The JoE Best Paper Award will be given annually to two corresponding-authors whose papers demonstrate novel investigations and research interactions, bridging disciplinary divides, as well as integrate physical and ecological processes. 1st Edition of the JoE Best Paper Award for the paper "Erosion protection by winter state of salt marsh vegetation", Journal of Ecohydraulics, 7:2, 144-153, DOI: 10.1080/24705357.2021.1938252.<br/><br/>