Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

We’re thrilled to announce our 2025 Barron Prize Young Heroes! This year’s winners and runners-up are deeply committed to helping their communities and protecting the planet. We’re so inspired by their goodness and are delighted to honor them! barronprize.org/meet-the-winne…

What a beautiful new @InspYoungHeroes video featuring 2024 Barron Prize winner Cash! He works to protect freshwater ecosystems and has removed more than 46,000 pounds of trash from the Tennessee River. We love your passion and commitment, Cash! inspiringyoungheroes.org/stories/cash-d…

With plenty of summer still ahead, we’re reminded of 2024 winner Esther’s wise TEDxTalk about the power of getting outside. The founder of Nurture Natives, she speaks of how time spent in nature grounds us and can inspire us to help protect the planet. youtube.com/watch?v=7_U0zz…

Kudos to 2024 Barron Prize winners Ekansh, Elizabeth, and Charlotte, who are highlighted as “20 Under 20” in the latest issue of Diversity in Action magazine. We love how they’re using their passions to make a difference! mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i…

In this Earth Day month, we applaud 2024 Barron Prize young heroes Rohan and Jack, developers of the Go Green filter gogreenfilter.com. It reduces vehicles’ carbon emissions by over 74% via a filter clamped inside the exhaust pipe. Such great work to protect the planet!

With Earth Day around the corner, we’re celebrating 2024 Barron Prize young hero Adyant, who uses STEM to protect the planet. He's developed a cost-effective alternative energy source to power low-voltage devices like remote wildfire detection cameras. Such great work, Adyant!

Congrats to 2024 Barron Prize young hero Mia, founder of LingoX, who is celebrating a year of accomplishments, including recognition by the @DianaAward. Her nonprofit has now provided 100,000 hours of free language classes for students in 136 countries. You inspire us, Mia!⁠

Our latest blog offers tips for compiling a strong Barron Prize application from those who would know – our most recent winners. Check out their advice before our April 15 deadline! barronprize.org/blog/advice-fr…

Less than 3 weeks left to apply for the 2025 Barron Prize! If you’re a public-spirited young person ages 8 to 18 living in the U.S. or Canada and are helping other people or the planet, apply by our April 15 deadline! Find our online application here: barronprize.org/apply/

Kudos to 2024 Barron Prize young hero Chase, co-founder of Eco Brothers @readrepeatorg, which recently delivered 2,000+ new books to elementary students in need. Chase & his team are passionate about making education more equitable. Your compassion & hard work inspire us, Chase!

We're thrilled to launch an inspiring new 25th anniversary video series on our sister site @InspYoungHeroes! Barron Prize founder @TABarronAuthor introduces the first “Then and Now” video featuring a conversation between former winners Ashley & Gitanjali. youtube.com/watch?v=yhWGXP…

We so admire 2024 young hero Aaryan who created CirFin to educate young people about moving from our take-make-waste linear economy to a sustainable circular one. He has written a book that calls for the redesign of everyday products to extend their life cycle. Such great work!

Congrats to 2024 Barron Prize young hero Legacy, who was recently honored with Washington University’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Service Award! Legacy founded Little Legacies Community Service at age 7 and has led her peers in completing 100+ projects to help others.

We’re thrilled to share this 25th anniversary video, in which author and Barron Prize founder T. A. Barron reflects on 25 years of honoring young heroes. We’re continually inspired by their goodness and grateful for their work to change the world! youtube.com/watch?v=YiFyQP…

We’re inspired by 2024 Barron Prize young hero Elana (pictured center) who founded the Koenig Childhood Cancer Foundation @TheKccf at age 11 soon after conquering her own cancer. She has raised more than $1.5 million to help over 3,600 children & their families battling cancer.

We’re grateful for our 25-year partnership with National Youth Leadership Council and applaud their work to support service-minded young leaders! NYLC will host their annual Service-Learning Conference March 26-28 in St. Paul, MN. Register by March 14: nylc.org/slc-registrati…

We’re celebrating our 25th anniversary and are delighted to mark this milestone! See our latest blog for reflections on 25 years of honoring young heroes. We’re grateful for our supporters and for the incredible young people in our Barron Prize family! barronprize.org/blog/cause-for…

We’re excited to launch our 2025 cycle of the Barron Prize - and celebrate our 25th anniversary - with a brand new set of Public Service Announcements! The PSAs feature our 2024 young heroes and invite applicants for this year’s awards. Watch for them airing across the country!

Congratulations to 2021 Barron Prize winners Brooke and Breanna, who were recently honored as @CNNHeroes Young Wonders! The two sisters co-founded @womenintrainin1, a youth empowerment nonprofit that advocates for menstrual equity and menstrual education. Kudos, ladies!

We’re thrilled to launch the 2025 cycle of the Barron Prize and to open our online application! If you’re ages 8 to 18, live in the U.S. or Canada, & are helping the environment or other people in a significant way, we’d love for you to apply by April 15! barronprize.org/apply/