Junior / Essays
My Hero: City Year’s Writing Contest 8th grade winner
A hero isn’t just someone who rips off his or her clothes in the pounding climax of a crime to fly off and save someone. A hero doesn’t have to have super strength. A hero is someone who is brave and makes a positive change in someone’s life, sometimes without even knowing what they have [...]
By Destiny Samuel
Junior / Essays
My Hero: City Year’s Writing Contest 9th grade winner
March 1st 2014, midafternoon, I peruse the instructions for this prompt and stare misty-eyed at crimson pictures of Superman on Google. “Who do I consider to be a hero?” is the question that I continuously ask myself. The next question that arrives more simply is—what is a hero? What being a hero entails for me [...]
By Dominique Brodie-Wilson
Junior / Essays
My Hero: City Year’s Writing Contest 7th grade winner
Who do I consider to be a hero? Well, to me a hero is someone who will take a bullet for me or someone who will stand up for me and have my back even if no one else does. Also a hero, in my opinion, is someone who, if I call their name at [...]
By Mya Mills
Junior / Poetry
Praying Mantis Pod
Brown, dry, crinkly
By Connor Simpkins
Junior / Poetry
Daddy
Nurse, musician
By Maggie MacLean
Junior / Poetry
Boy
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By Azariah Collins
Junior / Poetry
Memorized
It’s glued inside forever
By Juwaireyah Dorsey
Junior / Poetry
The Tearful Alligator
The tearful alligator
By Jordan J.
Junior / Poetry
Pray for the People in Camden
With pale blue eyes and cropped red hair,
By Ali Binder
Junior / Poetry
Elements
Earth, fire, water, and wind. Each element provides humanity with something amazing but holds the power to conjure unwieldy disasters. Earth, with its aesthetic landscapes and array of color and textures, could collapse at any given moment, causing worldwide adversity. Fire, an element of power and agility, its welcoming warmth and flames that dance upon [...]
By Marissa Wenglicki
Junior / Poetry
Mama Said
The pungent smell of cigarettes inflames her nose
By Anna Zachwieja
Junior / Poetry
Head of the Table
Sit at the head of the table,
By Serenity Baruzzini
Junior / Poetry
The Girl in the Window
Bombs fall,
By Serenity Baruzzini
Junior / Poetry
Patience
Calmly rest my child
By Suaad Dorsey
Junior / Poetry
A New Beginning
A house isn’t a house without
By Suaad Dorsey
Junior / Artwork
Cover
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By Lucas Reeves
Junior / Artwork
Flowers
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By Sam Brown
Junior / Artwork
Umbrella
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By Ryan Ruane
Junior / Artwork
Cat
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By Morgan Pitcairn
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Circles
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By Christian Jackson
Junior / Artwork
Elephant
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By Saniya Hayes
Junior / Artwork
Book and Vines
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By Mia Curtis
Junior / Artwork
Girl with Tissue
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By Sierra Hudson
Junior / Artwork
Fruit
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By Roman Katona
Junior / Artwork
Inspired Herring
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By Dalyce Hairston
Junior / Artwork
Bacon and Eggs
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By Connor Moyer
Junior / Artwork
Girl Standing
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By Audrey Kretschman
Junior / Artwork
Cardinal
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By Aidan Bell