2021 Essays
First Place: Nate Hochman, Colorado College
Second Place: Theresa Ramsay, Wyoming Catholic College
Third Place: Steven Patterson, St. Vincent College
Honorable Mention: Meredith Kotton, Hillsdale College
Honorable Mention: Juan Lopez, Middle Tennessee State University
2020 Essays
Christian Torsell, Notre Dame
"The Very Important Virtue of Tolerance"
Myron Highsmith, Auburn University
"A Restrictive Philosophy Assessing the Forfeiture of Modern American Virtue to Smith’s Man of the System"
Davis Smith, Gutenberg College
"Returning to the Roots of Society: An Analysis of Adam Smith's Natural Law Theory"
Previous Year's Essays
Warren Mills, Troy University - Honorable Mention
"Untitled"
Daniel Strunk, Duke University - First Place
"What Hayek’s Liberalism Adds to Burke’s Conservatism"
Wein Le Teng, University of Chicago - First Place
"A Contemporary Re-Assessment of Friedman's Free to Choose: The Limitations of Social Justice"
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