Prose by Youth
Hindus for Human Rights 2024 Easy & Art Contest Winners
My Indian Memories By Arjun Govindaraj, age 17, from Texas, currently studying in India
Sustainable Shorelines By Maya Govindaraj, age 17, from Texas, currently studying in India
The History of Soccer by Alex O’Hare, age 10, Tennessee
Grandma by Jessica Chen, age 16, Shenzhen, China (P.R.C.)
The Empty Spot by Leslie Fry, high school senior, New York
Defiance Through Design: The Legacy of Filipino Art in Activism and Resistance by Shloka Chodhari, junior, New Jersey
Climate Change Threatens the Future and the Past by Halia Ochieng, age 13, Virginia
The Presidency by Abigail Lee, age 12, Illinois
Summer Olympics: Paris, France 2024
Whispers in the Waves by Ella Schott, h. s. junior, Connecticut
perspective by Surubhi Verma, grade 11, California
Affirmative Action Was Never Enough by Alexandra de Graeve, age 13, New York
Dahu Park by Eason Lin, Taiwan
A Call for Action: Muslims and Jews Find Community in Nature by Emily Maremont, age 17, California
Manu and Noah: Strikingly Different, Surprisingly Similar by Sahil Prasad, grade 8, Maryland
Ramadan For All by Zanjabila Khadija, age 8, Indonesia
How I Got My Idea! by Priya Elizabeth Kapur DeWinter, grade 5, Massachusetts
Perfect: A Seven Letter Word by Lila Ahitov, age 15, California
My Happy Place by Keira Kelly, age 17, Missouri
Butterfly by Richard Siyi HE, age 17, People’s Rep. of China
Skin Pigmentation, Skin Cancer and Vitamin D Deficiency By Parnian Derahvasht, Grade 11, Iran
The 2023 Essay & Art Contest on Civil and Human Rights
I Have Two Names by Joy Yin, grade 7, Mexico
Oh, What A Sweet Girl! by Addison Townsend, age 16, Utah
It Never Rains in California by Jade Ying King, grade 11, California
The Abscission of Perennial Petals By Aniket Dewangen, grade 10, India
The Paralyzing Fear of Gun Violence By Beatriz Lindemann, age 16, Florida
A Music Room of Our Own By Niki Zhang, 17, United Kingdom
Dear New Yorker by Connor Kerin, h.s. junior, New Jersey
A Joyous Celebration by Janelle Tang, 17, United Kingdom.
Six Things I Learned from Shadowing in A Hospital by Pearl Marks, 16, New York
The Crisis in Afghanistan by Amritha Purohit, age 15, New York
My Life Experiences by Fatimah Habibi, age 18, h.s. senior, Connecticut
A Straight Line: Simply Nonexistent by Sahil Prasad, grade 7, Maryland
Patbingsu With A Twist by Nina Choi Zaldivar, age 14, Illinois
Three Generations of Moroccan Women by Marina Hammoud, age 15, Toronto, Canada
Peace Through Awareness by Noah Via, age 9, New Jersey
Goldilocks Zones and the Three Planets by Evan Jee, age 12, South Korea
Women in S.T.E.M. Contest Winners
A Scallion Pancake Recipe Inspired by French and Asian Cuisines by Owen Lu, 16, California
New Year’s Resolution by Vajra Vanukuri, age 11, California
Traditional Chinese Pumpkin Pie Cakes by Wendy Mom, age 16, California
Reflection, a poem by Aliya S., age 13, India
Celebrate America 2022 Creative Writing Contest Winners
Truly by Isabelle Tee, age 15, New Jersey
The Most Precious Gift by Yarynka Yarosh, age 15, Kyiv, Ukraine
Should LGBTQ+ Be Taught in Schools? by Lucille Amato, age 11, New Jersey
Voltaire’s Micromegas: A Different Kind of Science Fiction by Sahil Prasad, grade 6, Maryland
180 Days by Claire Emery, 18, Missouri
It Was Good to be Back by Benjamin Kwack, age 9, Illinois
Overlooked Oppression by Lily Fu, 17, Texas
Sit by Me by Sonia Mehta, 17, Ohio
Taiwanese Food by Camille Chen, 10, California
A New Home by Ace Yeom, 15, South Korea
The Horse That Jumps by Ava Shorten, 11, Ireland
Girl Meets Belief by Ishita Shukla, 16, India
The Sock Problem by Karena Christen, 12, Latvia
My Love for Written Words By Mehek Azra, 15, New York
A Journey Behind the Walls By Eileen Kim, 17, South Korea
I’m a Young African Elephant Calf , A flash fiction by Alina Yuan, 17, California
Erwin: A Holocaust Survivor By Maggie Satterthwaite, age 16, Massachusetts
Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) New Year By Seja Kularatna, age 10, Wisconsin
Our Buddhist Meditation Class By Seja Kularatna, age 10, Wisconsin
The Codependency between ‘Peace’ and ‘Trust’ By Aliya S., grade 7, INDIA
What’s It Like to Be a Teen with Social Anxiety By Mehek Azra, age 15, New York
Blindfolded By Doeun (Jessica) Kim, age 14, Manila, Philippines
Ibn Battuta: The Marco Polo of Islam By Sahil Prasad, grade 4, Maryland
Kindness Is Magic By Lila Drowos, age 10, Florida
Mother’s Daughter By Samantha Liu, age 16, New Jersey
Why I Need My Cell Phone By Beatriz Lindemann, age 13, Florida
Xiāng Xiāng By Jessica Wang, age 16, New York