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The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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Salt

by Amber Zhao Age 11

Published April 1, 2023

The narrator recalls a memorable trip to Australia’s Sunshine Coast People call the Gold Coast Australia’s Miami. They sing the...
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Finishing a Poem

by Amber Zhao Age 10

Published January 17, 2021

I have carved truth and beauty into yellowed parchment, having created something unique, vital, simple, complex, and bottomless as a...
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The Memorial Tree

by Amber Zhao Age 10

Published January 17, 2021

Battered plate, battered life. Plumed reed and paperbark surround that memorial, certain heirs of late afternoon and evening drifting like...
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Antarctic

by Amber Zhao Age 10

Published January 17, 2021

“The sea’s cold,” is all you write from Antarctica, “and we haven’t seen any penguins yet. Hope we do.” How...
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In the Eyes of an Aquarium Visitor

by Amber Zhao Age 10

Published January 16, 2021

Silent glissandos of bubbles swishing around marine creatures, silhouettes beguiling the cool ocean lair of fluorescent colors that blinds with...
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Salt

Memoir Age 11 Published April 1, 2023 by Amber Zhao

The narrator recalls a memorable trip to Australia’s Sunshine Coast People call the Gold Coast Australia’s Miami. They sing the praises of how it attracts swarms of tourists to a world where sk...
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Finishing a Poem

Poem Age 10 Published January 17, 2021 by Amber Zhao

I have carved truth and beauty into yellowed parchment, having created something unique, vital, simple, complex, and bottomless as a fallen flower. The jagged edge of brokenness intrudes upon my so...
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The Memorial Tree

Poem Age 10 Published January 17, 2021 by Amber Zhao

Battered plate, battered life. Plumed reed and paperbark surround that memorial, certain heirs of late afternoon and evening drifting like phantoms around that blurred steel lake, now ancient with ...
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Antarctic

Poem Age 10 Published January 17, 2021 by Amber Zhao

“The sea’s cold,” is all you write from Antarctica, “and we haven’t seen any penguins yet. Hope we do.” How to analyze that icy wilderness, with its harsh arc of grandiose majesty, lumi...
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In the Eyes of an Aquarium Visitor

Poem Age 10 Published January 16, 2021 by Amber Zhao

Silent glissandos of bubbles swishing around marine creatures, silhouettes beguiling the cool ocean lair of fluorescent colors that blinds with sweeping currents.
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