Adult Essay Contest – 1st Place Golden GiftsBy Sarah Craven – Cabin John, Maryland Golden apples falling at your feet. This was a phrase my father often used to remind […]
17 Jul 2025
Adult Short Story Contest – 1st Place RubinaBy Asma Dilawari – Bethesda, Maryland The kettle whistled and she poured the boiling water over tea in the saucepan, recalling one of […]
17 Jul 2025
High School Short Story Contest – 1st Place Beneath the Frozen MoonBy Max Bakelar – Georgetown Preparatory School His gaze flicked toward the boy. “You think you’re too good for […]
17 Jul 2025
MundanityBy Leah Bulson – Richard Montgomery High School Do you mind if I set these here? whispering dogs with their heads hanging out of car windows hugs at the airport […]
17 Jul 2025
Adult Poetry Contest – 1st Place North of the AccentsBy John Whelan – Columbia, Maryland North of the eastern Canadian Providences, the Celtic lilt dissipates, disappearing into the big empty. […]
17 Jul 2025
High School Essay Contest – 1st Place The Painting in the MirrorBy Logan Moran – Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School As I step into the powder room adjacent to my attic […]
17 Jul 2025
Adult Essay Contest – 1st Place Golden GiftsBy Sarah Craven – Cabin John, Maryland Golden apples falling at your feet. This was a phrase my father often used to remind […]
17 Jul 2025
Michele Evans on her debut collection, purl By Emily Holland Michele Evans’s debut poetry collection, purl, readers are taken on a journey through voice and time. purl brings forth new […]
02 Jun 2025
A Writer’s Journey By Miriam Chernick If not for the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, I probably would not have become a writer. When the […]
07 May 2025
A Conversation with Novelist Samuel Ashworth By Zach Powers
24 Feb 2025
Ms. Angelou’s Sweet Song Smells of HoneyBy Lauren Ajebon – Winston Churchill High School I’m so sorry white America.My bootstraps have been cut off,the seams ripped from the back of […]
26 Jun 2024
Adult Poetry Contest – 1st Place ChinatownBy May-Mei Lee – Alexandria, Virginia On 7th street,before the fire,there was a restaurant,the one with the roast pork in the windownext to the […]
26 Jun 2024
High School Short Story Contest – 1st Place The Coffee ShopBy Abigail Ott Kendra checked her phone again. She had already been waiting 15 minutes for her date to show […]
26 Jun 2024