We've received over 200 entries for this year's Ottilie Markholt Scholarship program and the scholarship committee will be reviewing them shortly. Winners will be notified soon and they will also be posted on this site.

"The scholarship program enables us to honor the great influence Ottilie had on labor and gives us the opportunity to engage young people about the issues affecting working families," said Todd Iverson, president of America In Solidarity. "Many young people don't think about issues like the right to organize and affordable health care until they get out of school and enter the real world. If they think about it for a few hours while writing an essay, then we accomplished something."

This is the third year that America In Solidarity has offered the scholarship to honor the former labor leader, activist and historian. Last year, AIS awarded $4,000 in scholarships to 12 winners and in 2005 gave away $2,600 to five winners.