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!

• “My Home, My Stability” by Michaela Harhajova
• “A Mosquito Meets a Memory” by Maggie Whelan-Curtin
• “A Personal Cartography of Home” by Daniella Musimbi
• “The Concept of Home: An Analysis of Its True Significance” by Mary Joy Tempra
• “Is Home Really Just Brick and Mortar?” by Selman Uzun
• “An Account of the Woods” by Allie Schick
• “An Alphabet of Home” by Lisa-Anne Julien
• “Call Me Kama'āina (Please)” by Madison Stevens
• “Home Or Heaven” by Aditya Goel
• “Shadows of Home” by Golf Greener
• “Though Our Feet Wander, Our Hearts Are Bound to Return” by Hannah Hazzard
• “Footsteps of Belonging Tracing the Path to Home” by Hale Hayta
• “Beyond Home: The Spirit of Sydney” by Brianna Head
• “The Itch to Change” by Keith Herron
• “The Eviction of Innocence” by Kinzie Asmus-Kim
• “Home by Heart” by Brian Warner
• “Home Is Where the Poles Meet” by Kyra Swantkowski
• “Home Is Kobayashi Issa’s Cherry Blossoms” by Moon Taha Teen Nikita
• “Home Is Tucked Under the Smiling Sunflower Seeds” by Azra Ozturk
• “Home Is Dinner Every Night” by Marie Vibbert
• “How To Build a Home From a Toolkit and a Sourdough Starter” by Pimvarin Srihawan
• “Nest on the Sea, or Art” by Jaeyong Park
• “The Cartography of the Heart: Where Home Isn’t a Place, But a Night Sky” by Yamini Ramesh
• “The Path to Eternal Home: From Temporary Shelters to Lasting Peace” by Zeynep Orhan
• “The Places We Belong To” by Red Thunder
• “The Stars Will Not Collide” by Phelelani Makhanya
• “Welcome to a Home Built in Fleeting Glamourized Desperation” by Yvette Rejuso
• “A House Called Home: A Place, a Concept, a Dream, a Memory” by Vaishnavi P
• “A Sense of Belonging” by Neth Ak
• “Home: The Paradise of Nature” by Meerab Nofal
• “Home: Where Resilience Develops and Mission Flourishes” by Ali Suleiman