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Her piece won the Silver Medal for Critical Essay at the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Her award is one of the most prestigious honors available to students in the U.S.
A ray of hope. It is dimly lit but it is there. I have what I need and I know what I will say.
One ticket used and a train ride is all it will take to get away from here. I wait on the platform, sweating in the heat.
Then the police officer comes closer and speaks. “Miss? What are you doing at the station?”
I say the first thing that comes to mind. “Graduation, Sir. I’m…”
Her piece won the Gold Medal for American Voices at the Scholastic Art & Writing
Awards. Her award is one of the most prestigious honors available to students in the
U.S.
MyrtLeaks Exclusive:
Operation Flamingo
Posted by Myrt McCracken, 3:20 A.M., October 30th
Let the record show: I, Myrt McCracken, was the first to report the disappearance of Lady Beakman, the ceramic flamingo that once reigned over the front lawn of Mrs. Dottie Penhaligon’s House.
His piece won the Gold Medal for Flash Fiction at the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. His award is one of the most prestigious honors available to students in the U.S.
When autumn ashes smother the sky,
A lantern sways from the gallows tree
The air reeks thick of lavender rot
a scent that warns: don’t look back.
Behind the ruined chapel’s grin,
the floorboards whisper, “Let us in.”
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