• 1ST PLACE: Andrea Westhoff, Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Kathleen Swift, Sue Pitts; The Tuskegee Airmen: Tragedy in Rights, Triumph in Flights
• 2ND PLACE: Ellen Cagle, Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Dan O'Connell; Lucy Burns and the "Night of Terror"

• 3RD PLACE: Sagar Pandey Yadama, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Mahatma Ghandi: Achieving Glory through Non-Violence

• 4TH PLACE: Katherine Wilkerson, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Cynthia Felts;The Tragic Last Lynching in Boone County
• 5TH PLACE: Emily Nakanishi, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Leslie Claxton;African American Authors in the Harlem Renaissance
• 6TH PLACE: Michael Doman, Kirksville Middle School, Kirksville, Teacher/s: Susan Hazen;The Triumph and Tragedy of the Haun's Mill Massacre

• 1ST PLACE: Adam Davis, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Debra Heimbaugh;Panama Canal: "The Land Divided, the World United"
• 2ND PLACE: Frederich J. Autrey, St Margaret of Scotland, St Louis, Teacher/s: Alice Chase; Roberto Clemente: Beyond the Bases

• 3RD PLACE: Zachary Matney, Bernie High School, Bernie, Teacher/s: Kristy Barnes, David Teeters; Pearl Harbor: One Nation's Triumph, Another Nation's Tragedy

• 4TH PLACE: McKensie Hodges, Hollister Junior High, Hollister, Teacher/s: Charlene Free; Polio: A Vaccine is Found at Last!
• 5TH PLACE: Emily Yarbrough, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Terry Trullinger; The Ultimate Field Trip
• 6TH PLACE: Stewart Pence, Joplin Gifted Center, Joplin, Teacher/s: Pamela Page; Balancing the Scales of Equality: Shelley v. Kraemer, 1948

• 1ST PLACE: Claire Wright, Nicole Yanko, St Raphael the Archangel, St. Louis, Teacher/s: Christy Connor; Tragic Fire Shapes School Safety
• 2ND PLACE: Molly Martin, Kelsey Kapella, Hollister Junior High, Hollister, Teacher/s: Karen Ellison; Dorothea Dix: Unlocking the Mentally Ill

• 3RD PLACE: Kara Cross, Lauren Stevens, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Leslie Claxton; Margaret Bourke-White: A Triumph Through the Lens

• 4TH PLACE: Kailey Wessel, Clara Stewart, Emily Janes, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Ron Greenwell; Orphan Trains: The Tragedy of the Streets to the Triumph of a Home
• 5TH PLACE: Sami Hail, Josie McCorkle, Carl Junction Intermediate School, Carl Junction, Teacher/s: Vicki Farrill, Nita Hartman; Pompeii: Destruction of a Culture
• 6TH PLACE: Thomas Nabelek, Cole Cade, Nathan Wikle, Columbia Catholic School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Widget Ewing; General Order No. 11

• 1ST PLACE: Slayton Boone, Gideon Junior High, Gideon, Teacher/s: James Breece, Judy Smith; My Name May Not be in a History Book, but My Story Is
• 2ND PLACE: P. J. Lawhon, Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Dan O'Connell; Last Days in Stalingrad: A German Soldier's View

• 3RD PLACE: Brittany Golden, Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Sue Pitts, Kathleen Swift; A Healing Hand in a Time of Tragedy: The Triumph of Clara Barton

• 4TH PLACE: Samantha Auch, St Margaret of Scotland, St Louis, Teacher/s: Alice Chase; Joan of Arc: A Triumph in a Trgedy
• 5TH PLACE: Patrick Smith, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Kylee Hagenah; Mozart: The Musical Genius
• 6TH PLACE: Cassidy Trenhaile, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Kylee Hagenah; The Real Unsinkable Margaret Tobin Brown

• 1ST PLACE: Jocelyn Lee, Dee Luo, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Wilma Rudolph: Racing Past Racism
• 2ND PLACE: Janine Lang, Noah Dromgoole, Elizabeth Jurries, Emma Rehfeld, Paris Watson, Flynn Park Elementary, University City, Teacher/s: Jenifer Heimann; Women in the Workforce, Victory is Ours!

• 3RD PLACE: Maria Backs, Emma Cadd, South Valley Junior High, Liberty, Teacher/s: Debra Slaughter; March of the Children: Triumph over Injustice

• 4TH PLACE: Randa Butler, Ashley Larson, Jordanne Wright, Seneca R-7 School, Seneca, Teacher/s: Karen Grimmett; Riveters, Welders, Buckers, & More: Women During War
• 5TH PLACE: Brittany Oppland, Demetria Panopoulos, St Raphael the Archangel, St. Louis, Teacher/s: Christy Connor; Christa McAuliffe: Fallen Astronaut, Cherished Hero
• 6TH PLACE: Katherine Gardner, Sydney Goggins, Columbia Independent School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Jason Bricker; Life at Manzanar

• 1ST PLACE: Kassidy Murphy, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell; Five Gold Stars in the Window Pane
• 2ND PLACE: Kori Caswell, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Brian Baker; Mark Twain's Triumphs over Samuel Clemens' Tragedies

• 3RD PLACE: Zachary Praiss, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; A Story of Triumph and Tragedy: The Space Shuttle Program

• 4TH PLACE: Corey Hounschell, South Middle School, Joplin, Teacher/s: Pamela Page; Battle of the Bulge
• 5TH PLACE: Victoria Cacchione, St Margaret of Scotland School, St Louis, Teacher/s: Alice Chase; American Independence: The 1st Great Compromise
• 6TH PLACE: Margret Grills, Seneca R-7 School, Seneca, Teacher/s: Karen Grimmett; Leonardo DaVinci: Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Mind

• 1ST PLACE: Anne Kainz, Danielle Magoc, Allison Magoc, Carolyn Kainz, St Raphael the Archangel, St. Louis, Teacher/s: Christy Connor; Wilma Rudolph: Racing Towards Victory
• 2ND PLACE: Eli Stubblefield, Josh Souder, Seneca R-7 School, Seneca, Teacher/s: Karen Grimmett; San Francisco's Death, Destruction, & Rebirth

• 3RD PLACE: Allison Easley, Bryan Morton, Kirksville Middle School, Kirksville, Teacher/s: Susan Hazen; Triumph and Tragedy of Polio

• 4TH PLACE: Josh Griner, Logan Grady, Josh Barker, Seneca R-7 School, Seneca, Teacher/s: Karen Grimmett; The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
• 5TH PLACE: Henry Mikitish, Jordan Lewis, Nick McElhaney, South Valley Junior High, Liberty, Teacher/s: Debra Slaughter; A Sea of Black: The Story of the Spill that Changed America
• 6TH PLACE: Rachel Reischman, Sadie Schaefer, Courtney Scheeter, Emma Wessel, St Ambrose School, Chaffee, Teacher/s: Gladys Hency; An American Moses: The Road to Freedom

• 1ST PLACE: Briana Russo, Carthage High School, Carthage, Teacher/s: Caroline Tubbs, Kathleen Swift; Triumph of Kenyan Independence and the Tragedy of the Mau Mau Rebellion
• 2ND PLACE: Laura Fried, Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Carl Schulkin; Collapse of the Oslo Peace Accord: A Call for True Leadership in the Middle East

• 3RD PLACE: Shannon Weber, Liberty Junior High, Liberty, Teacher/s: Inga Nordstrom-Kelly; Warrior Queen: The Triumph and Tragedy of Boudica, Queen of the Iceni

• 4TH PLACE: Yiliu Zhang, Clayton High School, Clayton, Teacher/s: Janet Baldwin; Ephemeral Triumph, Enduring Tragedy: The Armenian Genocide
• 5TH PLACE: Sara Stone, Carthage High School, Carthage, Teacher/s: Caroline Tubbs, Kathleen Swift; Two Revolutions: The Triumph and Tragedy of Russia, 1917
• 6TH PLACE: Katie Roberts, Homeschool, Walnut Shade, Teacher/s: Patty Roberts; Thirteen Days of Freedom: The Triumph and Tragedy of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

• 1ST PLACE: Tim Cooper, Strafford High School, Strafford, Teacher/s: Doug Fields; Unit 731: The Tragedy of Biological Warfare
• 2ND PLACE: Miranda Cato, Bernie High School, Bernie, Teacher/s: Kristy Barnes, David Teeters; Triumph and Tragedy: London Rises from the Ashes

• 3RD PLACE: Amanda Prasuhn, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Teacher/s: Steve Platte; A New Hope for the American People

• 4TH PLACE: Sarah Bailey, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Teacher/s: Steve Platte; Dorothea Dix: Advocate for the Insane
• 5TH PLACE: Justine Leiser, Carthage High School, Carthage, Teacher/s: Kathleen Swift; "You Shall Live Freely" John Smith's Triumph in the Face of New World Tragedy
• 6TH PLACE: Bailey Davenport, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Teacher/s: Steve Platte; The Shadow Cast by Death: Differing Perspectives on the Atomic Bombings

• 1ST PLACE: Jordan Butler, Randall Bonnell, Hollister High School, Hollister, Teacher/s: Karen Ellison; Battle of Ypres: The Birth of Triumph and Tragedy for World War II
• 2ND PLACE: Yana Kelly, Maria Blythe, Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs, Teacher/s: Dacia Rzchowski; To the Pacific with Lewis and Clark

• 3RD PLACE: Tesa Reed, Joseph Guevel, Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs, Teacher/s: Dacia Rzchowski; The Battle of Lexington, Missouri

• 4TH PLACE: Josh Cullum, Krista Cullum, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell; Solly and Sugihara: The Story of a Holocaust Triumph
• 5TH PLACE: Chelsea Gibson, Samantha Williams, Sarah Goolsby, Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Kathleen Swift, Sue Pitts; Triumph to Tragedy: Titanic beneath the Tide
• 6TH PLACE: Morgan Carlile, Micah Fouke, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Janiece Mulia, Mary Mueller; The Gateway Arch: A Triumph in Architecture

• 1ST PLACE: Ricky McCord, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell; Like a Match Burning Brightly
• 2ND PLACE: LaMarione Shepard, Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs, Teacher/s: Dacia Rzchowski; Women Were Affected, Too

• 3RD PLACE: Nikki Ray, Gideon High School, Gideon, Teacher/s: James Breece, Judy Smith; Good Work Sister: Rosie the Riveter Does a Man Size Job

• 4TH PLACE: Colin Gardner, Columbia Independent School, Columbia, Teacher/s: Jason Bricker; Beyond Watergate: The Legacy of Richard Nixon
• 5TH PLACE: Rebecca Smith, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Mary Mueller; Edgar Allan Poe: A Tragedy in Life, Yet a Triumph in History
• 6TH PLACE: DeAndre White, Central High School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Ken Elkins; Music Is Our Legacy

• 1ST PLACE: Jordan Passley, Anna Godbey, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell; Einzel Siegen, Einzel Die Tragik
• 2ND PLACE: Jerrell Price, Cymone Davis, Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs, Teacher/s: Dacia Rzchowski; Suing for Admissions: Lucile Bluford and Lloyd Gaines

• 3RD PLACE: Bethany Haines, Haley Estes, Westminster Christian Academy, St. Louis, Teacher/s: Robert Vass; A Better Future Marked by a Road of Suffering: The Triumph & Tragedy of Pioneers on the Oregon Trail

• 4TH PLACE: Raquel Roman, Allyson Peck, Liberty Junior High, Liberty, Teacher/s: Inga Nordstrom-Kelly; Immune to the Incurable: The Black Death
• 5TH PLACE: Samantha Eaton, Emily Miller, Calyn Cook, Lafayette High School, St. Joseph, Teacher/s: Derek Frieling; Triumph in the Midst of Tragedy: The Great Depression
• 6TH PLACE: Laura Barbiea, Katherine Kennison, Westminster Christian Academy, St. Louis, Teacher/s: Robert Vass; The Two Faces of Evita: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Evita Peron

• 1ST PLACE: Stephen Henady, Seneca High School, Seneca, Teacher/s: Cheryl Butterfield; The Triumph and Tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• 2ND PLACE: Megan Ludlow, Rolla Junior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Cynthia Felts, Leah Prewett; Footprints in the Dust: The Tragedy and Triumph of the Great Plains

• 3RD PLACE: Rachel Amick, Rolla Senior High, Rolla, Teacher/s: Jennifer Elmore; The Little Rock Crisis: The Triumph of Integration Through Tragic Events

• 4TH PLACE: Paige Norman, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Robert Vass; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: From Child Prodigy to Musical Hero
• 5TH PLACE: Austin Holiman, Gideon High School, Gideon, Teacher/s: James Breece, Judy Smith; Fighting Mosquitoes, Monsoons, Malaria, and the Japanese: The Cactus Airforce Triumphs Over Tragedy
• 6TH PLACE: Michael Talent, Westminster Christian Academy, St. Louis, Teacher/s: Robert Vass; Cesare Borgia: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Prince

• 1ST PLACE: Scott Knutzen, Sagan Graskemper, Carl Junction High School, Carl Junction, Teacher/s: Alaina Eastman; NASA: The Cost of Cosmic Conquest
• 2ND PLACE: Andrew Wiens, Jordan Duke, Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Teacher/s: Robert Vass; The Voyage of the Endurance: Sir Ernest Shackleton's White Warfare of the South

• 3RD PLACE: Brittany Burnett, Brandon Bennett, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell; The Tennesse Tornado: A Triumph over Polio

• 4TH PLACE: Qinglang Xu, Noah Duncan, Ladue Horton Watkins High, St Louis, Teacher/s: James Goldwasser; The Triumph and Tragedy of Regime Change in the Philippines
• 5TH PLACE: Jordan Leinen, Lily Hough, Sarah Smith, Alex Miller, St. Teresa's Academy, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Karen Johnson; The Other Side of Paradise
• 6TH PLACE: Brett Serff, Taylor Aiken, Niklas Binder, Greenwood Lab School, Springfield, Teacher/s: Candace Fisk; Triumph in the Congo and Tragedy in Ireland: The Rise and Fall of Sir Roger Casement

American Association of Univeristy Women, Women's History Prizes presented by the AAUW ($100)

• Junior Individual Exhibit - Nellie Bly: Triumphant Power of the Pen; Haley Brownfield, Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Sue Pitts, Kathleen Swift
• Junior Individual Performance - A Healing Hand in a Time of Tragedy: The Triumph of Clara Barton; Brittany Golden Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Sue Pitts, Kathleen Swift

Howard Croteau Prize presented by the family of Dr. Howard Croteau ($100)

• Junior Individual Documentary - Five Gold Stars in the Window Pane; Kassidy Murphy, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell

Folk History Prize presented by Laura Cansler and family ($100)

• Senior Web Site - Talking to the Wind: Louis Houck Achieving Triumph Tragically; Sarah Powell, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell

Folk History Prize presented by the Missouri Folklore Society ($75)

• Junior Individual Exhibit - Mark Twain's Triumphs over Samuel Clemens' Tragedies; Kori Caswell, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Brian Baker

Immigrants in Missouri presented by Adolf and Rebecca Schroeder ($100)

• Junior Group Exhibit - Orphan Trains: The Tragedy of the Streets to the Triumph of a Home; Kailey Wessel, Clara Stewart, Emily Janes, Hannibal Middle School, Hannibal, Teacher/s: Ron Greenwell

Jewish History Prize presented by the United Hebrew Congregation of Joplin and Temple Israel of Springfield

• Senior Individual Documentary - No One Tells This Story; Kelsey Murphy, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Michael Murphy, Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell ($100)
• Senior Historical Paper - Collapse of the Oslo Peace Accord: A Call for True Leadership in the Middle East; Laura Fried, Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, Teacher/s: Carl Schulkin ($50)

Kansas City Prize presented by the Native Sons of Kansas City and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City ($100)

• Senior Group Exhibit - The Battle of Lexington, Missouri; Tesa Reed, Joseph Guevel, Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs, Teacher/s: Dacia Rzchowski

Local History Prize presented by Lynn Morrow ($100)

• Junior Individual Exhibit - Will Johnny Come Marching Home? ; Colin Roush, North Andrew R-VI, Rosendale, Teacher/s: Tim Roush

Missouri German Heritage Prize presented by the German Heritage Archives at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia ($100)

• Senior Web Site - Talking to the Wind: Louis Houck Achieving Triumph Tragically; Sarah Powell, Risco R-II Schools, Risco, Teacher/s: Melanie Tipton, Kim Powell

Strickland African-American History Prizes presented through an endowment by Dr. Arvah E. Strickland, Department of History, University of Missouri-Coulmbia ($100)

• Junior Historical Paper - The Tuskegee Airmen: Tragedy in Rights, Triumph in Flights; Andrea Westhoff, Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Kathleen Swift, Sue Pitts
• Junior Group Exhibit - 1839: The Revolt and Trial of the Amistad Captives; Atryino Dolon, Brandon Hazlett, Carthage Junior High, Carthage, Teacher/s: Kathleen Swift, Sue Pitts
• Junior Group Documentary - Wilma Rudolph: Racing Towards Victory; Anne Kainz, Danielle Magoc, Allison Magoc, Carolyn Kainz, St Raphael the Archangel, St. Louis, Teacher/s: Christy Connor
• Senior Individual Performance - We Shall Overcome: The Vivien Thomas Story; Sarah Fullerton, Westminster Christian Academy, St. Louis, Teacher/s: Robert Vass

Willard T. Young Prize presented by the family of Willard T. Young ($100)

• Senior Group Exhibit - Transforming the Flame: The Tragedy of the Holocaust and the Triumph of the Human Spirit; Ashley Linder, Merrit Romeike, Seneca High School, Seneca, Teacher/s: Cheryl Butterfield

      Michael Murphy teacher at Risco R-II, won the 2007 Webber Teacher of the Year award and will have his name in nomination for the Farrell teacher award at NHD in June.