The Fountainhead Essay Winners
First Place
- Gena Gorlin, North Central High School, Indianapolis, IN, USA Read Essay
Second Place
- Brian Eha, Winter Springs, FL
- Juliet Tan, Anglo-Chinese, Singapore
- Emily Hill, Grayson HS, Grayson, GA
- Janice Wang, Semiahmoo Secondary, Surrey, Canada
- Emily Ruskovich, Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy, Blanchard, ID
Third Place
- Katie Gallagher, Lansing Catholic HS, East Lansing, MI
- Britt Long, Saint Francis HS, San Jose, CA
- Kyle Beauchamp, Saint Louis Priory School, Wentzville, MO
- Amy Schuff, Canby HS, Canby, OR
- Kristen Davis, Homeschooled, Stuart, VA
- Darrow Godeski-Merton, Hastings HS, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
- Gino Salvatelli, Westminster Academy, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Graham Picklesimer, Walter L. Sickles HS, Lutz, FL
- David Crawford, Montgomery Blair HS, Silver Spring, MD
- Abigail Kurfman, Gladston HS, Portland, OR
Finalist
- Lexie Mitter, Andover HS, West Bloomfield, MI
- Casey Wilson, Pontotoc HS, Pontotoc, MS
- Dan Reitemeier, Totin-Grace HS, Maple Grove, MN
- Megan Owens, Oxford Area HS, Oxford, PA
- Kelli Monahan, Thomas Sumter Academy, Shaw AFB, SC
- Dylan Gottlieb, Fox Lane HS, Pound Ridge, NY
- Will Wilkinson, Urbandale HS, Urbandale, Iowa
- Rachel Dooly, Mulberry Grove HS, Mulberry Grove, IL
- Laurel Karlsen, Nepean HS, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
- Emily Chen, Mont Kiara International School, Mont Kiara, KL Malaysia
- Darby Rahme, Western Canada HS, Calgary, Alberta Canada
- Emily Petit, Dover HS, Dover, NH
- Cameron Klinginsmith, Curtis HS, University Place, WA
- Aaron George, Summit HS, Dillon, CO
- Stephen Nichols, Tacoma School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA
- Kathleen Cooper, Phillips Exeter Academy, Durham, NH
- Sweta Agrawal, Bridgewater Raritan HS, Raritan, NJ
- Nadezhda Evstiounina, Upper St. Clair HS, Pittsburgh, PA
- Ali Mokhtarzadeh, George Washington HS, Charleston, WV
- Michelle Fessler, Saint Thomas Aquinas HS, Olathe, KS
- Claire Bea, Thomas Jefferson for Science and Tech., Alexandria, VA
- Kenneth Cochran, Freehold Township HS, Howell, NJ
- Sarah Gifford, Homeschooled, South Dartmouth, MA
- Isaac Spiel, Garfield HS, Seattle, WA
- Marie Jaquish, Granville HS, Granville, Ohio
- Rachel Bristol, Douglas HS, Minden, NV
- Emily Rosenberg, Shaker Heights HS, Shaker Heights, OH
- Bradley Stephen Vance, Cinncinnati, OH
- Mikael Kristiansen, Nederland HS, CO
- Julia O’Rourke, Fridley, MN
- Laura Brymer, Ballard HS, Louisville, KY
- Ashley N. Thomas, Homeschooled, Columbia, MO
- June Peng, Tahoma Senior HS, Maple Valley, WA
- Jeisun Charles Wen, University HS, Bloomington, IL
- John Jackman, Colony HS, Wasilla, AK
Semi-Finalist
- Mark Wentworth, Delbarton School, Mendham, NJ
- Alexander Cook, Lansing Catholic HS, Lansing, MI
- Lily Peterson, Lansing Catholic HS, Lansing, MI
- Rae Calcote, San Pedro HS, San Pedro, CA
- Nathaniel Roe, Montclair HS, Montclair, NJ
- Rachel Samson, Harvard HS, Harvard, NE
- Laura McLean, Henry County HS, Paris, TN
- Sarah Johnson, Natchitoches Central HS, Natchitoches, LA
- Ravi Patel, South Plainfield HS, South Plainfield, NJ
- Ashley Ritchey, South Plainfield HS, South Plainfield, NJ
- Max Chalfin, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Dennis, MA
- Jessica TenEyck, Lake HS, Millbury, OH
- Nick Turigliatto, Lake HS, Millbury, OH
- Rupa Baskaran, Illinois Math and Science Academy, Homewood, IL
- Mark Rawls, York County School of the Arts, Yorkstown, VA
- Stacy Anderson, St. Ignatius College Prepatory, Daly City, CA
- Kristen N. Coffey, Rhinebeck HS, Rhinebeck, NY
- David Pratt-Robson, Rhinebeck HS, Rhinebeck, NY
- Maia Woolner, Rhinebeck HS, Rhinebeck, NY
- Jonathan Beitner, Andover HS, West Bloomfield, MI
- Robert McMurray, Mountain View HS, Vancouver, WA
- Katie Hagen, Mountain View HS, Vancouver, WA
- Kate Kopmann, Roxbury HS, Succasunna, NJ
- Wei Li, Upper Arlington HS Sch, Columbus, OH
- Rebecca Geleyn, École Rose-des-Vents, Wilmot, NS Canada
- Katy Hally, Dartmouth HS, Dartmouth, NS Canada
- Amy Dinh, Tracy Joint Union HS, Tracy, CA
- Jim Tollefson, Los Lunas HS, Tome, NM
- Mallory Skinner, South Newton HS, Earl Park, IN
- Rosanne West, Beech HS, Hendersonville, TN
- Julia Wade, Parkland HS, Allentown, PA
- Lucas Robinson, Kemmerer HS, Kemmerer, WY
- Jessalynn Uchacz, Mariner HS, Everett, WA
- Deirdre Ethington, Hanford HS, Richland, WA
- Laura Maxwell, Lincoln Park Academy, Port St. Lucie, FL
- Ryan Hughes, Cherry Hill HS West, Cherry Hill, NJ
- Colby Grotem, John F Kennedy HS, Normandy Park, WA
- Chris Fuller, First Coast HS, Jacksonville, FL
- Amy Godenick, Oakbrook Preparatory School, Spartanburg, SC
- Jessica Wilbarger, Anthony Wayne, Whitehouse, OH
- Mary Stitt, Stitt Home School, West Fork, AR
- Brandon Bishop, Chase County HS, Imperial, NE
- Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Centre Wellington District HS, Fergus, ON Canada
- Jacob Speelman, Calgary Christian School-North Campus, Calgary, AB Canada
- Richard Clay, Roncalli HS, Aberdeen, SD
- Zeeshaan Bhatti, Rochester Adams HS, Rochester Hills, MI
- Clair Mesick, Albany Academy for Girls, Coeymans Hollow, NY
- Theresa Klear, Holgate Local Schools, New Bavaria, OH
- Tyler Kimble, Southwest HS, Green Bay, WI
- Karlyn Tjaden, Chaska HS, Chaska, MN
- Olga Kamensky, Stuyvesant HS, Bronx, NY
- Samantha Flynn, The Prairie School, Zenda, WI
- Kelly Kreimer, Prior Lake HS, Prior Lake, MN
- Angeline Protacio, Rowland HS, Chino Hills, CA
- Kevin Caldwell, Hunters Lane Comprehensive HS, Nashville, TN
- Jacqueline Mehlberg, Robinson Secondary, Burke, VA
- Andrew Godbehere, Manalapan HS, Marlboro, NJ
- Sarah Carnicella, Altoona Area HS, Altoona, PA
- Crystl Chang, Amos Alonzo Stagg HS, Palos Hills, IL
- Laura Kamfonik, Norwood HS, Norwood, MA
- Allison Cosbey, Homestead HS, Fort Wayne, IN
- Karen Evans, Mayo HS, Rochester, MN
- Jack Hsiao, Lamar Consolidated HS, Sugar Land, TX
- Leila Ceder, Townsend Harris HS, Flushing, NY
- Julie Freberg, Arizona School for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
- Elizabeth Longeway, East Leyden HS, Franklin Park, IL
- Brian Vass, Whitehall HS, Whitehall, PA
- Ji Ma, J.J. Pearce HS, Dallas, TX
- Samuel George, Jamaica HS, Sidell, IL
- Megan Ford, Ripon HS, Ripon, CA
- Lauren Hosek, Arapahoe HS, Centennial, CO
- Jacob Barto, Corona del Sol HS, Chandler, AZ
- Sam Burden, Cheney HS, Cheney, WA
- Johnny Garcia, Winston Churchill HS, Eugene, Oregon
- George Brell, West Anchorage HS, Anchorage, AK
- Betar Gallant, Natick HS, Natick, MA
- D.J. Demers, Resurrection Catholic Secondary School, Kitchener, ON Canada
- Xianlin Li, The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Cary, NC
- Qingru Zhou, Earl Haig Secondary School, Toronto, ON Canada
- Byron Ho, Poway HS, Poway, CA
- Kathy Hash, St. Albans HS, Tornado, WV
- Emily Wachtel, Agoura HS, Agoura Hills, CA
- Brenton Achelpohl, Lincoln College Preparatory Academy, Kansas City, MO
- Patrick Nutter, Ripon HS, Ripon, WI
- Brandon Smith, Ayala, Chino Hills, CA
- Raphael Barcham, HSland Park HS, Highland Park, NJ
- John Quick, Oratory Prep, Liberty Corner, NJ
- Surina Kumar, Huntington HS, Huntington, WV
- Jonathan Price, North Kansas City HS, Kansas City, MO
- Kalie Kissoon, Allen D. Nease HS, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
- Alyssa Knox, Campbell Collegiate, Regina, SK Canada
- Demetria Worley, Hampshire HS, Hampshire, TN
- Margaret Bezrutczyk, Long Island Lutheran HS, West Hempstead, NY
- Alexia Lewis, Visitation HS, Eden Prairie, MN
- Jennifer Ewing, Niceville HS, Niceville, FL
- Allison Sanders, Greater Latrobe Senior HS, Latrobe, PA
- Maggie McDonald, Bishop McDevitt HS, Harrisburg, PA
- Haley Dilling, Vero Beach HS, Vero Beach, FL
- Kaitlin Brush, Carson HS, Carson Cty, NV
- Daniel Randolph, Needham B. Broughton HS, Raleigh, NC
- Brianne Harris, Newport HS, Newport, WA
- Kristen Low, Greenwood, IN
- Jocelyn Lybarger, Galena HS, Reno, NV
- Justin Pines, Campolindo HS, Lafayette, CA
- Gregory Hunter, Ames HS, Ames, IA
- Vanshika Vij, Maumee Valley Country Day School, Perrysburg, OH
- Sean Hansen, Royal HS, Simi Valley, CA
- Lydia Whitlock, Woodward Academy, College Park, GA
- Katrina Redelsheimer, Sage Hill School, Newport Beach, CA
- Alex McCrum, Waldport HS, Waldport, OR
- Joy Nyenhuis, W. Lafayette Jr./Sr. HS, W. Lafayette, IN
- Esther Englander, Rabbi Joseph H Lookstein Upper School of Ramaz, New York, NY
- Nina Foucher, Whitney Young HS, Chicago, IL
- Sonia Lei, Joel Barlow HS, Easton, CT
- Joshua Tan, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Plano, TX
- James Faeh, Dunedin HS, Dunedin, FL
- Ryan Hubbard, Dobyns-Bennett HS, Kinsport, TN
- Jonathan Billig, Hastings HS, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
- Moni Adefolalu, Page HS, Greensboro, NC
- Michael Masefield, Brick Township HS, Brick, NJ
- Carl Richardson, Sherburne-Earlville Central School, South Plymouth, NY
- Erik Schuchard, Homestead HS, Mequon, WI
- Christina Furuya, Carl Sandburg HS, Orland Park, IL
- Cristina Nowak, Hutchsinson Central Technical HS, Buffalo, NY
- Jamie Metcalfe, Shaler Area HS, Glenshaw, PA
- Andrew Dowe, Jesuit HS, Tampa, FL
- Amanda Pires, Ursuline HS, Windsor, CA
- Tonia Wu, Cy-Fair HS, Cypress, TX
- Rebekah Reid, Oswgeo HS, Oswego, IL
- Artur Narkiewicz-Jodko, Klamath Union HS, Klamath Falls, OR
- Alexandra Ristow, Hickman HS, Columbia, MO
- Stephanie Chen, Glenbrook North HS, Northbrook, IL
- Victor Palacios, South El Monte HS, El Monte, CA
- Claire Burrows, Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Vocational School, Sault Ste. Marie, ON Canada
- Kristin MacDonald, Harvard-Westlake School, Sherman Oaks, CA
- Brian Boyd, Westwood HS, Georgetown, TX
- Eric Meng, Gretchen Whitney HS, Cerritos, CA
- Steven Rodenbach, Henry Foss HS, Lakewood, WA
- Sarah Smith, Homestead HS, Sunnyvale, CA
- Nicole Kolbasiuk, Springstead HS, Spring Hill, FL
- Amanda Fegley, Pennridge HS, Telford, PA
- Sarah Alsamarai, West Morris Central HS, Long Valley, NJ
- Garrett Morgan, Chaminade College Preparatory, Oxnard, CA
- Meaghan Beattie, (home-schooled), Oakland, CA
- Chad Campbell, Vero Beach HS, Vero Beach, FL
- Nora Nienhagen, Buena HS, Sierra Vista, AZ
- Jessica Eaton, Kearney HS, MO
- Johiquelle S. Watts, S. S. Murphy HS, Mobile, AL
- Paul Acosta, Mohonasen HS, Schenectady, NY
- Lori Continelli, Mohonasen HS, Rensselaer, NY
- Jenny Elliott, Mohonasen HS, Rotterdam, NY
- Leslie Eliashuk, Mohonasen HS, Schenectady, NY
- Afton Waters, Mohonasen HS, Schenectady, NY
- David J McKenna, Hudson HS, Hudson, MA
- Meaghan Taylor, The Colony HS, The Colony, TX
- Nicole Kittel, Weyerhaeuser School, Weyerhaeuser, WI
- Phillip Galligan, St Paul Central HS, Saint Paul, MN
- Candace Mitchell, Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, MA
- Jillian Bladow, Wisconsin Heights HS, Mazomanie, WI
- Elizabeth Frisby, Carl Sandburg HS, Orland Park, IL
- Meghan McGrenera, Carl Sandburg HS, Orland Park, IL
- Rachel Smeda, Heritage Academy, Columbia, MO
- Sandra Nokes, Butte HS, Butte, MT
- Adam Meredith, Southern Fulton HS, Needmore, PA
- Eric Truax, Southern Fulton HS, Needmore, PA
- Elizabeth Morin, Haldane Central HS, Cold Spring, NY
- Alison Duncan, Shawnee Mission North HS, Shawnee, KS
- Abigail Anne Boyd, Southern Lakes HS, Fenton, MI
- Justin Henceroth, Summit HS, Dillon, CO
- Jennifer Padgett, Homeschooled, Grand Prairie, TX
- Charles Boyle, Wasilla HS, Wasilla, AK
- Virginia Silvis, Flushing Senior HS, Flushing, MI
- Tzviah Dulin, Ketchikan HS, Ketchikan, AK
- Kim Bonner, Shawnee HS, Medford, NJ
- Stefanie Brawner, Buena HS, Ventura, CA
- Samuel Blake, Leigh HS, San Jose, CA
- Samuel R Howe, Belmont Hill, Belmont, ME
- Elisabeth Duncan, Timpanogos HS, Orem, UT
- Mackenzie Gibbons, Weddington HS, Weddington, NC
- Amanda Billings, Harrisonville HS, Harrisonville, MO
- Justin Forsyth, Oakton HS, Farifax, VA
- Dennis Jansen, Booker T. Washington Senior HS, Miami, FL
- Vicky Ortengren, Liberty HS, Colorado Springs, CO
- Jason Kephart, Skyview HS, Billings, MT
- Shannon Williams, Jefferson City HS, Jefferson City, MO
- Jessica Millar, Germantown Academy, Phoenixville, PA
- Jospeh Torella, Union Catholic Regional, Edison, NJ
- Julie E Uspal, Wilson HS, Wyomissing, PA
- Lauren Doll, Downingtown West HS, Dowingtown, PA
- Leslie Small, Downingtown West HS, Dowingtown, PA
- Nikolas Burkhart, Pellston HS, Brutus, MI
- Kyle Jespersen, Aarthur P Schalick HS, Pittsgrove, NJ
- Caitlin Roberts, Land O’Lakes HS, Land O’Lakes, FL
- Andrea Wollitz, Grafton HS, Grafton, ND
- oss Coe, Thomas Jeffeerson HS, Potomac Falls, VA
- Piper Armstrong, Timpview HS, Provo, UT
- Kaidi He, Irvine, CA
- Cara Mozola, Williamston HS, Williamston, WI
- Whitney Ruebhausen, Granite City HS, Granite City, IL
