Elana Joy from California USA told a heartwarming story in her essay “Illuminated”. The illuminated gas light in her car sent her a depressing signal for low gasoline and possibility of getting stranded on a country road. But her encounter with some strangers brightened her perspective on humanity. Hidayet Adams from South Africa told a story of Joanne in “The Quality of Gratitude”, a college lecturer who had a difficult choices to make with her son: what to have for supper. But a phone call from her student helped out. Halimah Giwa from Nigeria is a 12th grader. He's a young student, but already experienced life hardships like losing a friend. He told us a story of making new friends, and more. Ana Costa from Portugal sent us one of her many short stories she wrote, that she found love and happiness during the pandemic. Many friends of hers read the story and were happy for her. Peter Volkofsky from Australia is an established writer. He takes advantage of the Biopage platform to tell his life stories. Please make sure to follow him and read his many Updates. Olivier Charest From Canada is a pilot, coach, athlete, student, and a writer! In his story he detailed the day that he took the flight test. During this pandemic he persisted and became a licensed pilot! ***** Thank you all very much for participating in the Biopage Storytelling Writing Contest! The results are now available on the contest webpage: https://www.biopage.com/contest It was a very difficult decision to make! We received many high-quality essays from around the world, it was so difficult to pick the winners. We are sorry that most of you will be disappointed; but remember you are all winners! Many participants appreciated the contest as an opportunity to stay away from the noisy social media, to really start writing again to express themselves, and to tell stories. Please keep in mind that this is a recurrent contest; you are welcome to write another story and submit again! Thank you and happy writing! The Biopage Writing Contest Committee