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2010 Winners

The Sobriety Rocks Scholarship Contest sponsored by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) encourages Kansans to avoid drinking alcohol until reaching the legal age of 21. Kansas youth submitted their creative work in four categories: music, writing, art and PSA. Our 2010 winners are featured here.

Best Music - $1,000 Scholarship

Jeremy Edwards
Wellington, Kansas

Click to hear Superhero
Click to read the lyrics
Click to watch Superhero performed live

 
Best Writing – $1,000 Scholarship

Erin Morris
Clearwater, Kansas

Click to read I Loved My Sister

 
Best Art – $1,000 Scholarship

Sarah Owens
Leavenworth, Kansas

Click to see Goodnight, Love


There was no 2010 PSA winner.

Read more about these three talented winners

Honorable Mention - Art

Shelby Anderson
Olathe, KS

Click to see The First Step

Idea or inspiration: “The 12 Steps to Sobriety are included because people usually need help getting out of alcohol addictions. The first step isn’t easy, so I extended it.”

Sarah Gerard
Syracuse, KS

Click to see Anti-Morning-After

Idea or inspiration: “The idea came from the fact that after a long night of drinking people usually end up near the bathroom.”

Hilary Mumaw
Ozawkie, KS

Click to see Flying Under the Influence

Idea or inspiration: “I drew Spiderman drunk and flying through the city with a beer belly because I wanted to show a famous figure brought down by alcohol.”

Honorable Mention - Writing

Madeline Curry
Topeka, KS

Click to read Enough

 

 

Emily Henderson
Liberal, KS

Click to read Jackson's Dilemma

 

 

Kenzie Templeton
New Strawn, Kansas

Click to read The Contingency

 

 

Honorable Mention - Music

Paige Finch
Barnes, KS

Click to hear Freedom
Click to read the lyrics