2018 Essay Contest Winners

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

MIDDLE SCHOOL, tie for the first place:

Saia Patel: Balance: A Critical Variable in the Equation of Life
Sora Shirai: Bonsai Tree

HIGH SCHOOL:

First prize:
Sophie Usherwood To the Beat of Her Own Drum

Second prize:
Jacob Slaughter Running the Numbers

Honorable mentions:
Iroha Shirai What Next?
Reilly Uiterwyk Where New Stars Form: Dr. Priscilla Benson’s Story

DARTMOUTH

First prize:
Christopher Cheng Using Doubt As Fuel: The Story of Dr. Min Su

Jacob Slaughter won National Grand Prize
and
Sora Shirai — National Honorable Mention
in the national AWM Essay Contest!