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