Submission Deadline for David McCullough Essay Prizes (for US Students)


The Gilder Lehrman Institute is accepting submissions for the 2024 David McCullough Essay Prizes. The essay contest will recognize fourteen outstanding high school student research and interpretive essays with cash prizes of up to $5,000. All high school students in Gilder Lehrman Affiliate Schools are eligible to participate. Students are invited to submit an original essay, written independently or for a 2023-2024 class, that has been revised, expanded, and adapted to conform with the McCullough Prize specifications.

To be considered for the David McCullough Essay Prizes, students, or their teachers or parents, can submit the student entry by 8:00 pm today. 
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The Kew-Forest School

119-17 Union Turnpike
Forest Hills, NY 11375
(718) 268-4667
The oldest independent school in the borough of Queens, The Kew-Forest School is an independent co-educational, college preparatory school for students in Preschool through Grade 12.