USIP Announces National Peace Essay Contest Winners
For Immediate Release: June 26, 2009 Contact: Lauren Sucher, 202/429-3822 (Washington) – Three high school students—one each from Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi—have won scholarships of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively as national, first and second place prizes in the National Peace Essay Contest (NPEC) conducted each year by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Sophia Sanchez from Missouri, Erin Morbek from Arkansas and Sean Ray from Mississippi, the three national winne...