Teen Ink

College Essays50,000 Words

By thegreylady, Wayne, NJ

College EssaysMy Résumé

By Neocutey24, Forestville, MD

College EssaysTo Be Like Katie

By ishouldbesolucky, Corvallis, OR

Accused

By K.S.Fist, Mannford, OK

Haunting Her

By insertcleverscreennamehere, Loveland, OH

Ivory

By rwalker2, Heathfield, United Kingdom

Macaroni

By thewriteidea, Pleasanton, CA

Maestro Thaddeus Meringue

By deJoisey, South Plainfield, NJ

Matilda

By Epsilon, Eureka, CA

Mirror, Mirror

By silveryhearted, Atlanta, GA

BullyingCheyenne

By TurtleShellTristani, Clayton, NC

BullyingThe Good That Lies Within

By MaowMaddi, Putney, VT

Community ServiceGuiding Eyes for the Blind

By Emily2009, Dryden, NY

Community ServiceThe Faces of Poverty

By Bryn03, Plattsburgh, NY

EnvironmentBlackened Waters

By Dackary, Jacksonville, FL

EnvironmentDear Litterbug

By AlysaBaumann, Tucson, AZ

EnvironmentDisaster in a Bottle By Jennifer W., Brooklyn, NY
HealthBecoming a Real Girl

By bugle399, Kirkland, WA

HealthDeath by Cigarette By Carol D., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorBook Reviews Get an A+

By MariahBoBiah, Austin, TX

Letters to the EditorExpression & Connection

By Pegatinas, Hemet, CA

Letters to the EditorExpression & Connection

By Pegatinas, Hemet, CA

Letters to the EditorGreen and Gold Family

By Dr.NastyDunk22, Simla, CO

Letters to the EditorLittle Pebble By Maddy W., Monticello, IL
Letters to the EditorNothing By Maggie U., Monticello, IL
Letters to the EditorOnly College Reviews? By Jean R., Edgewood, NM
Letters to the EditorSanctuary

By riley1516, Lake Zurich, IL

Letters to the EditorTeen Ink Weekly

By the-ampersand, San Ysidro, CA

Letters to the EditorWhat Is Teen Ink?

By CSHCSH, Jakarta, Indonesia

Strange Beauty

By LondonEye, Randolph, NJ

Celebrity interviewsAuthor Dana Reinhardt

By zandragrey, Newton, MA

MemoirAlzheimer's and My Dad

By gabirella7, Fresno, CA

MemoirThe Box

By PurpleDemonChild, Fairfield, CT

MemoirTrading Wasteland for Eden By Alicia J., Brooklyn, NY
MemoirWould someone please save the King?

By Marklevin8, Los Altos, CA

Personal ExperienceA Freshman Fumble By Laura K., Omaha, NE
Personal ExperienceWe Are the Dreamers

By esn0622, Fair Lawn, NJ

Sports10,000 Hours of Perseverance

By Christy, Arden Hills, MN

SportsA Reason

By SlightlySarcastic, Livonia, MI

SportsBikram Yoga

By hampcrewbie, Northampton, MA

SportsCauliflower Ear

By alyde6, Hartland, WI

SportsGlorious Greens By Jon K., Oshkosh, WI
SportsPlaying Hardball

By MackenzieB, Long beach, CA

SportsPressure to Win

By lexiophile, Austin, TX

SportsThe Stigma of It

By Prodigy, Clarkston, MI

SportsVarsity Versus Gym Class By Kelley H., Wexford, PA
Travel & CultureAnd Sunday Mornings By Emma G., New York, NY
Travel & CultureKeats & Coffee in Rome

By Dynagirl, Crozet, VA

Travel & CulturePrayers in Peru

By CarlieSorosiak, Chapel Hill, NC

Travel & CultureShanghai Noons By Anonymous, Coquitlam, Canada
Travel & CultureThe City of Angels

By heey.nicole, Toluca Lake, CA

communists don’t join the navy By Holly M., So. Plainfield, NJ
Exceeding Humanity By Caitlin A., Gilford, NH
Facebook: Not Making the Grade? By Audrey C., Bellingham, MA
To My Generation

By WriterFanatic, DesMoines, IA

Tainted Love

By dkcalpolo89, Moraga, CA

Book ReviewsA Break With Charity by Ann Rinaldi

By sunnyhunny, Litchfield, NH

Book ReviewsA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

By Astalariana, Thornton, CO

Book ReviewsFrankenstein by Mary Shelley

By TheJust, Ellenton, FL

Book ReviewsKnights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp

By CBrackett51, Brownville, ME

Book ReviewsThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

By joanofarc15, Forest Lake, MN

Book ReviewsUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

By smile(:, Jacksonville, FL

Movie ReviewsBecoming Jane

By my.WEN, Brooklyn, NY

Movie ReviewsInception

By Nick_Xao, Roseville, CA

Movie ReviewsThe Wolfman By Michael L., Nashua, NH
Movie ReviewsTomb of the Dragon Emperor By Stephanie Y., Brooklyn, NY
Music ReviewsContra by Vampire Weekend

By CynthiaK, Berkeley, CA

Music ReviewsDream Street by Dream Street

By TheJust, Ellenton, FL

Music ReviewsJustin Bieber Concert Review By Arin S., Scottsdale, AZ
Music ReviewsThe Life of a Pirate by Cady Groves

By IcePrincess, Colorado Springs, CO

Music ReviewsThe Oracle by Godsmack

By Six_Tooth_Sun, Shreve, OH

A Haunted House

By VictorianSforzando, Franklin, KY

all you need is LOVE.

By MiddleOfAnEgg, madison, WI

Amethyst Odette

By iridescentadolescent, Salt Lake City, UT

An Attempt to Tip the Scales By Erin H., Carrollton, TX
Californian Empire

By darkelement7572, Englewood, CO

Colors

By HawaiianSummer, Norfolk, VA

Day Dream

By Jacknel123, Miami, FL

Everlasting, Forever Aging

By swearingen.nicole, Orlando, FL

Female Michael Jordan

By scrowberry, Forney, TX

Fly High. By Andrea M., Waynesboro, VA
Forest Beauty

By eliseb16, Gaithersburg, MD

forever

By pencilsFORhands, Boston, MA

friendship

By LondonWood, NLR, AR

Girl In the Sunset By Barrie T., scarsdale, NY
gossip n stuff

By nnnowhere, Gainesville, FL

Great Save

By a-skaar, Acworth, GA

Happy Halloween

By BiancaInez, Damascus, MD

I Don't Like To Share

By Calasaurus_Rex, Tustin, CA

Lucy Blue

By Loveandverses, Tahmoor, Australia

Memoirs of the Niagara

By Narong, Sachse, TX

Mill Park By Carlie C., Portland, OR
Never give up

By emb1991, Panorama City, CA

Nice is Nice

By KTawesomoGIRL, Renton, WA

Off

By geekintheyellow, Syosset, NY

Panic

By PhotoGirlie, Redmond, WA

Pencil Perfection By Krista S., Newport Coast, CA
PhotographsAndMemories

By alexxxzandria, Salem, OR

Pieta Geometric By Winston L., Dallas, TX
Poised for Attack

By Dezzy, aliquippa, PA

Power II

By RougePhotography, Alto, MI

Puppy Eyes

By J.C.Evans, Westland, MI

Rescue The Lonely

By TheOn3LeftBehind, Lake In The Hills, IL

Scream

By FortuitousA, Cortez, CO

Set Me Free

By sandyhonig, West Hartford, CT

Shadow

By Ash1292, Pembroke Pines, FL

Simply Daisy.

By Sunflower, Holliston, MA

Things A Brother Knows

By editor, newton, MA

Unfurling Love

By RougePhotography, Alto, MI

Vertigo

By KennedyCG, Rockdale, TX

Watching & Waiting

By bluemagnet22, Dearborn Hts, MI

Water Droplet

By haley_992, Anchorage, AK

Waterfall

By Ellyn, Elgin, TX

What's Lurking In The Water By Shelby D. R., Wolfforth, TX
work in the morning

By abigail(:, Kamuela, HI

Wrestling

By ljd33, X, NC

You'll Rust...

By MadRabbit, Uniontown, OH

A Circle of Dogs

By TheImaginaryCow, Bryn Mawr, PA

Childish

By CallaRho, Grosse Pointe, MI

Golden Fangs and Fire Eyes

By sabri.ayn.0226, Miami, FL

I've always wanted...

By timevampire, Bellville, OH

IF I WERE

By lilhaze, Baltimore, MD

If Pillow Cases Could Talk

By SaraB., Phoenix, AZ

In the Midst of the Mist

By donsmith18, king george, VA

It's a World

By IrisGF, Birmingham, AL

Memory

By kikid94, linwood, NJ

Mommy, Now That...

By despurlock, Huntington, WV

Of Octopodes

By SerenaGelb, Danville, CA

Paint Me

By Dawn.Angelicca, Edison, NJ

Puppets, a Villanelle.

By rowdywordypiper, Parker, CO

The Hardest Things to Say

By NoDoubtingSound, Southwick, MA

Tracked

By Kelsey, bridgeton, NJ

Under The Shell

By Zithia, Cambridge, MA

A Good Poem

By metaphor-mouse, Edmonton, Canada

A Soldier's Angel

By Chey83, North Bend, OR

April 10, 2002 By Anonymous, Attleboro, MA
Art of Virtue

By Morningstar, Geneva, IN

Blackberry Kiss

By to.be.in.love., Maryville, TN

Butterfly Bones

By CaseyLeigh, Moraga, CA

Ceramic Plate

By Metree, Machipongo, VA

Charred by the Emotions of a Blackened Childhood

By RonnieLi, Great Neck, NY

Cleansing?

By JessicaRiann, Billings, MT

colored pencils in water fountains

By stardust-dreams, Las Vegas, NV

Dear Reader

By EricaJo, Lexington, IL

Depression By Pat C., Ipswich, MA
Devil Inside

By rileyalyssa, La Jolla, CA

Digging Through the Darkness

By Llbid, Littleton, CO

Down Payment

By GoldenGirl, Vashon, WA

dreamlike

By katiepickelsimer, Dededo, Guam

Embroidery

By Kairi_McEwin, Milwaukee, WI

Futuristic By Kelsey W., Metairie, LA
Garage.Sale

By SapphireDew, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Generation Y

By kaates, Los Angeles, CA

Good Job

By starryeyed10, Pittsburgh, PA

Growing Pains

By iamkarin, El Dorado, KS

Heartless By Anonymous, Rockville, MD
Hello, My Name Is

By JustThatRedhead, Winfield, IL

Hungry

By Caligirl, Denver, CO

i dare you

By oreo103, bethany, OK

I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream

By marinashutup, Fair Oaks, CA

I Remember

By IamtheWallpaper, North Kingstown, RI

Krispy Kremes & Girls

By jawnymude, norfolk, VA

Let's Take It From The Top

By KaitMauro, Greensburg, PA

made-up-story-poem

By alwayskelley, fort worth, TX

Margot’s Secret

By karen_xo, West Chester, PA

My Happiness

By marychristeta, Mishawaka, IN

Noted Silence

By ZA16----, Washington, ME

Pinky Promises

By ZebraWithoutStripes, Blue Springs, MO

please, stop the music

By mellow_melon, Jefferson, MD

Poetry is Our Prison

By lana324, Riverview, FL

Proof That The Writer Doesn't Care How The Character Feels

By Boosflash, Jacksonville, FL

Queen Midas

By Shannon16, Green Bay, WI

someday we will have our wings

By oracle-of-nonsense, Winnabow, NC

Step Not On Morning Grass

By jellybeancurd, Singapore, Singapore

Summer

By bluesky0728, Phoenix, AZ

Sun-Tongued Grove By Emily C., Beverly Hills, MS
Swing, Jump, Fly

By monkee21, LaBelle, FL

The Bishops' Walk

By videotaped, Geneva, NY

The City's Autumn

By the.kanguru, Irvine, CA

The Dead Remember

By CoolBreeze, Winnemucca, NV

The Mess of My Life

By mbh95, Tenafly, NJ

The Seven Seas By Anonymous, Gardena, CA
To Light up the Sky Takes the Help of Just One By Anonymous, New Hyde Park, NY
Typewriter

By kadyladystone, St. Petersburg, FL

Unrequited Love

By Eruza, Mesa, AZ

Why I Kept These Heels

By Tiffanie_marie, Sedro-Woolley, WA

You got hit by a car, remember? By Pia R., Moscow, PA
“Call back”, never came

By Collado92, Ft.pierce, FL

Angels

By Zero_K, moosic, PA

My Home By Therea B., Tuba City, AZ
My poetic destiny

By Christy, Arden Hills, MN

October Nights

By thejoyofrediscovering, Olney, MD

Summer To-Do List

By MissingLink, Wichita, KS

When You Can't Sleep

By JustJanelle, north andover, MA

Hey There Boy (I Wanna Breathe)

By MissLeaDee, Guttenberg, IA

Suppose the Skies

By Gorgayle, San Antonio, TX

You don't live on my street By Anonymous, Millington, TN
Despair

By Maritimer, Columbia, SC

Hoping

By PoeticJustice96, Philadelphia, PA

Sonnet 18 As Written By Me

By magic-esi, Hyde Park, NY

Teen Ink, Hear Me Out.

By wdickinson, Fredericksburg, VA