Benjamin Franklin
Scholar Award
The Pennsylvania Society's Benjamin Franklin Scholar Award invited Pennsylvania public school juniors to submit an original essay discussing the modern-day relevance of a Benjamin Franklin quote.
The 2021 quote is:
"[A] great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges."
-Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One
(September 11, 1773)
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Thank you for your submissions!

2020 Scholar Award Winners
First Prize $6,000
Ashna Patel – North Allegheny Senior High School
Wexford, Allegheny County
Second Prize $4,000
Anna-Lynn Fryer - Tyrone Area High School
Tyrone, Blair County
Third Prize $2,000
Yasseen Sabil - North Allegheny Senior High School
Wexford, Allegheny County