Molly Ockett Essay Challenge
Choose a Wabanaki-named place (Mt Katahdin, Androscoggin River, etc.) or an artifact (a canoe, a drawknife, a souvenir basket, etc.). Consider its significance for both Wabanaki and newcomers. Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Molly Ockett Day essay challenge:
1st Place: James Newkirk, Telstar High School
Read James Newkirk's essay, "The Significance of the Androscoggin River"
2nd Place: Emily Hanscom, Telstar High School
Read Emily Hanscom's essay, "The Presents of the Penobscot"
James and Emily responded to the prompt:
Choose a Wabanaki-named place (Mt Katahdin, Androscoggin River, etc.) or an artifact (a canoe, a drawknife, a souvenir basket, etc.). Consider its significance for both Wabanaki and newcomers.
1st Place: James Newkirk, Telstar High School
Read James Newkirk's essay, "The Significance of the Androscoggin River"
2nd Place: Emily Hanscom, Telstar High School
Read Emily Hanscom's essay, "The Presents of the Penobscot"
James and Emily responded to the prompt:
Choose a Wabanaki-named place (Mt Katahdin, Androscoggin River, etc.) or an artifact (a canoe, a drawknife, a souvenir basket, etc.). Consider its significance for both Wabanaki and newcomers.
The Molly Ockett Essay Contest honors the memory of a distinguished Bethel personality, and all the Native Americans who have played a vital part in shaping Maine. Molly Ockett (c.1740-1816) lived in the two worlds of Native American and settler Maine, offering her friendship, knowledge and healing skills to both, and has long been affectionately remembered in the Bethel region. The interplay of peoples continues to be a key to understanding Maine, past and present.
First Prize: $ 400
Second Prize: $300
The essay must be the exclusive work of the contestant; sources should be cited. Contestants must reside and/or study within the physical bounds of SAD #44. They must be 18 or under on the contest’s submission date. Winners will be invited to ride in the lead car in the Molly Ockett Day parade and will be publicly recognized during an award ceremony at the event.
Essays, in 12 point, double-spaced format, must be submitted to Jessie Perkins at the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce, [email protected] on or before May 21, 2018.
Requirements: 1000 words (approximately 3 pages). Sources must be cited. Submitted via email as PDF or Word document.
Submit to: Jessie Perkins via email.
Students are encouraged to visit the Bethel Historical Society's online exhibit, "Molly Ockett and Her World," to learn more about the history of MollyOckett. Sources must be cited. Submissions need to be approximately 1000 words long and must be submitted as a PDF.
2016 Winners
Read Kim Drew's essay
Read Elijah Laird's essay
2015 Winners
Read Austin Bear's essay
Read Ashley Savage's essay
2014 Winners
Read Hunter Cline's essay
Read Skye Fournier's essay
2013 Winners
Read Alison Corey's essay
Read Liam Gallagher's essay
Second Prize: $300
The essay must be the exclusive work of the contestant; sources should be cited. Contestants must reside and/or study within the physical bounds of SAD #44. They must be 18 or under on the contest’s submission date. Winners will be invited to ride in the lead car in the Molly Ockett Day parade and will be publicly recognized during an award ceremony at the event.
Essays, in 12 point, double-spaced format, must be submitted to Jessie Perkins at the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce, [email protected] on or before May 21, 2018.
Requirements: 1000 words (approximately 3 pages). Sources must be cited. Submitted via email as PDF or Word document.
Submit to: Jessie Perkins via email.
Students are encouraged to visit the Bethel Historical Society's online exhibit, "Molly Ockett and Her World," to learn more about the history of MollyOckett. Sources must be cited. Submissions need to be approximately 1000 words long and must be submitted as a PDF.
2016 Winners
Read Kim Drew's essay
Read Elijah Laird's essay
2015 Winners
Read Austin Bear's essay
Read Ashley Savage's essay
2014 Winners
Read Hunter Cline's essay
Read Skye Fournier's essay
2013 Winners
Read Alison Corey's essay
Read Liam Gallagher's essay
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