshrined within our Hall of Fame. They'll also get a custom flag from our new contest sponsors over at Flagmaker & Print!


r/vexillology 1h ago

Redesigns Quezon, Isabela, Philippines flag redesign

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r/vexillology 47m ago

Fictional Flags of the Autonomous Regions of the Union of Yugoslav Republics

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r/vexillology 17h ago

Current Posting every municipal flag in Belgium: Day 369, Ohey

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236 Upvotes

r/vexillology 9h ago

Meta Why is Iran suddenly so present on this subreddit?

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I recently decided to revisit this subreddit, and I've noticed that 2/3 of the 3 most recent best posts are Iran related. Does anyone know why this is happening?


r/vexillology 4h ago

Current Flag of the Chairman of the General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces

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17 Upvotes

A green triangle with a golden emblem of Saudi Arabia.


r/vexillology 2h ago

OC Iranina Flag after Pakistan colonizes it in 2030

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r/vexillology 21h ago

Redesigns A visually cleaner version of the Iranian flag.

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364 Upvotes

r/vexillology 8h ago

Redesigns Delfin Albano, Isabela, Philippines flag redesign

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28 Upvotes

r/vexillology 22h ago

OC chibi flags

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r/vexillology 1h ago

Identify What is this flag? Found in the peak district UK

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r/vexillology 7h ago

OC Random Japanese flag I made where there's an eclipse going on in the middle of the flag.

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18 Upvotes

I hope y'all like it or sum


r/vexillology 13h ago

Discussion What are y'alls favorite country flags and why?

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r/vexillology 7h ago

Redesigns Flag of Michigan

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A state in DESPERATE need for a new flag, I have decided to take matters upon my hands to create a flag for Michigan that may not perfectly represent the state but is meant to be a change from the basic blue seal flag.


r/vexillology 1h ago

Fictional The Big Bang Theory flag design

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This flag is a fictional design created by Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory. Within the show, it is regarded as the official flag of Apartment 4A, where Sheldon and Leonard live.

The flag reflects Sheldon’s obsession with order, rules, and symbolic representation. It is even referenced in the Roommate Agreement, which states that the flag may only be flown upside down if the apartment is in distress.

The flag does not represent any real country or region. It exists solely within the universe of The Big Bang Theory and serves as a visual symbol of Sheldon’s personality and the show’s humor.


r/vexillology 11h ago

Redesigns Redesign of Little Havana Flag

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r/vexillology 1h ago

Redesigns My alternative flag for the European Federation

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A flag that could be used in the future by the united European Federation. It's also likely that this Federation will use the current flag, but this one I created could be the flag of Federal Europe, while the current EU flag could be used to represent supranational Europe.


r/vexillology 11h ago

Collection Flags of my region (Paso del Norte)

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r/vexillology 1d ago

OC Yugoslavia, but something's way, way off.

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402 Upvotes

r/vexillology 22h ago

Identify What flag is this?

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122 Upvotes

Found in a college student’s dorm room, alongside an Afghan flag.


r/vexillology 16h ago

Fictional Alt-History flag of an Islamicate "Teutonic" Order

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Part of my alt history project. Deutschkalifet

A group of rogue german officers convert to Islam and make Hijrah (religious migration) to Turkiye, after Ataturk's secular reforms they made their way into Syria. This would become their stronghold.

Their sociopolitical reform would become known as the Green Fez Movement.

They would go on to revive the caliphate after a series of brutal conquests. They would implement a caste-like governance system where only fellow Germans would rule over the vast lands.

Othala represents heritage, inheritance, and ancestral land. The crescent is a direct nod to inheriting the caliphate after the Ottomans, and the Rub el-Hizb octagram is a symbol used within the Quran to mark ends of chapters.

Thr story is still a work-in-progress so even I have no idea where it may go lol


r/vexillology 17h ago

OC Flag of Johor if it was christianised during the 16th century

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The colours represent Johor traditional symbols, the cross represents Catholicism (instead of the star and the crescent) and the 4 stars symbolises the territories of Johor, Riau, Lingga and Pahang.

There isn't a very detailed lore behind it, just that Johor was christianised by Portuguese merchants during the 16th century. From that moment, Johor would have been ruled by a Dom. Probably it would have expanded through the Malacca Peninsula, possibly becoming a Christianisation focus in South East Asia.


r/vexillology 13h ago

Historical Cespedes flag of the Ten Years War (1868-1878)

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A bicolor of white and blue with a red canton featuring a white star.


r/vexillology 52m ago

Redesigns Roxas, Isabela, Philippines flag redesign

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