The BYU Student Alumni Association and descendants of former BYU president George H. Brimhall honor the founders of Brigham Young University each year at Homecoming with the Brimhall Essay Contest. The competition is designed to encourage high levels of scholarship among BYU students and promote understanding and appreciation of BYU’s mission and legacy and the challenges of its great founders.
This Year Founder: Martha Jane Knowlton Coray
Homecoming Theme: Lean into Light
1st Place: $3,000 and published in BYU Magazine
2nd Place: $2,000
3rd Place: $1,000
Honorable Mention (3 awarded): $500
The essay must establish a connection between:
- The honored founder
- The 2023 Homecoming theme
- Personal reflections
Rules:
- The contest is open to all full-time BYU undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Fall Semester 2023.
- Essays should be approximately 750 words.
- Your name must not appear anywhere on your essay.
- Submit your essay online here.
- Essay submission deadline: Thursday, September 28, 2023, by MIDNIGHT.