9th-10th Grade Second Place Winner: Sofia Isabel Castillo
Second Place Winner: Sofia Isabel CastilloHomeschoolHuman Life: A Precious Gift “We have wonderful news to share.” “We are expecting a baby!” “Congratulations!” “What a blessing!”…
Second Place Winner: Sofia Isabel CastilloHomeschoolHuman Life: A Precious Gift “We have wonderful news to share.” “We are expecting a baby!” “Congratulations!” “What a blessing!”…
First Place Winner: Anastasia GriesbauerHomeschoolValuable and Dignified “For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears the infant in my womb leaped…
Honorable Mention: Anastasia LyonsCorde Ecclesiae AcademyLet Us Restore Joy! As the fourth child of nine, I have a good idea of what babies are like—how…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…