Teen Ink

College EssaysInspiring Memories

By ohHOHOHO.o, La Palma, CA

College EssaysTwice Reborn

By Dyno513, Concord, NH

After You, Warrior

By Riki-Mo, Manassas, VA

Awkward Ride

By Imaginedangerous, Riverton, UT

Cars

By J.Francoise-Marie, Hanover, MA

Her Name Was Fatima

By dancer13, Troy, MI

Impact

By Kelseyc, North Tonawanda, NY

Aquila

By BlueberryValentine, Kirkland, WA

The Sitter

By number1blueoctoberfan, Cottonwood Heights, UT

BullyingStanding Up

By shamrocker88, Niles, IL

Community ServiceRinging a Bell

By Grace_G., Port Lavaca, TX

Community ServiceThe Misfortune of Others By James A., Park Ridge, IL
EnvironmentA Mother's Tears By Sarah A., St Louis, MO
EnvironmentInward Bound

By TheColorRose, Springfield, IL

EnvironmentWinter Wonderland By Andrea S., Hamel, MN
HealthFaith and Smoke By Anonymous, Ridgefield, CT
HealthNolan’s Amazing Story

By 3mily, Burlington, Canada

HealthWaiting Room

By wordlvr94, El Dorado Hills, CA

Letters to the EditorAmerica the Beautiful? By Teresa C., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorGreen Blanket By Kenny Z., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorKeats & Coffee in Rome By Ivy F., oak bluffs, MA
Letters to the EditorMusic Education in Schools By Britt S., Monticello, IL
Letters to the EditorPositive Influences By Larrisa A., Denver, CO
Letters to the EditorSubmitting Work Online

By Emilia901, Moreno Valley, CA

Letters to the EditorTeen Drinking

By janae0992, North Las Vegas, NV

Letters to the EditorThe Wall By Adian M., Monticello, IL
Pride & PrejudiceDitch Your Gender

By TheProphet, Antelope, CA

Pride & PrejudiceDrag Queen Dreams

By JRock, Dover, NJ

Pride & PrejudiceModern Civil Rights Movement

By gm1123, plantation, FL

First Drive By Katherine S., Lilburn, GA
I Am The Brick Wall

By aspiring.author.09, Beaumont, Canada

The Lies We Tell

By Cedarbuddy, Cedar Hills, UT

Wandering Soul

By LondonEye, Randolph, NJ

HeroesJuan Perez Acosta, Grandfather By Guadalupe U., Miami, FL
HeroesKen Hutchins, Science Teacher By Emily S., Newark, DE
HeroesMy Aunt By Anonymous, Albany, OR
InterviewsAuthor Jennifer Donnelly

By msnel371, Lee, NH

InterviewsHaiti Earthquake Survivor By Shelby D., Chattanooga, TN
MemoirMy String Theory

By indiadrummer, Santa Cruz, CA

MemoirRiding with Nicole

By Keeperkid999, Fairfield, CT

Personal Experience30 Lies That Parents Tell

By Pastinaface, Short Hills, NJ

Personal ExperienceBlessed

By Dokidoki-rin, clarence, NY

Personal ExperienceStep Back from the Railing

By lizdoyle, Cincinnati, OH

Travel & CultureParadise Found in Isla Mujeres By Maura C., River Vale, NJ
Travel & CulturePassage to India

By tiulik, San Ramon, CA

Travel & CultureWhitewashed Vida

By RoseInDecember, Medford, NJ

Save a Life, Wear a Helmet By Lauren L., Sewickley, PA
A Homeless Soldier By Anonymous, East Amherst, NY
Hope for a Second Chance By Molly W., houston, TX
The Reality of Harry Potter

By Alexye, Concord, MA

Book ReviewsAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt By Jessica B., Homer, AK
Book ReviewsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

By _KTLS_, McMurray, PA

Book ReviewsThe Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney By Meghan W., Chaple Hill, NC
Book ReviewsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

By BeJubilant, Brooklyn, NY

Movie Reviews27 Dresses

By SillySunny, Charlotte, NC

Movie ReviewsAmélie

By ClaraZornado, Danielson, CT

Movie ReviewsWatchmen By Simon W., Fredericksburg, VA
Music ReviewsDashboard Confessional Alter the Ending

By CynthiaK, Berkeley, CA

Music ReviewsEvanescence Fallen

By malfunctionarymonkey13, Brooklyn, NY

Music ReviewsIsles & Glaciers The Hearts of Lonely People

By HaileyHeartsReading, Eagle River, AK

Music ReviewsJustin Bieber My World 2.0

By ELM522, Selden, NY

Music ReviewsParamore Brand New Eyes By Stephanie V., Oviedo, FL
TV show reviewsSober House By Corrinne D., Wilmington, DE

Africa-hidden jem

By ZVawda, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Beauty In The Beast

By Stephanie.Corbett, Winnipeg, Canada

Breakfast

By AutumnForever, Calgary, Canada

Chains

By ElisabethCleveland, great falls, MT

close your eyes, clear your heart, and let go

By alidanielle, double oak, TX

Day Dreamer

By Mcswimgirl, simsbury, CT

diffrent copy

By peaches22, glendive, MT

Double Line: Don't cross.

By MegannK, Acworth, GA

Elephant

By wildthang_6666, Hazen, ND

First Snow Fall

By CeciliaM, Grand Bay Westfield, Canada

Flying By Carly B., Toronto, Canada
ginja ninja

By fezzik1221, Kentfield, CA

GirlSnow By Savanna S., Woodinville, WA
Hanuted

By hannahbeckwith, Coronado, CA

Hello, Doll

By PortraitWords, Bronx, NY

Her Intensity

By flyaway, Chester, NY

I Think Therefore I Am By Victor S., Wolfforth, TX
Lips in Silence

By shafercourtney, Fulton, MD

Little Angel

By XxLonerEyesxX, Rockford, IL

Mr. Herbert

By Lames, Kalamazoo, MI

New Times

By Garrett, Pullman, WA

Ogallala Bound

By lolamae, North Platte, NE

On The Road Again

By summerlove0307, Traverse City, MI

Pages 8

By ComeOnEileen, New Carlisle, OH

Ponder

By amazingamy004, Delmar, NY

Ruminate

By LAmbii, Bellevue, WA

Shoes By Winston L., Dallas, TX
Smokey Abby

By Stephanie.Corbett, Winnipeg, Canada

Spark By Kelly B., Wichita, KS
Still life By Winston L., Dallas, TX
stress

By _toni4asec_, london, United Kingdom

sun flowers in a fence

By tatertot93, woods cross, UT

The Fall Perspective

By WordforWord, Royal Oak, MI

Through the Fire and the Flames

By zandragrey, Newton, MA

Tougher than nails

By KaylaKewlKat93, Burlington, NC

Two Good Friends

By Calasaurus_Rex, Tustin, CA

Universe

By angelinaaa10, Haleiwa, HI

Wary of the Future

By bd9118, Santa Rosa, CA

wild eyes

By mollih, Fortson, GA

Fly Away

By SlippedFromSanity, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic

I Don't Remember

By hlynn1020, Bridgeton, NJ

Porcelain Doll

By NeonCinderella, Santiago, Chile

Pretty

By sharpquill, Brookfield, WI

shakespearian insults

By slizzzurp, Park City, UT

Sisters like I do

By IThinkIWIllJustFlyAwayNow, Visalia, CA

The Judgment Cycle By Matt M., East Moline, IL
Zero The Goldfish Hero

By leeli, Solon, OH

Strange Child

By 9CatsPerLife101, Fairfax, VA

The Balance Between

By HowOldAreYou, Willow Park, TX

Accidents Happen

By jillianpaigexxx3, Medford, MA

Broken Record Sickness

By CarlyMurphy, Phoenix, AZ

Control

By aksiroky, Moline, IL

Cracks in the Street

By BlueFoot, Reston, VA

crop circles in the carpet By Anonymous, Springfield, VA
Dark is calling

By Syren, Wellington, FL

Days Gone By By Rachel L., Groton, MA
Dear Forever

By jac294, McMurray, PA

Dear Star,

By RyanR, Peoria, AZ

Details

By dancewritedream, S. Dartmouth, MA

Did I Make You Look? By Anonymous, lalaland, UT
Disentanglement

By tayjamie, Buffalo Grove, IL

Empty

By LibbyL, Layton, UT

Good-bye Fall

By ccunningham, Park city, UT

Grandpa's Stories

By kmeyer0, Lincolnshire, IL

Hat on a Hat Rack By Anonymous, Shoreline, WA
How to Become a Poet

By m.a.dubbs, Bloomington, IN

Huevos By Laurie W., Louisville, KY
Hypothesis

By margierose, New York, NY

I am a Light Post

By IrisGF, Birmingham, AL

Insight Into a Keyboard's Life

By penandink105, Needham, MA

Just a boy By Anonymous, Kansas City, MO
Kids with children

By princessness_16, Dundee, NY

King of the Jungle

By Daniel_Scott, Chandler, AZ

Lake Pontchartrain By Anonymous, Covington, LA
Law of the Wise

By Metallicajunkie, Hartfield, VA

Lesser Creatures

By dothebobalacky, North Royalton, OH

Life By Elizabeth V., East Moline, IL
Little Paper Girl

By kysh15, Edmonds, WA

Looseleaf

By lightmeetsthedark, Brooklyn, NY

Matching

By ZebraWithoutStripes, Blue Springs, MO

Mischievous Orchids

By Kwalshyall, Chicago, IL

My Life in a Nutshell

By lindseymarie, Richfield, MN

My Room

By JustAbbi, Maplewood, MN

Naturally Beautiful

By emilllydubinn, Marlboro, NJ

New Neighbors

By GemmaScott, Greensboro, NC

Nothing Lasts Forever

By Dtran, Worcester, MA

Ode to Poets

By maddiealanlee, Los Angeles, CA

Pb (Lead)

By EricaJo, Lexington, IL

Pigtails

By Helyn1054, Atlanta, GA

Poetry

By J.C.Evans, Westland, MI

Sadness

By Sarbear, Milan, OH

Scale of Trust: 100 Points / Irrationality of Love

By jabp891, Hoonah, AK

Seduction

By abbystartsriots, Turner, ME

Shackles By Anonymous, Rockport, TX
Short

By mellebelle, Worthington, OH

Silence By Grace R., Corydon, IN
Sinister Love; Innocent Dove

By iWrite2, Jackson, TN

Sleeping In

By ApproachingNirvana, Burlington, KS

Soldier of Deliberation

By ktubalcain, Middletown, NY

Stained

By LifeInTechnicolour, Kemptville, Canada

Sunbeams and Deceit By Anonymous, Evanston, IL
The Blue Pastel

By foreverdreaming14, Redmond, WA

The Station By Denny W., Gilmanton, NH
The Words

By jwarders010, Harrison, OH

Through My Eyes By Brett C., Gilford, NH
Too Late By Haley B., New Salisbury, IN
Toy Box

By Kimmikko3, massena, NY

Twirling Hair

By Noly314, Long Grove, IL

Untimely Affection

By marychristeta, Mishawaka, IN

What the Photographer Saw By Sarah W., Gilford, NH
Writer's Digression

By LifeInTechnicolour, Kemptville, Canada

You Feed me this English

By vonnegut_tardis, Whitehall, PA

Blind Love

By Tiffanie_, Sedro-woolley, WA

Train By Anonymous, New York, NY
Remember Me By Anonymous, Loveland, OH
Suicide

By kysh15, Edmonds, WA