Hundreds of readers accepted our challenge to help us choose the ten best Orion covers of the magazine’s first three decades. With over 140 choices, and images portraying a variety of birds, bugs, and landscapes—even bombs and barbed wire—many voters told us that it was a hard task. However, clear winners did emerge, and here they are: the ten Orion covers that are our readers’ favorites.

To purchase a set of the winningest postcards, click here.

Winner: November/December 2011

The Finalists:

 

 

Thank you to everyone who voted and made this first-ever Orion Cover Vote a success—and a lot of fun.

And, as promised, we’ll raffle off five free sets of postcards to people who voted; the winners will be notified via the e-mail addresses they provided when voting.