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We received a dozen great submissions and selected the following for this year's awards.

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2026 Scholarship Entries

Entry P

I was nervous the first time I had to put my waders on. Despite the protection provided by my tall waterproof overalls that extend from my feet to just below my neck, I was about to step into the “dirty and gross” Hudson River in New York. I joked with my friends that I would go…

$3,758 raised in scholarship

Entry M

There are some words that reach our hearts before they even have the opportunity to travel towards our ears. Considered the fastest sense among humans, our profound sense of hearing acts almost instantaneously, yet, with the right words, this system malfunctions as the words byp…

$3,733 raised in scholarship

Entry F

Every day at 6 AM in the suburban town of Navarrete, Dominican Republic, the neighbor’s roosters would “Cock-a-doodle-do” me out of slumber—until one day, they didn’t. My dad had been making countless trips to Santo Domingo, a two-hour journey each way, to prepare for our move t…

$3,733 raised in scholarship

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