By Leila Joy Castillo, 12th Grade “Who said I was having a child?” she questioned, her eyes downcast and a confused frown on her face.… Read More »11th-12th Grade First Place Winner: Leila Joy Castillo
Second Place Winner: Mary PurcellHomeschoolThe Elephant I vividly remember unwrapping a bubble-wrapped package that my dad brought me home from a business trip to India.… Read More »11th-12th Grade Second Place Winner: Mary Purcell
Third Place Winner: Trinity VintonSetonA Letter for Life Dear Pro-Choice Peer, We must—in order that we might better understand and sort out this controversy—appeal to… Read More »11th-12th Grade Third Place Winner: Trinity Vinton
Honorable Mention: Noel VanderbiltHomeschoolHe Will Be Called Two thousand years ago, Mary, a young teenager betrothed to a righteous man, received a startling visit that… Read More »11th-12th Grade Honorable Mention: Noel Vanderbilt
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth KaufmanHoly Angels AcademyThe Intrinsic Rights of the Preborn Human beings are valuable, no matter what their skills or talents or stage in… Read More »11th-12th Grade Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Kaufman
Honorable Mention: Anna SchornagelSt. Michael the Archangel High SchoolGuide Them to Truth From the moment of conception, God knows and loves His children. He creates… Read More »11th-12th Grade Honorable Mention: Anna Schornagel
Third Place Winner: Emma BurnsworthHomeschoolIn His Image, for His Glory When Mary visited Elizabeth, Luke chapter one points out that the baby in Elizabeth’s womb… Read More »9th-10th Grade Third Place Winner: Emma Burnsworth
Third Place Winner: Elizabeth BenzSpiritus Sanctus AcademySimply Beautiful At the very beginning of life—at the moment of conception—a soul is created, a unique and unrepeatable… Read More »7th-8th Grade Third Place Winner: Elizabeth Benz
First Place Winner: Luke BabbeyBabbey Christian AcademyThe Right to Live When you think of a baby, you think of a child just waiting to be… Read More »7th-8th Grade First Place Winner: Luke Babbey
First Place Winner: Pia DudasRegina Pacis SchoolGrade 3Pray Always Preborn babies are just like you and me because even though they are still in their… Read More »3rd-4th Grade First Place: Pia Dudas
Second Place Winner: Matthew HakesleyGrade 3The Right to Life Preborn babies are vulnerable and defenseless, and they need us to defend them. All human beings,… Read More »3rd-4th Grade Second Place: Matthew Hakesley
Honorable Mention: Audrey Claire DoscherGrade 4Building a Culture of Life “Give us the grace – when the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, to… Read More »3rd-4th Grade Honorable Mention: Audrey Claire Doscher