PAST ESSAY CONTESTS
2020 Winners
- 1st – Miriam Madsen, Maranatha Baptist Academy
- 2nd – Anna Morken, Maranatha Baptist Academy
- 3rd – Hannah Glass, Glass Home School
2015 Winners
- 1st – Jonathan Downs, Maranatha Baptist Academy
- 2nd – Caleb Sokovich, Maranatha Baptist Academy
- 3rd – Autumn Colosky, Maranatha Baptist Academy
2014 Winners
- 1st – Katie Lysne of Wyldewood Baptist Church, Oshkosh
- 2nd – Chloe Van Dyke, Madison Baptist Church, Madison
- 3rd – Kelly Soltis from Mukwonago Baptist Church, Mukwonago
2012 Winners
- 1st – Clarice Barnett, Maranatha Baptist Academy
- 2nd – Katrina Martin, Maranatha Baptist Academy
- 3rd – Tessa White, Maranatha Baptist Academy
- Honorable mention – Bryce Thompson, Maranatha Baptist Academy
2011 Winners
- 1st – The Culture of Life – Bailey Bergman
- 2nd – Abortion Alternatives…What Can Churches Do? – Sarah Alexander, Maranatha Baptist Academy
2010 Winners
- 1st – Embrace Life – Naomi Englebert - Read Transcript | View Video
- 2nd – Assisted Suicide: Should it be Legalized? – Robert Hatchett
- 3rd – Physician Assisted Suicide – Samantha Kuck, Maranatha Baptist Academy
2009 Winners
- 1st – The Choice We Have – Bailey Bergman [Read Transcript | View Video]
- 2nd – The Biblical Position Regarding Moral Purity and Abstinence – Heather Jerome, Maranatha Baptist Academy [Read Transcript | View Video]
- 3rd – Abortion’s Instigator – Jessica Knueppel - View Video
2008 Winners
- 1st – Where Angels Fear to Tread – Moises M. del Real
- 2nd – The Value of Life: Price or Priceless? – David Vander Pluym
- 3rd – The Value of Life of the Handicapped from a Biblical Standpoint – C. C. Lu, Maranatha Baptist Academy
2007 Winners
- 1st – Life Not Worth Living? – Ben Hatchett
- 2nd – Why Christians Should Oppose Euthanasia – Garrett Hangen
2006 Winners
- 1st – The Self-Destruction of a Nation
- 2nd – The Detrimental Effect of Abortion in Society
- 3rd – God’s Curse on America: The Result of Christian Apathy Towards Abortion – Kyle DesJarlais, Home School
- 4th – Why Abortion is Detrimental to Society – Amanda Dunford, Bay City Baptist School