Writing Contest Winners Spring 2022
Four times a year, we ask our readers to write about the impact recent stories have had on teens around the country. In Spring 2022, we had a range of responses from writers connecting to stories about family income, race, and fitting in. Congratulations to our winners and be sure to apply for our next contest […]
Read MoreWriting Contest Winners Winter 2021-22
Four times a year, we ask our readers to write about the impact recent stories have had on teens around the country. In Winter 2021-22, we had a range of responses from writers connecting to stories about comparing trauma, race, and activism. Congratulations to our winners and be sure to apply for our next contest for […]
Read MoreMy Trauma’s Worse Than Yours
During the summer before high school, most of my friends ghosted me. I wasn’t completely over being abandoned when I began 9th grade, but I became more observant of how people try to fit in among social groups. One day, in the cafeteria, I was trying to console a good friend who was going through […]
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The Good in Grieving
When I was 5, I moved to Bangladesh from the U.S. This enabled me to spend more time with my grandparents: Abdur and Amena on my father’s side; Misbahul and Samsun on my mother’s. I loved and cherished my time with my grandparents. Samsun sat by her bed and gathered my cousins and me to […]
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