Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Fibers 2021 Best Paper Award. All papers published from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 in Fibers were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, two winners were selected.

One Review:
Shielding of Cosmic Radiation by Fibrous Materials
By Tomasz Blachowicz and Andrea Ehrmann
Fibers 2021, 9(10), 60; doi: 10.3390/fib9100060

One Article:
Development of a Robot-Based Multi-Directional Dynamic Fiber Winding Process for Additive Manufacturing Using Shotcrete 3D Printing
By Norman Hack, Mohammad Bahar, Christian Hühne, William Lopez, Stefan Gantner, Noor Khader and Tom Rothe
Fibers 2021, 9(6), 39; doi: 10.3390/fib9060039

Each winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper in Fibers in 2023 after peer review.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Fibers 2021 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Fibers.

Kind regards,
Fibers Editorial Office