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Margaret Chase Smith Essay Contest

2008 Essay Contest
Chelsea Bernard
Dirigo High School

2008 Essay Contest
Erin Flynn
John Bapst High School

2007 Essay Contest
Samuel Inman
St. Dominic's High School

2006 Essay Contest
Maura Cass
Marshwood High School

2005 Essay Contest
Grace Thompson
Yarmouth High School

2004 Essay Contest
Rebecca Leathe
Marshwood High School

2003 Essay Contest
Emily Parker
Greely High School

2002 Essay Contest
Jonathan Baker
Gray-New Gloucester HS

2001 Essay Contest
Anne Doherty
Brunswick High School

2000 Essay Contest
Jessamyn Bean
Lake Region High School

1998 Essay Contest
Erika Varney and Kelly Michaud
Lake Region High School

2009 Recipients

Chelsea Bernard, 1st place-Dirigo High School, Dixfield
Terrence Walsh, 2nd place-Acadia Christian, Trenton
Stacy Sullivan, 3rd place-Bonny Eagle HS, Standish

2009 Honorable Mention

Alex Breslin-Johnson, South Portland High School
Nikola Champlin, Greely High School, Cumberland
Nathaniel Howes, St. Dominic Regional HS, Auburn
Meredith Schalk, Home Schooled, Sabattus
Dominic Strada, Marshwood High School, South Berwick

Past Winners:

2008 Recipients

Erin Flynn, 1st place-John Bapst Memorial HS, Bangor
Ben Goodman, 2nd place-Kennebunk High School
Gavin Cote, 3rd place-Dexter Regional High School

Erin Flynn's essay in the Maine Policy Review.

2008 Honorable Mention

Stephanie Corriveau, Van Buren Secondary School
Christine Hanson, Mattanawcook Academy, Lincoln
Rebecca Johnson, Dexter Regional High School
Courtney MacLeod, Schenck High School, E. Millinocket
Thomas Nokes, Dexter Regional High School

2007 Recipients

Samuel Inman, 1st place-St. Dominic High School
Amrit Robbins, 2nd place-Yarmouth High School
Allison Liu, 3rd place-Kennebunk High School

Samuel Inman's essay in the Maine Policy Review.

2007 Honorable Mention

Abigail Leathe, Marshwood High School
Liisa Rajala, Kennebunk High School
Timothy Robbins, Scarborough High School
Chelsea St. Onge-May, St. Dominic High School
Paul Smith, Foxcroft Academy, Dover-Foxcroft

2006 Recipients

Maura Cass, 1st place-Marshwood High School
Rita Brandt-Meyer, 2nd place-Freeport High School
Michelle Kilgour, 3rd place-Marshwood High School

2006 Honorable Mention

Andy Baldacci, Bangor High School
Shiela Nevells, Hampden Academy
Alie Parker, Marshwood High School
Bryanna Violette, Lawrence High School
Emma Wright, Noble High School

2005 Recipients

Grace Thompson, 1st place-Yarmouth High School
Eliav Bitan, 2nd place-Falmouth High School
Mike Rowntree, 3rd place-Berwick Academy

Grace Thompson's essay in the Maine Policy Review.

2005 Honorable Mention

John Chisholm, Freeport High School
Samantha Grover, Biddeford High School
Sandra Klausmeyer, Sumner Memorial High School
Greta Leber, Marshwood High School
Michael Whiston, Kennebunk High School

2004 Recipients

Becca Leathe, 1st place-Marshwood HS, S. Berwick
Deanna Sawtelle, 2nd place-Home Schooled, Albion
David Sansoucy, 3rd place-Biddeford High School

Rebecca Leathe's essay in the Maine Policy Review.

2004 Honorable Mention

Emily Baker, Gray-New Gloucester High School
Erin Bilodeau, Lake Region High School, Naples
Jordan Davis, Katahdin High School, Staceyville
Sarah Dietsch, Marshwood High School
Andrea Gammon, Portland High School

2003 Recipients

Emily Parker, 1st place-Greely High School, Cumberland
Rachel Culley, 2nd place-Kents Hill School, Readfield
Miles Kirby, 3rd place, Orono High School

2003 essays in the Maine Policy Review.

2003 Honorable Mention

John Coons, Nokomis High School, Newport
Virginia Flood, Wells High School
Scott Keenan, Greater Portland Christian School
Han Park, Washington Academy, Machias
Daniel Sorrells, Erskine Academy, China

2002 Recipients

Jonathan Baker, 1st place-Gray-New Gloucester HS
Ashley Frechette, 2nd place-Lake Region High School
Elizabeth Charles, 3rd place-Skowhegan Area HS

Read essay excerpts.

2002 Honorable Mention

Erica Bonenfant, Lewiston High School
Tristan Brand, Whitefield, ME
Dean Deschenes, Lewiston High School
Erin Rhoda, Medomak Valley High School
Tiffany Verdell, Lake Region High School

2001 Recipients

Christina Chappell, 1st place-Lake Region High School
Anne Doherty, 2nd place-Brunswick High School
Lauren Tully, 3rd place-South Portland High School

2001 Honorable Mention

Allison Blokland, Kennebunk High School
Jason Jewett, Lake Region High School (LRHS)
Jared Jordan, Mt. Blue High School
Patrick McMahon, LRHS
Hannah Morgan, Thornton Academy
Anne Pierson, Thornton Academy
Jon Rice, Brunswick High School
Ben Turner, Foxcroft Academy

2000 Recipients

Jessamyn Bean, 1st place-Lake Region High School
Maureen Parker, 2nd place-Biddeford High School
Jana Crocker, 3rd place-Mattanawcook Academy

1999 Recipients

Jonathan Bradshaw, 1st place-LRHS
Elizabeth Yindra, 2nd place-LRHS

1998 Recipients

Erica Varney, 1st place-LRHS
Kelly Michaud, 2nd place-LRHS
Nick Viens, 2nd place-Waterville Senior High School

1997 Recipients

John Schuettinger, 1st place-LRHS
Sarah Stepp, 2nd place-LRHS
Angela Ridlon, 3rd place-LRHS

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