Genre Archive

Writing for Young People

Issue 21: Summer/Fall 2022

Flirting with Danger

June 5, 2022/in Summer-Fall 2022, Writing for Young People, Writing For Young People / Kristin Bartley Lenz

Issue 20: Winter/Spring 2022

Aptronym

November 29, 2021/in Winter-Spring 2022, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Dana Blatte

Issue 19: Summer/Fall 2021

Anywhere But Here

May 15, 2021/in Summer-Fall 2021, Writing For Young People, Writing for Young People / Sacha Bissonnette

Sweet Tooth

May 14, 2021/in Summer-Fall 2021, Writing for Young People, Writing For Young People / Delaney Burk

You’re Going to Live Here

May 13, 2021/in Summer-Fall 2021, Writing for Young People, Writing For Young People / Jenna Wengler

Issue 18: Winter/Spring 2021

Flower Food

December 4, 2020/in Winter-Spring 2021, Writing For Young People, Writing for Young People / Angelica Esquivel

The Shaving Cream of the Month Club

December 3, 2020/in Winter-Spring 2021, Writing for Young People, Writing For Young People / Evan Fackler

Lazarus and the Rich

December 2, 2020/in Winter-Spring 2021, Writing For Young People, Writing for Young People / Ryan Kim

Maggie Quart’s Guide to Unpopularity

December 2, 2020/in Winter-Spring 2021, Writing for Young People, Writing For Young People / Charlie Penny

Green Light

December 1, 2020/in Winter-Spring 2021, Writing for Young People, Writing For Young People / Brooklyn Quallen

Issue 17: Summer/Fall 2020

Addressing Why I Didn’t Do My Homework and Other Things

June 7, 2020/in Summer-Fall 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Nicole Hebdon

Pulled Apart

June 6, 2020/in Summer-Fall 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Lily Neusaenger

Ferris Wheel

June 5, 2020/in Summer-Fall 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Rachel Raiola

Pinky Promises

June 4, 2020/in Summer-Fall 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Diana Louise Vancura

Issue 16: Winter/Spring 2020

The Things We Grow

December 3, 2019/in Winter-Spring 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Hannah Abigail Clarke

Torn Between Two Lives

December 3, 2019/in Winter-Spring 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Julya Rabinowich, translated by Claire Storey

Hippotherapy

December 3, 2019/in Winter-Spring 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Joyce Becker Lee

Big Girls Don’t Cry

December 3, 2019/in Winter-Spring 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Susmita Bhattacharya

A Periwinkle Yesterday

December 2, 2019/in Winter-Spring 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Susan Gillis Yarad

An Inch of Courage

December 2, 2019/in Winter-Spring 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Virginia Elizabeth Hayes

Sticky Hands, Wild Hair, Bare Feet/ A Sky Right Above/ Father, where is your heart?/ Until death—

November 30, 2019/in Winter-Spring 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Victoria Richards

I Know Who Did It

November 21, 2019/in Winter-Spring 2020, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Christina Hoag

Issue 15: Summer/Fall 2019

Aspirations

May 25, 2019/in Summer-Fall 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Lea Beddia

Split

May 24, 2019/in Summer-Fall 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Melanie Dearman

Dr. Goon and the Lost Souls

May 23, 2019/in Summer-Fall 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Michael Hennessy

Encounters

May 22, 2019/in Summer-Fall 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Claudia McCarron

Girl, Electric

May 21, 2019/in Summer-Fall 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Alyssa Osiecki

The Jesus Christ of Henworth High

May 19, 2019/in Summer-Fall 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Christina Paries

Swimming Lessons

May 18, 2019/in Summer-Fall 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Gracie West

Theodore Draws Wolves

May 13, 2019/in Summer-Fall 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Elizabeth Wing

Issue 14: Winter/Spring 2019

Hombrecito

November 23, 2018/in Winter-Spring 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Melanie Márquez Adams

Chicken

November 23, 2018/in Winter-Spring 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Diana Clark

Laura, Keeper of the Red Pandas

November 23, 2018/in Winter-Spring 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Laura Gould

Katie’s Songs

November 23, 2018/in Winter-Spring 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Hannah Grieco

Drought

November 23, 2018/in Winter-Spring 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Chihye Naomi Kim

Our First Market Day

November 23, 2018/in Winter-Spring 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Rachel King

irl

November 23, 2018/in Winter-Spring 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Catey Miller

The Players

November 23, 2018/in Winter-Spring 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Lauren Marie Schmidt

Beethoven For Chinese New Year

November 23, 2018/in Winter-Spring 2019, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Morgan Song

Issue 13: Summer/Fall 2018

The Threshold of the Sun

May 29, 2018/in Summer-Fall 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Jacob Butlett

The Haiku Muse

May 29, 2018/in Summer-Fall 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Jaime Balboa

The Mirror Game

May 29, 2018/in Summer-Fall 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Dani Jansen

Girls Only

May 29, 2018/in Summer-Fall 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Katlyn Minard

Boyfriends and Leftovers

May 29, 2018/in Summer-Fall 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Lynn Wilcox

Fleeing Syria

May 29, 2018/in Summer-Fall 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Michael Wang

Issue 12: Winter/Spring 2018

Nighttime at Tree Level

November 25, 2017/in Winter-Spring 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Adam Gianforcaro

The Scent of Laila Thorinson

November 24, 2017/in Winter-Spring 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Jeune Ji

Birthday Party

November 23, 2017/in Winter-Spring 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Milena Nigam

Creeping Jenny

November 22, 2017/in Winter-Spring 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Noah Weisz

Househeld

November 21, 2017/in Winter-Spring 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Todd Wellman

Car 393

November 20, 2017/in Winter-Spring 2018, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Kip Wilson

Issue 11: Summer/Fall 2017

Bombs Bursting

May 20, 2017/in Summer-Fall 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Katie Avagliano

Food Truck Rodeo

May 19, 2017/in Summer-Fall 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Morgan Coyner

A Map for Roadkill

May 18, 2017/in Summer-Fall 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Anjali Enjeti

Donut Dancing

May 17, 2017/in Summer-Fall 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Kevin Flannery

Loves Long Since Forgotten

May 16, 2017/in Summer-Fall 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Audrey R. Hollis

Scented Brains

May 15, 2017/in Summer-Fall 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Scarlet Jones

Issue 10: Winter/Spring 2017

Giant Slayer

November 25, 2016/in Winter-Spring 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / Levi Cain

Purple Pen

November 24, 2016/in Winter-Spring 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by J.M. Ellison

The Price of Words

November 23, 2016/in Winter-Spring 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Jennifer Kaul

The Charred Companion

November 22, 2016/in Winter-Spring 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Melissa Ostrom

The Dead Girl

November 21, 2016/in Winter-Spring 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Lori Ann Palma

Peninsula

November 19, 2016/in Winter-Spring 2017, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Holly Beth Pratt

Issue 9: Summer/Fall 2016

The Streetlamp

May 7, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Gretchen Adams

Safe Harbor

May 6, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by DC Diamondopolous

River Park Games

May 5, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Richard Gnann

When Jack Left

May 4, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Daniel R. Julian

Our Sky, the Ocean

May 3, 2016/in Summer-Fall 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Jen Knox

Issue 8: Winter/Spring 2016

Labeled

November 28, 2015/in Winter-Spring 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Mackenna Cummings

Honor’s Justice

November 27, 2015/in Winter-Spring 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Sabrina Fedel

Bang

November 26, 2015/in Winter-Spring 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Izzy Kalichman

I Want To Be A Cowgirl

November 25, 2015/in Winter-Spring 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Tisha Reichle

Where the River Ends

October 27, 2015/in Winter-Spring 2016, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Sara Walters

Issue 7: Summer/Fall 2015

Ayesha’s Dream

May 30, 2015/in Summer-Fall 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Ed Taylor

Angelina Abercrombie

May 29, 2015/in Summer-Fall 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Sarah Brown

No Youngin’ Left Behind

May 28, 2015/in Summer-Fall 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Caitlyn Comm

Secrets from the Underworld

May 27, 2015/in Summer-Fall 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Melissa Ostrom

Issue 6: Winter/Spring 2015

I Love You, I Hate You, Don’t Leave

November 26, 2014/in Winter-Spring 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Jasmine Evans

The Magic Hour

November 25, 2014/in Winter-Spring 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Susan Abram

The View from Room 128

November 24, 2014/in Winter-Spring 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Danielle Burnette

The Uninvited Guest

November 23, 2014/in Winter-Spring 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Miranda Freeman

The Blue Frog of the Blue Moon

November 22, 2014/in Winter-Spring 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Lydia Fazio Theys

Running Water & Open Your Eyes

November 21, 2014/in Winter-Spring 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Aiden Thomas

Issue 5: Summer/Fall 2014

Flower Boy

May 20, 2014/in Summer-Fall 2014, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Nayoung Jin

Louisa and the Moon

May 19, 2014/in Summer-Fall 2014, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Shannon Anderson

The Self-Improvement Plan

May 18, 2014/in Summer-Fall 2014, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by David Elzey

Wishing Day

May 18, 2014/in Summer-Fall 2014, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Mureall Hebert

Issue 4: Winter/Spring 2014

Time Stops

November 28, 2013/in Winter-Spring 2014, Writing for Young People / by Josiah Upton

Marley’s Ghost Is Pregnant

November 27, 2013/in Winter-Spring 2014, Writing for Young People / by M. W. Fowler

Bloodroot Blooming

November 26, 2013/in Winter-Spring 2014, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Alyssa Hollingsworth

My Shelf Life

November 23, 2013/in Winter-Spring 2014, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Lilliam Rivera

Issue 3: Summer/Fall 2013

The Sand Dollar

May 25, 2013/in Summer-Fall 2013, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Alyssa Erichsen

The Arf Thing

May 24, 2013/in Summer-Fall 2013, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Val Howlett

Saturday Morning Pancakes

May 23, 2013/in Summer-Fall 2013, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Jessica Huszar-Yoshimoto

Ghosts

May 22, 2013/in Summer-Fall 2013, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Erin Jewkes

Clown

May 21, 2013/in Summer-Fall 2013, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Jessie Nash

Issue 2: Winter/Spring 2013

Ayesha’s Dream

May 27, 2015/in Summer-Fall 2015, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Ed Taylor

This Girl with Feathers

November 27, 2012/in Winter-Spring 2013, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by M.W. Fowler

Shadowboxing

November 26, 2012/in Winter-Spring 2013, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Jesse Cheng

Stalemate

November 25, 2012/in Winter-Spring 2013, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by J. Ifueko

Things We Never Know

November 24, 2012/in Winter-Spring 2013, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Steven Ostrowski

Wishing Weeds

November 23, 2012/in Winter-Spring 2013, Writing for Young People, Writing for Young People / by Grace Thomas

Issue 1: Spring 2012

Horses in the ’Hood

May 8, 2012/in Spring 2012, Writing for Young People / by G. Neri

Friday Lunch Blog

Friday Lunch! A serving of contemporary essays published every Friday.

Today’s course:

Am I a Writer?

September 16, 2022/in Blog / Sanaz Tamjidi

What Happened

August 19, 2022/in Blog / Amanda Woodard

Where Are You From?

August 5, 2022/in Blog / Majella Pinto

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Midnight Snack

A destination for all your late night obsessions.

Tonight’s bites:

The Worth of a Billionaire’s Words

September 23, 2022/in Midnight Snack / Kirby Chen Mages

Abyssinia

August 26, 2022/in Midnight Snack / JP Goggin

QVC-land

May 6, 2022/in A Transfer, Midnight Snack / D. E. Hardy

More coming soon!

Amuse-Bouche

Little bites every Monday to whet your appetite!

Today’s plate:

Guinea Pigs

September 26, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / K.A. Polzin

The Paradox of Bad

August 22, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / Bella Santos

The Cannibal Replies to Your Text

August 15, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / Aimee Lowenstern

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School Lunch

An occasional Wednesday series dishing up today’s best youth writers.

Today’s slice:

I’ve Stayed in the Front Yard

May 12, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Brendan Nurczyk

A Communal Announcement

April 28, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Isabella Dail

Seventeen

April 14, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Abigail E. Calimaran

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Word From the Editor

The variety in this issue speaks not only to the eclectic world we inhabit but to the power of the human spirit. We live in an uncertain world. In the U.S., we’re seeing mass shootings daily. Across the world, we’re still very much in a pandemic, some being trapped in their homes for weeks on end, others struggling to stay alive in hospitals. War continues to wage in Ukraine. Iran and North Korea are working diligently to make nuclear weapons. The list goes on. Still, we have artists who are willing and able to be vulnerable with one another, to share stories and art to help us try and make sense of our world.

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