Author: mejerit
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First Place in Poetry: Hans Yang’s, “Hivemind”
“HIVEMIND” //declare yourself, east asians {we the we the people we the veneer peelings on smoldering verandas we the ribs chipped by unatomic silence trickling down fourteen stories we the koi in redlined ponds gulping salt-song in bleeding gill holding snake, pounding stakes in land dripping white …
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Announcing the Winners of the Young Authors Writing Competition 2023
Congratulations to our first, second, and third place winners of the Young Authors Writing Competition 2023! A note from one of our faculty judges regarding all the incredible submissions we received this year: “All in all, these high school writers, already writing on a college level of skill, clarity, and sustained voice, wrote exceptional pieces.…
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Announcing the 2023 Young Authors Top Ten Finalists
It is with great joy and in awe of all the brilliant submissions we received that we now announce our top ten finalists in each portion of the 2023 Young Authors Writing Competition. Fiction Claire Chen: “All That is Foreign” Cathleen Balid: “Every Autumn” Tess Harris: “Is Bliss” Coral Hodges: Castor Ashley Hong: “My Mandu…