Akanksha Ayantika I push through the mob of people that have gathered after the shot was fired. It is suffocating, I need air. I am...

Bryan Milstead – ROUGHLY 7 YEARS AGO – Beams of light crawl through the partially open blinds of the library window. Outside,...

Summer L. A year ago this day, I stood beneath the boiling water of my own shower head. I contemplated what this world might look like if...

Sophia Quintana It started, as these things often do, with looking. Stolen glances across the hallway between classes, beneath the oaks...

Aubrie Gay When the sun goes down, I'll sit and think about you. I’ll think about how you told me you’d never leave me. I’ll think about...

Sadie Bunting On the roof of Claudia Fisher’s house, Tasha watches as a cardboard-cut-out skyline casts sharp relief on a smog filled...

this is inspired by my ELA teacher Gabby Racine The ELA room is my go-to place where my creativity can roam free, and I can let my...

Dylan Van Cleve Foreword I was only 7 years old when I was in third grade but I was at a 1st grade reading level. My family didn't know I...

Kara Burnside Dear Jason County Police Department, For three days straight, there was a girl named Michelle who had turned up missing on...

Katerina Sutton Each day, she wakes up and brushes her teeth with an overused plastic toothbrush, applies the same bright red lipstick to...

Sydney Greeley I’d like to think I’m a masterpiece, sculpted from the finest marble and colored in with great care. The centerpiece of a...