Fiction

Placed Reluctantly on a Pedestal

By Bridget Rose, 18, Illinois, with art by Annie Chen, 17, Taiwan

After

When Ani discover she's pregnant, she's faced with a difficult decision to make. Read more in Rae Lipton's short story.

6:14:21

Rachael’s clock stopped this morning. Time is froze at 6:14:21 in Anne LoVerso’s creative short story.

Nothing
By Shannon Hupman, 18, Virginia, with art by Gracie Gralike, 19, Missouri

The Money

By Aleah Jett, 16, Virginia

Hero

In this fiction short story, Teen Voices contributor Michelle Fitzpatrick, 15, New York, celebrates the “everyday hero.”

Colors

By Kimberly Carbajo, 17, Virginia with art by Gracie Gralike, 19, Missouri

To Earthward

By Susan Head, 18, with photo by Hannah Kessel, 18

Silence and Noise

By Jacqueline Luo, 16

Eve Sams

By Aria Clark, 19

A Day in October

By Cherie LaBissoniere, 18

And She Didn't Even Know It

By Taylor Whitlock, 15

Charlie Galdo

By Chloe Turner, 13

Hardball

by Mackenzie Brewster, 16

After It All

by Samantha Bronson, 18

Live Above the Influence

by Hannah Pullen-Blasnik, 14