EHFOP HONORS STUDENTS FOR THE 2021 HEMINGWAY FOUNDATION OPRF SCHOLARSHIP & ALLAN O. BALDWIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP CONTESTS

The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park is pleased to announce the overall recipients and finalists for the essay competitions for the Hemingway Foundation OPRF Scholarship and for the Allan O. Baldwin Memorial Scholarship.

In 2016, the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, with the help of the OPRFHS English Department and the OPRFHS Scholarship Fund, re-introduced the Hemingway Foundation Scholarship for junior level students, with the intent of discovering and fostering writing talent at Hemingway’s alma mater.  The overall recipient receives a $1,000 college scholarship award and a mentorship with the Foundation’s writer-in-residence during their senior year at Oak Park-River Forest High School.

We are pleased to name Victoria Hutson as the recipient of the 2022 Hemingway Foundation Scholarship for her excellence in writing with his submission of “For What Home Means to Me”.

In addition, this is third year of our newer scholarship for senior students in memory of our former chairman; the 2022 Allan O. Baldwin Memorial Scholarship includes a $1,000 college scholarship award. We are delighted to announce Edward Ruppar as its third recipient for the outstanding work, “Life is an Adventure”. We would like to also recognize Benjamin Rodriguez and Brigid Barrette as our two Baldwin scholarship finalists.

Each of these students’ essays will be included in our seventh annual edition of Hemingway Shorts and we hope to recognize these four students at a forthcoming Hemingway Foundation event.

These scholarship initiatives reflect the Foundation’s belief in the importance of the written word and the value of thoughtful reading and writing.