In fall 2019 when we embarked on our first NEHS Writing Challenge endeavor with a focus on poetry, we were pleasantly surprised by the number of submissions we...
Category - Writing Contest
Case Closed Tia Abraham Drained of hope, I heard “guilty.” Tia Abraham is currently a junior at Rock Canyon High School. She enjoys employing her...
Untitled Jessica Kilgore There is a certain magic surrounding abandoned and forgotten things. Something about them calls to the lost and broken parts of...
Oxymoron Adya Bhatta Maybe it was the way I flinched when you put your hand on my shoulder at that party. Or when the cheap necklace you bought me at a strip...
Hello my lovely! Sahar Choudhury Hello my lovely! I’m so sorry I missed your graduation—my grown-up sixth grader, look at you! We’ll throw a...
Clarify Lucia Follman That guy in the green over there on the median, see him? He’s sitting complacently, like he’s Providence’s son. But you...
Math Olivia Adamic Society’s math lesson for today: division. Olivia Adamic is currently a senior in high school at Joliet Catholic Academy (JCA). She...
Encouraged by the tremendous participation of NEHS members and Advisors in the Poetry Challenge last year, we are in the midst of planning for a new writing...
Poetry Challenge a Resounding Success Last fall, members of the NEHS Advisory Council crafted a Poetry Challenge writing contest, encouraging members and...
star-spangled black girl Elyse Thomas oh, say can you see an america of star-spangled black girls with midnight skin that are not but fleeting existences? in...