2026 Essay Contest Winners

(To view the winning essays, click on the author's name.)

MIDDLE SCHOOL

First Prize: Peter Holman (Francis C. Richmond Middle School) Breaking the Silence (Interviewee: Niny Arcila-Maya)

Second Prize: Coop Jones (Crossroads Academy) From Teacher to Teacher (Interviewee: Maike Morrison)

HIGH SCHOOL

First Prize: Cassidy Saxon (Lebanon High School) Engineering the Environment: A Lori Siegel Biography (Interviewee: Lori Siegel)

DARTMOUTH UNDERGRADUATE

First Prize: Asli Tavasli Closing Distances (Interviewee: Merve Kursav)

Second Prize Chinazom Onubogu Where Light Meets Logic (Interviewee: Vasanta Lakshmi Kommineni)

NATIONAL CONTEST

Congratulations to Peter Holman for winning national honorable mention at the Middle School level two years in a row!