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Campaign Contest: "With your whole heart" by Hailey Cariaga
With your whole heart - Fiction I loved my best friend dearly, and I loved my mom and my dad, my two big brothers. Infact, I was in the...
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Sep 21, 20234 min read
Campaign Contest: "⅓" by Nathanya Caitlyn Lim
⅓ - Creative-Nonfiction “Jia xin, ni jin tian xia lai xue xi xin ke,” popo would lovingly remind me every time we had lunch together. It...
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Sep 21, 202311 min read
Campaign Contest: "The Necessity of Photojournalism" by London Dernis
The Necessity of Photojournalism - Creative-Nonfiction Phones are stuck to hands like glue is to paper. Some people have screen times...
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Sep 11, 20234 min read
Campaign Contest: "Happily Ever After" by Daniela Argondizzo
Happily Ever After - Poem What is Happily Ever After? Is it the story of a girl? A young girl, who lives far-away, Waiting for the never...
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Sep 11, 20231 min read
Campaign Contest: "Comfort" by Melody Chen
Comfort - Poem Etching a place for myself in a scary world Craving warmth and comfort in routines Placing trust in people's worst Enough...
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Sep 11, 20231 min read
Campaign Contest: "Content" by Joanna Kate
Content - Creative-Nonfiction A big part of who I am is my sense of self. I had always been aware of this constant need of reassuring...
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Sep 11, 20233 min read
"Why Forgive and Forget is Overrated" by Cathleen Balid
Over the last decade and a half, the Internet has become less of an online networking system and more of a unique, unrestricted...
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Jan 9, 20232 min read
"Review of Tariq Thompson's 'LONE LILY'" by Annalisa Hansford
Poetry is a way to grapple with the inevitable and unavoidable experience of loneliness. Tariq Thompson does just that in his debut...
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Jan 8, 20234 min read
"Sleep!" by Milly Chen
“Sleep affects almost every tissue in our bodies,” says Dr. Michael Twery, a sleep expert at NIH. During sleep, our body is supporting...
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Jan 6, 20233 min read
Submissions to Issue 14 are Open!
We accept writing from ages 12 - 26. There is no theme and previously published works and simultaneous submissions are welcome! We...
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Nov 22, 20221 min read
"Whatever You Face, Do Not Lose Hope" by Milly Chen
Hope is regarded as a positive attitude, one that can steer us through the challenges we face. During the current historical moment, when...
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Oct 13, 20224 min read
"Four Websites For Ambient Background Noise" by Shreya Senthilkumar
For many, working or relaxing in complete silence is simply impossible. In fact, without some type of ambient background noise, it might...
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Oct 3, 20223 min read
"On Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë" by Breanna Crossman
When Jane Eyre was first published by Charlotte Brontë in 1847, it was under the pseudonym Currer Bell, because in Victorian era England,...
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Oct 2, 20225 min read
Featured Writer: Bhavika Malik
Naturalizing Flesh - Poem I circle you. corners disjointed and holding is uneasy pressed between my index and thumb your resistance to be...
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Sep 2, 20221 min read
"A Meaningful Encounter" by Milly Chen
“It's a privilege for people to not have to think about having a space like this, right? But for us, if this place doesn't exist, then we...
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Aug 11, 20224 min read
"TOP 15 TIPS & TRICKS FOR EVERY NYC FIRST TIMER" by Amelhyne O’Regan-Farineau
Ah New York. The concrete city where dreams are made of. There’s nothing you can’t do. These lights will inspire you… In all seriousness,...
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Aug 10, 20225 min read
"The Best Movies to Watch Over the Summer" by Breanna Crossman
Over the summer, once you are tired of the beach and pool and sun, a great way to relax is to watch movies. During the hot summer...
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Aug 10, 20222 min read
"The Exploitative History of Tipping in America" by Shreya Senthilkumar
I’m at my local boba shop, ordering my favorite drink: purple taro milk tea. The cashier smiles as she types in my order, eventually...
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Aug 10, 20225 min read
"Is our perception of beauty colonized?" by Cindy Nie
It is said that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. As a young girl, my mother would always call out from the kitchen before I...
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Aug 10, 20222 min read
"A Heartbroken News that Raises Gender Issues" by Milly Chen
No matter how old I am, my parents are most concerned about my safety, not only because I am their daughter, but also because this...
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Jul 15, 20223 min read
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