The Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education has given one $5,000 education grant to Brijna Canter and a second $5,000 grant to Zachary Cyran.
LIFE, Arlington, Va., awarded those grand prize scholarships along with 23 additional scholarships to students who submitted written essays or videos describing the effects of losing mothers or fathers at a young age.
The scholarship program received about 1,000 entries, LIFE says.