Thank you and congratulations to all who participated in our Presidential Minute Contest.

We’ve been flooded with entries from across the United States and around the globe! Students have clearly done their homework and are sharing their informed opinions and perspectives on the issues.

You can find the judges’ picks on this page. They evaluated all of the entries looking for good communication of an idea, thoughtful selection of issues, overall quality, and adherence to the format guidelines for the contest. You can see their picks for the Top 10 and the top entries by grade level below along with Special Awards. Top entries are being presented to Obama’s Transition Team.

View the entries and tell us which are your favorites by rating or commenting on the ones you like.

Top 10

Special Awards

• Best Advice
  Will P
  Jarid P
  Issac
  Austin K
  Samuel T
• Best Researched
  Tristan J
  La Perry W
  
• Best Technology
  Davaone A
  Celina D
  Tom R and Aniket L
  
• Best Graphics
  Heena R
  
• Best Personal Story
  Roxanne A
  
• Most Professional
  Heena
  Tony D
  Sofia B

• Best Audio
  Christopher P
  Shruthi
• Best Poetry
  Divya S
  Hillary D
  Katelyn S
  Ann M
  Carolina G
  Catalina D
  Shanice V
• Best Video
  Hannah C
  
• Patrick G
• Best Presentation
  Stacey P
  Harsh L
  Melissa Q
• Best Question
  Kristopher T
  Paola N

• Most Creative
  Kushavra
  Monika H
  Scott, Emily, Lily, Elizabeth
• Most Global
  Max, Simone, Ally, Corey, Will Owen
  Khushi
  Melissa, Seda, Robin, Julien, William, Joris, Theo
• Most Sincere
  Citalali M
  Cristina
  Ivy I
  Helen D
  Jennifer M
• Most Inspirational
  Alex W
  Monique S
  Tate C
  Waitsfield Elementary
  Yazmine J