The Masonic essay contest is open to all Seniors in Oklahoma public schools. Statewide prizes range from $2,000 for 1st place boy and girl through $100 for 10th place boy and girl. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place local division winners from each participating school are awarded certificates.

Information for the contest is mailed to all Oklahoma Lodges in August, prior to the start of school. The 2011 deadline for essays to be received by the Masonic Charity Foundation is October 31, 2011.

The essays are professionally graded in December and January, with final results of the essay contest being sent to each participating Lodge in mid to late January. All certificates and cash prizes are mailed to each participating Lodge in the Spring for presentation by the Lodge, usually at an Awards Assembly.

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2010-2011 Participation Results:

During the 2010 – 2011 school year there were 3,050 essays received from 135 Lodges across Oklahoma.

The topic for the 2010-2011 essays was:

“Explain what it means to be an honorable person.”

Senior Essay Winners

2010-2011

Female Division

1st Place Britton Brewer – Davis High School

2nd Place Conny Van Wyhe – Owasso High School

3rd Place Paige Dexter – Moore High School

4th Place Kelsey Taylor-Mason – Owasso High School

5th Place Lauren Mounts – Geronimo High School

6th Place Samantha Rousey – Geronimo High School

7th Place Elizabeth Himes – Okarche High School

8th Place Shauntel Cornaby – Mustang High School

9th Place Samantha Sutton – Adair High School

10th Place Katie Mixson – Vinita High School

Male Division

1st Place Jakob Lancaster – Berryhill High School

2nd Place Seth Wright – Southmoore High School

3rd Place Jordan Pierce – Plainview High School

4th Place Timothy P. Tatro (Tetreaux) – Wayne High School

5th Place Grant Giddens – Jenks High School

6th Place Benjamin Paul Brownlee – Jenks High School

7th Place Spencer Hood – Bixby High School

8th Place Devin Taylor – Stroud High School

9th Place Eric Harris – Stroud High School

10th Place Franco Bramante – Anadarko High School