DEW Announces 2026 SC@Work: Photo Contest Winners!

Columbia, S.C. – The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) proudly announces the 2026 SC@Work: Photo Contest winners. Various photo submissions, including the winning entries, were honored and displayed at DEW’s 2026 Workforce Champion Award Ceremony held at the Governor’s Mansion.

This marks the fourth year of the photo contest, an initiative created by DEW Executive Director William Floyd, which allows businesses to help our agency showcase “South Carolina at work” through photos of their employees in action. The State Workforce Development Board and DEW selected the photo contest winners based on the composition and quality of their entries, as well as how accurately the pictures displayed the energy, hustle, and passion of people’s lives at their workplaces.

Congratulations to all of this year’s award recipients! The winning entries are as follows:

Grand Prize Winner

Allegiance Flag Supply

A hand with a gold ring is guiding fabric through a sewing machine. The fabric is used to make the American flag.

Small Business Winner

Crema Coffee Bar and Catering

A young woman is smiling in front of an iced coffee in a plastic cup with a straw. She is leaned over a wooden bar.

People's Choice Winner

McCormick County School District

A woman in a tie dye shirt stands in front of a child that has braces on their legs and a walker to help them stand.

Pee Dee Regional Winner

Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center

A man with a hat smiles at the camera holding a pair of kitchen thongs. He is standing next to a stove top with food that is cooking on the stove top.

Central Regional Winner

Aiken Public Safety Department

Two firefighters stand in the middle of a smoke cloud, which filled a burned-down room. Wall framing is visible.

South Coast Regional Winner

Newport News Shipbuilding

A welder has his protective gear on and a torch in his hands. Sparks are coming out of the torch. The welder is hunched over his project in front of the company sign that reads HII.

Upstate Regional Winner

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport

A person stands on a runway, holding two illuminated wands. Directly in front of him is an aircraft and it is poised under a pink and yellow sky.

“Each SC@Work: Photo Contest entry showcases an impressive variety of career possibilities in South Carolina and the exceptional talent that comprises our state’s workforce,” said DEW Executive Director William Floyd. “Congratulations to all the photo contest winners, including Allegiance Flag Supply, the Grand Prize winner, for their winning submission, which exemplifies the artwork and patriotism housed in our state. On behalf of DEW, we want to share our appreciation to every employer who took the time to submit an entry in the SC@Work: Photo Contest and the hard work and dedication their team members display every day on the job.”

All of the photo contest winners and other photos submitted by employers across the state are published on the DEW website.

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