South Carolina Apollo By Kelli Allen We know for certain that cobblestones accept heat whether we gallop toward the hut or not. Loving a woman means dying every day, too, and one season begs another to wait just long enough for us to feast ahead of any funeral. When the Chinese man asks where … Continue reading Summer Contest Poetry 2nd Place
Summer Contest Fiction 2nd Place
The Summer Moon By Debjani Mukherjee It is a warm summer evening. Mrinal is busy with her kitchen chores. Her hair is tied up in a untidy bun allowing few forelocks dangling on her round slim face with high cheekbones. Her tall thin body is wrapped with an emerald cotton night gown perfectly complementing her … Continue reading Summer Contest Fiction 2nd Place
Summer Contest Fiction 1st Place
Tree Lovers By Clynthia Burton Graham She loved me once and then once again. It was what I took from her that made me yearn for her, after my departures. What I took always confounded me, but the feeling of her kept me tethered. Inside the roar of waves, under the blistering sun, sitting at the … Continue reading Summer Contest Fiction 1st Place
Summer Contest Poetry First Place
Fireflies & Hand Grenades By Jared Benjamin I couldn't assemble enough catharsis from the depths of burning dictionaries as I confess my disappointment making bonfires from the dead language tattooed on ripped out pages all I can do is gaze up at the night sky as it once again plays me for a … Continue reading Summer Contest Poetry First Place
High School Contest Winners
The winners of our first annual high school contest have all been posted. We got some really amazing posts from some really amazing young writers. It was an honor to read their submissions and we hope that each of them continue their writing and send more of their work for us to post. Have you … Continue reading High School Contest Winners
High School Contest Fiction Second Place
Delilah's Song Janie Pitner Montgomery Blair High School Rrrrrrr r r r I turned the key of the ignition 90 degrees as the rumbling of my battered, old yellow station wagon started. Skreeeeeeech As I began to backup my slanted driveway, the exhaust pipe dragged against the ground. At least the … Continue reading High School Contest Fiction Second Place
High School Contest Poetry Winner
Grapefruit By Faith Rhodes Oldfields School The colors of a summer night’s sunset, engulfing a sphere. Sprinkles of sugar fall of the sides of the spoon, dancing onto the fiery soul. Once a soul full of rage, now calmed by the dancers. Younglings purse their lips when the sunset rests upon them. A galaxy … Continue reading High School Contest Poetry Winner
April Showers Contest – Poetry 3rd place
A Touch of April Rain Rie Sheridan Rose There’s a rumble of thunder in the distance tonight, calling to my heart. And now, a tap at the window, as the rain comes to visit, inviting me to play. I answer the whisper, open the door, and step into the rain. Fairy kisses cool against my … Continue reading April Showers Contest – Poetry 3rd place
April Showers Contest – 2nd Place Poetry
Truth Reflected Within Raindrops on A Showery Eve By Linda Imbler What you were, and what you are, off-center, you, beheld through my raindrops of tears. What I remember, and what I see, not the same reflection, us, while viewed inside puddles on the street. Just hollow fact: lovers, friends, enemies, strangers exact.
Honorable Mentions- Poetry
Horary of the Seasons On the appointed day dawn rises clear and golden, so warm as to deny that winter could ever come: like an horary of the seasons or of my lives, the ritual begins. I start to fold the clothes washed to cotton stiffness, the shirts and skirts I’ve worn for years, like … Continue reading Honorable Mentions- Poetry
Academy of the Heart And Mind 