Livescribe today announced the winners of the “Make Your Mark” contest on Facebook, which encouraged students to share in 140 characters or less how they were going to make a difference at their college.

Livescribe received over 3,000 entries from students at 1,000 different universities across the country and will award a total of $10,000 in scholarships and Pulse smartpens to 18 college students who best demonstrated creativity, originality and inspiration in their written entries.

Hannah Claire Nicole Halcomb of Eastern Kentucky University won $1,500 and a Pulse smartpen as the grand prize winner for her following entry: “I am a 19 year old raising a baby and going to school full time. I want to show others in my situation that it is possible to graduate on time from a university with a child.” In addition, 15 first-prize winners to date have been awarded $500 in scholarship funds, and each received a Pulse smartpen.

Livescribe’s confirmed Make Your Mark scholarship winners are:

GRAND PRIZE WINNER:

Hannah Claire Nicole Halcomb from Richmond, Ky. (attending Eastern Kentucky University)

FIRST PRIZE WINNERS:

Kathleen Anders, Washington DC (attending Georgetown University)

Sean Clark, Reno, Nev. (attending UN Reno)

Emmanuel Coloma, Berkeley, Calif. (attending UC Berkeley)

Lisa Dewart, Toledo, Ohio (attending MIT)

Marvinlette Dorsey, Vacherie, La. (attending Xavier University of Louisiana)

Alyssa Dotson, Duncanville, Texas (attending UT Austin)

Kathleen Fell, Stillwater, Okla. (attending Oklahoma State University)

K. Tavane Griffith, Gainesville, Fla. (attending Santa Fe College)

Erin Judge, Austin, Texas (attending UT Austin)

Reeca Mitchell, Memphis, Tenn. (attending Tennessee State University)

Ashley Pietzsch, Austin, Texas (attending UT Austin)

Rachel Pollack, Minneapolis, Minn. (attending UM Twin Cities)

Christa Pluff, Pittsburgh, Pa. (attending Georgetown University)

Waytao Shing, Austin, Texas (attending UT Austin)

Heather Stevens, Salado, Texas (attending UT Arlington)

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