First Place: Krista Stone-Manista, Northwestern University School of Law
“Parents in Illinois Are Parents in Oklahoma: An Argument for Mandatory Interstate Recognition of Same-Sex Adoptions”

First Runner Up:  C. Hays Burchfield, University of Mississippi School of Law
“Gay or Straight – Marriage Should Not Be a Requirement for Enforceable Gestational Surrogacy Agreements”

Second Runner Up: Matthew Coleman, Rutgers School of Law Newark
“Segregating the Cycle: Same-Sex Domestic Violence and the Threat of State Constitutional Amendments Limiting Marriage”