Here is the list of The Fountain Essay Contest 2018 participants who made into the shortlist. Winners will be announced on May 31.

• Opportunity Found in My Mother’s Hands
  By Eirene Vorhees

• A Journey
  By Reema Shafi

• At Least
  By Gaye Brown

• Beyond the Gate
  By Jacqueline Lucero

• All for the Children of Brubus
  By Patrick Finley

• Gratitude in the Face of Turmoil
  By Amir Salaam

• The Art of Being Grateful
  By Kalpana Sharma

• Grateful for A Soldier’s War
  By Celine Dan Tam Nguyen

• Gratitude: The Attitude that Matters Most
  By Sai Marie Johnson

• Gratitude: Not A Choice
  By Katharine Dasek

• Should We Be Grateful
  By Joana Godwin

• Grateful for Death
  By Jessica Gurgick

• Healing through Gratitude
  By Lisa Gomley

• Daddy’s Girl
  By Jennifer A. Sun

• What Do You Say?
  By Kimberly Moore

• Role Reversal: When My 5-Year-Old Student Became My Teacher
  By Purvee Chauhan

• On Being a Grateful Soul
  By R. H. Dorsey

• Grateful
  By Mikaela Bagdassarian

• Homeless
  By Judy Ann Eichstedt

• Taken for Gratitude
  By L. Dudzik

• Thank You. Sincerely, Me
  By Alicia Reynolds

• What Are You Grateful for?
  By Debbie Lam

• How Gratitude Makes Humanity Human
  By Lauren Wallenfelsz