The Margaret Chase Smith Library has announced the winners of its 21st annual essay contest. This year Maine high school seniors were asked to write about their solutions to the current drug epidemic.
The first-place prize of $1,000 goes to Gabrielle Kyes, from Mattanawcook Academy, in Lincoln, for her entry “Crusade Against the Drugs, Not the Users.”
Second place and $500 is awarded to Abigail Hande, of Highview Christian Academy, in Charleston.
The third-place recipient of $250 is Sigrid Sibley, of Poland Regional High School.
In addition, five honorable mention prizes of $50 were presented to Ally Clark-Bonsant and Eleanor Theriault, both of Erskine Academy, in China, Sydney McDonald, from Bangor High School, Thomas Sheils, of Casco Bay High School, in Portland, and Griffin Tibbitts, from Morse High School, in Bath.
Funding for the essay contest and library comes from the Margaret Chase Smith Foundation, located in Skowhegan, Maine.
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