“Girl with a Saxophone Earring” is an homage to Vermeer’s eventually titled “Girl with a Pearl Earring”. When thinking of the pearl earring, I thought that, were the girl to be real, the pearl...

  I was clipped on a folder  You were sitting on a stack  Even in fluorescent light  I thought you had my back    But I guess I should have known  When I saw you on...

My feet drag as I reach the door. My backpack is weighted down with books from school, and my shoulders ache from the weight. As I open the door, I hear the News on, which is odd. My family rarely watched...

Imagine a world where we have only news stories about celebrities and small local stories. The government has made a law prohibiting the press from publishing stories about the country and its government....

I didn’t know what was going on. My world had suddenly become a dangerous place. So many people had died that night, and I didn’t know if I’d ever see my family again. I sat on a park bench, thinking....

I woke up to my alarm blaring in my ear, a sound I just can't ever seem to get used to. Tapping the button on the top of my clock to turn off the repetitive beep I climb out of my bed and start my day....

In a world just like Earth. It is not this Earth. This parallel universe is so different from the world we know. One small action prevented the First Amendment rights from being created. Journalists all...

Buzz! Buzz! Sixteen year old Lyla Green’s alarm rang throughout her small dark room. Rolling off her dank mattress, she hit the hard concrete of her shack. You might be thinking, ‘Why is she on the...

That was the day that changed everything, the day the world ended. I can still remember that Monday morning in the year of 1962. It was the start of my 10th grade year, the year everyone looked forward...

During the 3rd period, the student news journalists at Willow Garden High School were working on their next stories for when the school news gets published next. The head of the school news, Fabell Cloves,...

Ring! Ring! The bell to start the second half of the school day rings. Children flooded back to their classrooms. Everyone sits down ready to resume the 2nd half of their English lesson. One girl in particular...