Hope
2026 – Kaylee Monty – Granger High School HS
Grief Through GrowthMy father’s urn sits upon my desk making me wonder on the daily why addiction decided to take hold of the person I...
2026 – Alicia Stoll – Manila High School HS
You Only Live Once, So, Why Not?How can one be born into chaos, addiction, instability, and all odds against them and still choose a different...
2026 – Aria Horrocks – Bear River High School HS
Sophomore Year Struggles Just a note beforehand, this essay is one that I wrote for one of my concurrent enrollment classes. I was asked to...
2026 Awardee – Lydia Tressler – Pleasant Grove High School HS
The Shape of my Memory I’ve shared my story with friends, family, therapists, and even strangers, but each time, I grapple with where to...
2026 – Julia Gubler – Union High School HS
A Struggle For Sisu The only thing you have to do in life is die. I am not required to be taking AP Calculus, I am not required to be taking...
2026 – Julianna Bello – Cyprus high school HS
The reality of a daughter of an immigrant My name is Julianna Bello Rodriguez and if you know me you know I am very enthusiastic and very...
2026 – Madison White – Alta High School HS
Redefining Security Growing up with a parent who struggled with severe depression forced me to grow up far earlier than any 7-year-old girl...
2026 – Nathan Ellinger – Springville High School HS
Service as Surgery: How I Healed Without a Scalpel I just celebrated my eighteenth birthday and on that day my parents joked that the party...
