The Emerson Prize and Fitzhugh Prize

The Emerson Prize is awarded annually to students published in The Concord Review during the previous academic year who have shown outstanding promise in history at the high school level. Since 1995, over 200 students have won an Emerson Prize, and we are pleased to announce the most recent recipients of the award from Volume 33, who each received $1,000 for their work. The Concord Review is also pleased to award the third annual Fitzhugh Prize ($5,000) this year, named after the Founder & Editor of the journal, Will Fitzhugh. Congratulations to all the recipients and please consider purchasing a single of their work through our online bookstore!

Fitzhugh Prize

Samuel Benjamin Sanders, Hackley School (New York)
Polybius (Summer 2023)
[HS Class of 2024]

Emerson Prize

Leila Cader, Union County Magnet High School (New Jersey)
 Battle of Blair Mountain (Fall 2022)
[Stanford Class of 2027]

Andrew David Maglio, Conard High School (Connecticut)
 Rachel Carson (Fall 2022)
[Yale Class of 2026]

Yongjae Kim, North London Collegiate School (South Korea)
Cultural Nationalism in Eastern Europe (Winter 2022)
[Columbia 2027]

David Gibson, Texas Homescholar (Texas)
Texas Annexation (Winter 2022)
[HS Class of 2024]

Rongxin Meng, Yew Chung International School of Beijing (China)
John Leighton Stuart (Winter 2022)
[HS Class of 2023]

Melody Qian, Richard Montgomery High School (Maryland)
Francois Duvalier (Spring 2023)
[Columbia Class of 2027]

Annalise Mak, Hong Kong International School (Hong Kong)
Manchurian Plague (Spring 2023)
[HS Class of 2024]

Alexander Elias Golden, The Branson School (California)
Spanish Colonial Laws (Spring 2023)
[HS Class of 2024]