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In fact, a few months ago I received an email from a high schooler in California who had read The Concord Review, looking for some research advice!

From: Name Withheld

Date: May 25, 2017 at 20:49:39 EDT

To: Will Fitzhugh <fitzhugh@tcr.org>

Subject: Emerson Prize

Dear Mr. Fitzhugh, 

Last night I came home late from an orchestra concert to find your letter about the Emerson Prize. What an amazing surprise! I just wanted to say how grateful I am for both this, and the chance to be published in your impressive journal in the first place. 

I have no doubt that it helped me get into the University of Chicago, where I'll be going next year. From the moment I visited it I knew it was the place where I could see myself finding that same entrancement in learning (what our headmaster calls "flow,") that I get while deep in the research process. 

Although I'm not usually one for awards and such, your recognition has allowed me to feel that maybe pursuing what I love most in school is not so futile after all...and that something as seemingly solitary as a history paper can exist outside of the classroom and reach a wider audience. In fact, a few months ago I received an email from a high schooler in California who had read The Concord Review, looking for some research advice!

Thanks again for all of your help, the prize (which I promise to put to good use,) and your invaluable journal.  

Sincerely,
(Signed)

[Commonwealth School, Class of 2017

"Judicial Independence,"

The Concord Review, Winter 2016

Volume 27 Emerson Prize]

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