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The Fountain Essay Contest 2025

20 June 2025 | The Fountain | Blog

Real or Fake? Reflections on How We Experience Life in the AI Age “The picture reflects all the instructions. But something looks off, though I’m not so sure what it is.” “The script is quite good…

2024 Essay Contest Winners

...And the winners are: 1st Place “Home Is Tucked Under the Smiling Sunflower Seeds” by Azra Ozturk 2nd Place “Home Is Kobayashi Issa’s Cherry Blossoms” by Moon Taha Teen Nikita 3rd Place “How…

07 October 2024 | The Fountain | Blog

2024 Essay Contest Top Ten

Let's up the excitement a bit higher! Here is the Top Ten. Award winners will be announced very soon!! “My Home, My Stability” by Michaela Harhajova “A Mosquito Meets a Memory” by Maggie Whelan-C…

02 October 2024 | The Fountain | Blog

2024 Essay Contest Shortlist

Countdown to the winners is around the corner! Here is the shortlist for Essay Contest 2024. We congratulate all the participants. Winners will be announced very soon. Please follow our announcements…

29 September 2024 | The Fountain | Blog

The Fountain Essay Contest 2024

“Home” holds a special place in our lives. A large, luxurious mansion or a small, decrepit place, our homes are hard to replace with anything. Our earliest memories form inside its walls; we utter ou…

05 April 2024 | The Fountain | Blog

2022-2023 Essay Contest Winners

...And the winners are: A Silent Ticking Time Bomb, by Keneth Erfelua What Is Distraction? by Colm O_Shea A Trip to the Zoo, by Zulma Suro Unplugging the Mind: Reclaiming Focus in the Age of Di…

17 September 2023 | The Fountain | Blog

2023 Essay Contest Shortlist

Countdown to the winners is around the corner! Here is the shortlist. Winners will be announced very soon. Please follow our announcements! “Distraction Timed,” by Allison Hope “Unplugging the Mi…

22 August 2023 | The Fountain | Blog

The Fountain Essay Contest 2023

While you are reading this announcement in the center of your screen, a Whatsapp message from your spouse pops up in the right corner – she reminds you of the winter storm forecast for later today. “…

01 March 2023 | The Fountain | Blog

2021-2022 Essay Contest Winners

While we congratulate them for their talents, we congratulate all participants for facing the challenge and growing through it. ...And the winners are: Fruit Flies – M. Shai Dash A True Public…

07 July 2022 | The Fountain | Blog

2021-2022 Essay Contest Shortlist

Countdown to the winners is around the corner! Here is the top 20 shortlist. Winners will be announced very soon. Please follow our announcements! ; - Zoleigh Borg Bipolar Revival - Laura Merlea…

07 June 2022 | The Fountain | Blog

2021-2022 Essay Contest Top 100

Here is the top 100 shortlist for 2021-2022 Essay Contest “Revival.” Congratulations to all! We are thankful to all participants for sharing their stories of “coming back to life” out of different t…

24 May 2022 | The Fountain | Blog

The Fountain Essay Contest 2021-2022

The Fountain Essay Contest 2021-2022: REVIVAL After a long dormancy in this Covid era, our lives seem to be taking off for a fresh start. Vaccination is speeding up, people are mostly cautious in…

11 January 2022 | The Fountain | Blog

2020-2021 Essay Contest Winners

The Covid has dominated our lives this past year in diverse ways; the personal stories you shared for this contest reflect that diversity, yet with a common thread – that we heal when we share. As we…

04 June 2021 | The Fountain | Blog