he Institute joins with the Civil War Round Table of New York to co-sponsor the annual Civil War Essay Contest for students in GLI Network and Affiliate Schools. Jurors from both organizations select the winners. This year's contest included a middle school division.



High School Division

First Prize ($1,000; school receives $500 honorarium)
Amanda Ebert (Milwaukee High School of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI)
“The Woman's Sphere: Anti-Feminism Within the Abolitionist Movement”

Second Prize ($750)
April Soohoo (John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore, NY)
“The Forgotten Warriors: Children of the Civil War”

Third Prize ($500)
Michael Commesso (Patchogue-Medford High School, Medford, NY)
“Cotton in the Civil War”

Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order) ($100)
Giuliano Fulco (Salesian High School, New Rochelle, NY)
Shanee Griffith (Notre Dame High School, New York, NY)
Katherine Kaze (Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY)
Esther Kim (Academy of American Studies, Long Island City, NY)
Sarah Knight (Eureka High School, Eureka, CA)
Ornella Delle Noci (Notre Dame High School, New York, NY)
Joseph David Redemann (Milwaukee High School of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI)

Middle School Division

First Prize ($300)
Judy Pu (Louis Pasteur Middle School, Little Neck, NY)
“The Domino Effect: Causes of the Civil War”

Second Prize ($200)
Nora Kane (Susan B. Anthony Middle School, Minneapolis, MN)
“John Brown's Harper's Ferry Raid”

Third Prize ($100)
Brodin Jentz (Susan B. Anthony Middle School, Minneapolis, MN)
“The Emancipation Proclamation”