Yarmouth History Center is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Wellcome Prize for Student Historians.
Films
- Film, 1st prize: Trimble’s Children: The Origin of Dogs in Cinema by Kevin Carr of Yarmouth High School. Watch Kevin’s film here!
Papers
- Paper, 1st prize: Portland Head Light: Portland Harbor’s Everlasting Beacon of Safety by Ethan Sweeney of North Yarmouth Academy. Read Ethan’s paper here!
The Wellcome Prize is Yarmouth History Center’s student history competition, which is open to high school students in Maine. Students are invited to undertake original historical research about a local history topic related to Cumberland County and write a research paper or make a film about their findings. Entries are judged on the quality of research and presentation and winners are invited to share their findings with the public as part of the History Center’s fall lecture series. The lecture series is free and open to all and is sponsored by the Leon and Lisa Gorman Fund. More information about the prize is available here.
