Chrysostom Oratory Competition

The ACCS National Oratory Competition

For ACCS members

High school students from ACCS member schools will compete with their peers from other ACCS schools for a $500 grand prize. A maximum of one student (either one junior or one senior) submission per member school is allowed.

• Grand Prize: $500. The first-prize winning student will present their speech at the annual ACCS Repairing the Ruins Conference. The student will receive an all-expense-paid trip for the winner, one parent, and one friend to the conference. Additional prizes may be awarded depending on conference location and venue.
• Second Prize: $500.
• Enter: Your school will provide and sign the entry forms. Member schools can find the information on the Member Resource Center/Chrysostom.
• Timeframe: Entry deadline is normally in April. The award is presented at end of the school year.

Chrysostom Oratory Contest Winners

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	2021 First Prize: Hannah Kim “Fact Became Myth: The Mythology of Modern Science” Veritas Classical Academy Fullerton, CA Delivered June 17, 2021 at Repairing the Ruins in Frisco, TX
	2020 First Prize: Benjamin Ault Rockbridge Academy Crownsville, MD
	2019 First Prize: Charity Kim (Repairing the Ruins Presentation) Veritas Classical Academy Fullerton, CA
	2018 First Prize: Abraham Martin (Repairing the Ruins Presentation) School of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO
	2018 Second Prize: McKinley Traylor (Repairing the Ruins Presentation) Trinitas Christian School Pensacola, FL
	2017 First Prize: Kana Turley Tall Oaks Classical School Bear, DE
	2017 Second Prize: Abby Wallen Rockbridge Academy Millersville, MD
	2016 First Prize: Hannah Thompson (Repairing the Ruins Presentation) Evangel Classical Christian School Alabaster, AL
	2016 Second Prize: Katherine Cvancara (Repairing the Ruins Presentation) The Oaks: A Classical Christian Academy Spokane, WA
	2015 First Prize: Rachel Cooley Rockbridge Academy Millersville, MD
	2015 Second Prize: Colby Gilley Trinitas Christian School Pensacola, FL
	2014 Champion: Alexa Cripe (Repairing the Ruins Presentation) Rockbridge Academy Millersville, MD
	2014 Runner-Up: Khristian Trotter (Repairing the Ruins Presentation) Trinitas Christian School Pensacola, FL
	2013 Champion: Sarah Chaffee (Repairing the Ruins Presentation) Tall Oaks Classical School New Castle, DE
	2013 Runner-Up: Stephen Fletcher (Repairing the Ruins Presentation) Trinitas Christian School Pensacola, FL
	2012 Champion: Phoebe Hu Tall Oaks Classical School New Castle, DE
	2012 Runner-Up: Daniel Dawson Rockbridge Academy Millersville, MD
	2011 Champion: Kelly Weber Tall Oaks Classical School New Castle, DE
	2011 Runner-Up: Henry Overos Ad Fontes Academy Centreville, VA
	2010 Champion: Anna Kitchin Rockbridge Academy Millersville, MD
	2010 Runner-Up: Krista Wilford The Ambrose School Meridian, ID
	2009 Champion: Anna Hollidge Rockbridge Academy Millersville, MD