Category Archives: published work

“The promise of every cobbled alley,” a short story by Jack Snyder ’19, earned Teen Ink  Magazine’s  Editor’s Choice Award for Fiction and was selected for the front page of the online issue. The story was also chosen for publication … Continue reading →

Katy Kim ’18 has published poetry in the Asian American Writers’ Workshop: The Margins, The Blueshift Journal, The Cadaverine, Canvas Literary Journal, Cleaver Magazine, Crashtest, Cosmonaut’s Avenue, Elan International, Fissure, Hermeneutic Chaos Journal, Hobart Poetry Journal, inter/rupture, The Light Ekphrastic, … Continue reading →

Mel Xiao’s poem “We Were Seven” was selected as a winner of the 2017 Moving Words Contest, an international project that transforms written works into three-minute films. A unique collaboration among artists of prose, poetry, voice acting, and animation, Moving … Continue reading →

For National Poetry Month 2017, the Academy of American Poets presented Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that invited young people in grades five through twelve to write letters in response to poems written and read by some of the award-winning poets … Continue reading →

“Folk Punk Goodbye,” a personal essay by James Blume ’19 that reflects on his life after his brother left for college, was published in the national print magazine, Teen Ink.  James says, “I wrote this essay when my brother came … Continue reading →

A short story titled “12-16” by senior Sanya Bery has been selected for publication in the Spring 2017 issue of Canvas Literary Journal, available here. In addition, Sanya’s personal essay, “Coloring Books” will be published in the Blue Marble Review. … Continue reading →

“Corn Maze,” a poem by Betsy Zaubler ’17, written in Mr. Stourton’s IB English class as an emulation of a Seamus Heaney poem, and “dear hecate” written by Melody Xiao ’18 will be published in the July/August issue of the … Continue reading →

    Emma Hoffman’s short story “May Day,” was published by Polyphony H.S. Magazine. Elizabeth Merrigan’s  poem “School Bus” and Kiran Damodaran’s poem “Collision Theory” were published by the Claremont Review. In additon, Kiran’s poem “The Absolute” was published by Black Fox … Continue reading →

Emily Diehl’s villanelle, “Abuela,” was published in the March/April 2013 issue of the national print magazine, Cicada. Emily responded to the “Creative Endeavors” challenge to include the word “chicken” in a poem. If you would like to read this beautiful villanelle, … Continue reading →

This month’s SUN Magazine features a personal essay by Ahlia Bethea. Written for last year’s Creative Writing Workshop, the essay reflects on Ahlia’s trip to South Africa. Ahlia is the first NA student to break into this prestigious nationwide publication. … Continue reading →

Ahlia Bethea, Christopher Davis & Tucker Iverson were awarded TeenInk‘s “Editor’s Choice Awards.” Ahlia won for her personal essay, Distinguishable, about her trip to South Africa, Christopher for his essay “Rolling Thunder” about – you guessed it – Jiffy-Top popcorn, … Continue reading →

Two Newark Academy creative writing students, Tucker Iverson ’12 and Alex Liao ’13, published poems in the January/February 2012 edition of Cicada Magazine. Both poems respond to the magazine’s current theme of “hands.” We hope to post audio of the … Continue reading →

“Why We Write,” by Newark Academy junior Elizabeth Vogel was selected for publication by TeenInk’s print magazine, where it will be viewed by an estimated half a million readers. Click the link to read this moving piece. Bravo, Elizabeth!