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Georgia Marshall, peer reviewer

Post Published May 7, 2025 by Laura Moran

Georgia Marshall is a sophomore in high school. She lives in Massachusetts and has always loved reading and writing. From a young age, she used the written word as an outlet for her emotions, and the ...
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Sophia Kaushik, peer reviewer

Post Published April 11, 2025 by Laura Moran

Sophia Kaushik is a high school student from California who is passionate about literature and writing. Sophia has been writing poetry and short fiction for as long as she can remember and has had her...
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I Wrote a Poem: Now What?

Post Published September 22, 2024 by Emma Hoff

As a young writer, I have found it difficult to find places to submit my writing. For writers my age (I am twelve and my first poems were published when I was eight), there is a limited number of opti...
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Poetry Soup – Ep. 21: Extended Metaphor

Post Published September 20, 2024 by Emma Hoff

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’d like to talk about another literary technique that is often used in poetry – extended metaphor.
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Poetry Soup – Ep. 20: Ekphrasis

Post Published August 15, 2024 by Emma Hoff

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. In this episode, I’m going to do something different from what I normally do – instead of talking about a pa...
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Stone Soup Author Interview Series: Emma Hoff Discusses An Archeology of the Future

Post Published June 19, 2024 by Stone Soup Editors

A conversation between Sofie Dardzinski, 13, and Emma Hoff, 12, discussing Hoff’s poetry collection, An Archeology of the Future.
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Weekly Creativity Post #309: Write a Story About a Strange Piece of Art

Post Published June 9, 2024 by Molly Torinus

Look around Pinterest for the weirdest piece of art you can find, then write a story about it.
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Kreating Kombat: How One Video Game Caused National Controversy and Propelled Sega to the Top by Schamil Saeed, 11

Post Published May 23, 2024 by Stone Soup Editors

The fighting game. That manly-man, beat ‘em up brawler that dominated arcades. Famous names that come to mind might include Namco’s Tekken series, or more likely Capcom’s outrageous Street Fight...
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Weekly Creativity #306: Write a Story About Investigating Self-Playing Pianos

Post Published May 19, 2024 by Sage Millen

Write a story where the main character investigates if self-playing pianos truly are self-playing.
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Sleeping Beauty’s Rose: Amorino Gelato by Priscilla Chow, 10

Post Published April 17, 2024 by Stone Soup Editors

Amorino is an ice cream shop based off of the two passions of co-founders Cristiano Sereni and Pablo Benassi: Italy and gelato. The first ever Amorino gelato shop was opened in 2002 in IIe Saint-Louis...
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