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Region: south central

"These people did not love me. They had never treated me the way they wanted to be..."

"My whole life, I had been alone. I wasn’t sure what it was, but everyone I’d ever known had rejected me..."

Alone

Sadie

Stark

Lago Vista

11th Grade

Elias takes a deep breath, unsure for the millionth time if this is the right choice.

The year 2157 is a far cry from the time of the first space flight, but, in that moment, Elias feels...

A Single Second

J. E.

Huerta

Bentonville

9th Grade

"Don’t look through the lens. There’s no reason now to see, when you’re a little older”

What’s behind the glass? And why can I not see? Eager yearned and ached, what’s behind the mystery?

The Magnifying Glass

Ashley

Rangel

Bentonville

Bentonville West High School

9th Grade

"The sky fascinates me: its ever-changing colors like a painter’s palette"

I wish I could say I have a beautiful, stunning, scenic view from the 25th floor of my towering apartment...

My Brick House, My Window, and The World

Amelia

Franke

Kirkwood

North Kirkwood Middle School

Other Grade

"I see the kids running around like dandelions in the wind The cars with drivers that..."

"I see my front yard with the not so green grass The quiet street with one car parked on it The other..."

Home

Sonya

Lang

St. Louis

Other Grade

"The rain drips down the leaves of a tree and travels its way through the gutter..."

"Windows. When open, you are led to somewhere outside of the closed space you live in. A breath of..."

Windows

Bridget

Feltmann

Kirkwood

North Kirkwood Middle School

9th Grade

"There’s blood dripping down my arm now. Probably a splinter. It hurts. Bad. But I..."

"Bang. Bang. Bang. The wood around our window is splintering. My hand is starting to hurt from holding my..."

Remnants of a Window and a Love Long Gone

Shannon

Dobson

Chesterfield

11th Grade

"A world where people are chasing their dreams. A world where dreams turn into reality."

"Looking out a window you see a joined neighborhood, everyone knows everyone, friends, families. Taking..."

World of Possibilities

Bryleigh

Maxwell

St. Louis

North Kirkwood Middle School

Other Grade

"Authors. Make up characters, and I make up shorter thoughts. Like right now I’m..."

"I’ve never been a big fan of writing but I’ll give this a shot, so here I go. I wanna be a lawyer when..."

Distractions

Jacob

Blaskiewicz

St. Louis

North Kirkwood Middle School

Other Grade

"Black child, black child - Keep your hands on the rim - Of the wheel and keep still..."

"Black child, black child - You weren’t meant to thrive - You were only meant to hide - In this world..."

Black Child

Sophia

G

Louisville

Other Grade

"Last year I couldn't imagine denying my pain an audience. Didn't think suffering..."

"In the arteries of Louisville, the lighting makes our skin look cheap. The city is thick with people..."

Inhale

Dez

Levier

Louisville

Other Grade

"He was frozen in fear, a normal day went wrong so fast. Will couldn’t ask his dad..."

"It was a day like any other. A quiet kid from a small city known as St.Louis Missouri was playing..."

They’re watching.

Michael

Blaskiewicz

St. Louis

North Kirkwood Middle School

Other Grade

"Just because we can’t see Them in the light doesn’t mean they’re not there. They..."

"There’s a feeling we all experience. A sense of aching, a hitch in your breath, your heartbeat pounding..."

Better Not to Know

Margaret

Maple

McKinney

10th Grade

"'Dinner was delicious,' she said, and smiled at the empty chair on the other side of..."

Mature Content

"The fork scraped across the glass plate. The room filled with the smell of cooked meat. She dabbed her..."

Dinner’s Ready

Max

Hatcher

Los Angeles

10th Grade

"If only he had shared his opinion when the time was right."

A man wearing a mud-brown suit and a shiny black top hat lived in a kingdom that sat in a valley...

The Man’s Lost Voice

L. F.

Katz

Tyler, Texas

12th Grade

"Life will return soon"

Hopefulness must stay...

A Promise – Haiku

Zoe

Smith

Houston, Texas

Episcopal High School

10th Grade

"These people did not love me. They had never treated me the way they wanted to be..."

"My whole life, I had been alone. I wasn’t sure what it was, but everyone I’d ever known had rejected me..."

Alone

Sadie

Stark

Lago Vista

11th Grade

Elias takes a deep breath, unsure for the millionth time if this is the right choice.

The year 2157 is a far cry from the time of the first space flight, but, in that moment, Elias feels...

A Single Second

J. E.

Huerta

Bentonville

9th Grade

"Don’t look through the lens. There’s no reason now to see, when you’re a little older”

What’s behind the glass? And why can I not see? Eager yearned and ached, what’s behind the mystery?

The Magnifying Glass

Ashley

Rangel

Bentonville

Bentonville West High School

9th Grade

"The sky fascinates me: its ever-changing colors like a painter’s palette"

I wish I could say I have a beautiful, stunning, scenic view from the 25th floor of my towering apartment...

My Brick House, My Window, and The World

Amelia

Franke

Kirkwood

North Kirkwood Middle School

Other Grade

"I see the kids running around like dandelions in the wind The cars with drivers that..."

"I see my front yard with the not so green grass The quiet street with one car parked on it The other..."

Home

Sonya

Lang

St. Louis

Other Grade

"The rain drips down the leaves of a tree and travels its way through the gutter..."

"Windows. When open, you are led to somewhere outside of the closed space you live in. A breath of..."

Windows

Bridget

Feltmann

Kirkwood

North Kirkwood Middle School

9th Grade

"There’s blood dripping down my arm now. Probably a splinter. It hurts. Bad. But I..."

"Bang. Bang. Bang. The wood around our window is splintering. My hand is starting to hurt from holding my..."

Remnants of a Window and a Love Long Gone

Shannon

Dobson

Chesterfield

11th Grade

"A world where people are chasing their dreams. A world where dreams turn into reality."

"Looking out a window you see a joined neighborhood, everyone knows everyone, friends, families. Taking..."

World of Possibilities

Bryleigh

Maxwell

St. Louis

North Kirkwood Middle School

Other Grade

"Authors. Make up characters, and I make up shorter thoughts. Like right now I’m..."

"I’ve never been a big fan of writing but I’ll give this a shot, so here I go. I wanna be a lawyer when..."

Distractions

Jacob

Blaskiewicz

St. Louis

North Kirkwood Middle School

Other Grade

"Black child, black child - Keep your hands on the rim - Of the wheel and keep still..."

"Black child, black child - You weren’t meant to thrive - You were only meant to hide - In this world..."

Black Child

Sophia

G

Louisville

Other Grade