Erick Buendia is an artist from Washington DC who specializes in painting and filmmaking. He posts his artwork on Instagram @Buendia_draws. He is currently pursuing a career in Film at Wesleyan University.
Literary Journal for Young Writers
By Erick Buendia
Erick Buendia is an artist from Washington DC who specializes in painting and filmmaking. He posts his artwork on Instagram @Buendia_draws. He is currently pursuing a career in Film at Wesleyan University.
By Asma Al-Masyabi
Asma Al-Masyabi is a poet, writer, artist, and student in Colorado. She is a Scholastic Silver Medal Poetry winner with publications in Taking Root: The Girls Write Now 2022 Anthology, Subnivean, The Ilanot Review, Up North Lit, and more. She’s currently pursuing an associate degree in English, after which she plans to major in creative writing. She looks forward to a career filled with words and art, her two biggest passions.
By Olude Peter Sunday
Hollows : With this art piece depicting a boy putting on a worn-out smile, I intend to bring attention to the difficult realities of orphan/street child trauma and the impact it can have on children. The holes it can dig or has dug in the bottom of their heart, empty spaces symbolizing pain.
Through this piece, I aim to convey the emotional trauma and grief that these children may carry, in the hopes of raising awareness and impelling society to take action to support and protect vulnerable youth.
Stories : I created this particular piece, a drawing with pencil on paper as an ode to the power of imagination that flows in the mind of the young ones, as they are reminded of the magic they can find in the world around them. I can recall that when I was drawing the piece, my head was free of anxiety but my mind had a lot of things to say about how the atmosphere of everything touches my emotions, and translates them into flowers, into a subtle thing. The magic of advancement and the magic of finding innocence in the progress of your passions.
Olude Peter Sunday is a Writer, an Artist and Poet from Ogun State, Nigeria. He has few of his works Published and Forthcoming in Magazines including: Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Rush Magazine, Typehouse lit mag, Paper Lantern, NativeSkin literary magazine, Parousia Christian magazine, Kalahari Review and others. He won the third place prize in the Endsars National Poetry contest held in October 2020. When he isn’t writing, he is painting pure pictures with poesy and photoshop. He tweets @peterolude
By Siyu Chen
Siyu Chen is a Junior from the Madeira School in Mclean, VA. She drew this artwork to convey the unspeakable love in her family. Her family rarely expresses their love for one another verbally, but does so through their actions. The hearts in the artwork are not trapped within the glass, demonstrating how indirect expressions of love do not prevent their recipients from feeling them.
By Grace Zhou
Winged Victory of Samothrace, a masterpiece from the Hellenistic period, symbolizes the Greek goddess Nike. She was said to bring good luck in all aspects of life, whether it be in athletic competitions, war, or even the artistic fields. The statue remains on display in the Louvre, where visitors from all over, including myself, flock to this remarkable piece.
Grace Zhou is a sophomore in high school, attending the Brearley School in New York City. She recently moved from Ohio, where she grew up. There, Grace developed a passion for music, writing, and art. Since starting flute at age ten, she has become a two-time COFA finalist and has also attended Interlochen Arts Camp for three years.
By Ina Yoonseo Leo