ESSAY CONTEST

The Freedom Papers

Essay Contest Roundup #3: Freedom

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“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” — Viktor Frankl

It’s been a bit of a saga, our third Essay Contest: Changes, delays, revised deadlines, bereavement, grief… In other words, Life getting in the way of the best laid plans.

But hey, here we are, at last, with the entries! (Published in order of receipt.)

Feel free to indicate your favourite in the comments of your chosen story.

Colton Tanner Casados-Medve thinks freedom is a paradox

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Gaby Rogut remembers in poetic verse a time she broke free