Teen Ink

College ArticlesAll in the Head

By rora319, Camarillo, CA

College ArticlesBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

By Orielleiris, Indianapolis, IN

College ArticlesThe Meaning of High School

By MarleeFox, Annapolis, MD

College ArticlesWhat is an Honor Student?

By EricaRyan, Downers Grove, IL

College EssaysDeep Beat By Sean A., Middleton, MA
College EssaysGoing It Alone

By stephszees, Farmingdale, NY

College EssaysLive Life Like You Were Naked

By jmgbu, Stony Brook, NY

College EssaysMy Good Friend, Willy Shakes

By TrishaPintavorn, Augusta, GA

College EssaysRegardless of Faith

By chikaboom, Stony Brook, NY

College EssaysSoundshow

By LexxiBeck, Chicago, IL

College EssaysState Representative John B. Orr Jr. By Kevin K., Bethesda, MD
College EssaysWho Am I? By Alex J., Exton, PA

The Conference

By SitsUnderWaterfalls, Kent, OH

Once Seeing What's Real

By katieheiserman, New York, NY

Past the Sneakers

By Jensam, Ashland, MA

The Sweetest Thing

By Epsilon, Eureka, CA

Community ServiceThe Goal

By stephw9288, boca raton, FL

Community ServiceWill Work For Others

By cieramist, Orlando, FL

HealthBounded Teeth

By Schlag, Brookville, NY

HealthSex: Would You Like Love with That?

By JBigglesworth, Tempe, AZ

Letters to the EditorA Crash Course in Coolness

By BrigitteG, Phoenix, AZ

Letters to the EditorAm I Really a Bad Writer?

By flyingpinkgiraffes, chardon, OH

Letters to the EditorCreative Criticism

By Reader101, Amarillo, TX

Letters to the EditorDiscretion: Teens’ Greatest Fear By Bernard S., Brooklyn, NY
Letters to the EditorFreedom of Speech

By born2read, Oakland, CA

Letters to the EditorRefrigerator

By bookwormishgirl, Merion, PA

Letters to the EditorStudents, Meet the Real World

By madrigaltrooper, Brooklyn, NY

Letters to the EditorWithdrawal

By Bilobaaa, Thornton, CO

HeroesOur Call of Duty By D. Carl C., Cumberland, RI
HeroesThe Procession

By videotaped, Geneva, NY

MemoirFocus

By l_p_b, Arlington, MA

MemoirIn The Mystery Hours

By hyyperchic, Rolling Meadows, IL

Personal ExperienceBubbe

By colliecuddle, Brentwood, TN

Personal ExperienceForever in Granite

By Atticus, Wenatchee, WA

Personal ExperienceSparks

By esteiner, Longboat Key, FL

Personal ExperienceThankful

By Gettysburg63, Waukesha, WI

Travel & CultureGratitude

By Sabiha, Salt Lake City, UT

Travel & CultureIn Boston

By xsatinxxsheetsx,

Travel & CultureMy Heart in India

By swimchick96, San Diego, CA

Travel & CultureMy Own Casa Libre By Melissa B., Clinton, CT
Travel & CulturePhilippine Food Fun

By Noel_Orlet, Ananindeua, Brazil

Don't Put a Ring On It By Kaley K., Dupont, WA
Reality TV

By OneWhiteTree, Galloway Township, NJ

One Nation Under...Several Deists and Freemasons

By Phantom_Girl, Ft. Carson, CO

Prayer Ought to be in Schools

By GodChick, Leander, TX

Book ReviewsBefore I Die by Jenny Downham

By WriterGirl08, Ghaziabad, India

Book ReviewsBrain Jack by Brian Falkner By Mark K., Dexter, MI
Book ReviewsNightlight: A Parody by The Harvard Lampoon

By FredWeasleyFreak, Portland, CT

Book ReviewsRun for Your Life by James Patterson

By styxfan11, Chesterton, IN

Book ReviewsThe Good, The bad, and The Barbie by Tanya Lee Stone

By luckytwice, Oakland twp., MI

Movie ReviewsDistrict 9 By Hervey R., Goodyear, AZ
Movie ReviewsFantastic Mr. Fox

By Hollypaw18, Brooklyn, NY

Movie ReviewsThe Roommate By Holland G., Grapevine, TX
Music ReviewsCome Around Sundown by Kings of Leon

By sarah.m., Park Ridge, IL

Music ReviewsDowntown Battle Mountain II by Dance Gavin Dance By Patrick M., Hull, MA
Music ReviewsHaywire by Josh Turner

By Synchroswimmer, Glendale, AZ

Music ReviewsSpeak Now by Taylor Swift

By princeofsparx, Manhattan, NY

TV show reviewsMonk By Riley M., Hemet, CA

Already forever By Katya K., Westfield, IN
Beauty of the Islands

By bbyfi, Reno, NV

Bird House

By xoxorocks2, St george, UT

Crossed Happiness

By PiperAuslinn, Somewhere, CA

Cupcake Kid

By snoopy4me, Sandy Hook, CT

Dancing on the ice By Savanna S., Woodinville, WA
Dark Girl By Peter L., Stamford, CT
Eye of The Beholder By Jessica P., Burien, WA
Free Falling By Meghan S., West Chester, PA
Gravity

By JohnTroxel, wheaton, IL

Jackson By Sarah S., Algonquin, IL
kids and baby

By Olivia_n, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam

Laundromat

By gmwphoto, Acton, MA

Letting Go

By theheartoflizz, Aurora, CO

Liberty Firework

By Stevsta1213, Murfreesboro, TN

Light a Way, On My Love

By LucyAnne, Philadelphia, PA

Light through closed window

By austriaUS, Mountain Lakes, NJ

Luxury

By Angela33, Monongahela, PA

Nature's Claim By Jennifer W., Superior, CO
Oh America...

By justinsayz00, los angeles, CA

Once upon a Summer

By GirlDreamer, Doraville, GA

One of Us

By ChloeB, Los Angeles, CA

Passion Pit

By egm94, Montclair, NJ

Psychedelic Converse

By theaudone, Warren, NJ

Rain in the distance

By nsg1027, Nashville, TN

Rings of Water

By twisted.beauty, Newton, NJ

Sameer Gadhia

By JacquelineTucci, Cambridge, Canada

Scraps

By 13bloodyroses, Gilbert, AZ

Sisters By Helen H., San Jose, CA
soldiers vision

By mgenel11, Acton, MA

Star Gazing

By PoppyFields94, Nashua, NH

Starry Night Over the Ringling Bridge

By fallingupriver, sarasota, FL

sun and shine two.

By CopelandV, North Las Vegas, NV

Tero Vidoll

By En_Tze, Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

The Game that Makes You Dance

By Beth-Anne, Tomball, TX

Tori

By MarshmellowTurtle, Boaz, AL

Violin girl

By AniJo, Thessalonica

watching

By itsASH, shelby county, OH

You let me forget again

By rhaley, san Diego, CA

A Picture By Travis C., Charlotte, NC
Back from War

By Afanen, Santa Rosa, CA

Emotion Safe Haven By Daniel D., Gibsonia, PA
Gamla Stan By Hutchinson J., Green Bay, WI
Grandfather By Noah W., Niskayuna, NY
Home Sweet Bliss

By 12345678910, South Plainfield, NJ

My Writing Process By Victoria D., Newtown, PA
Night To Palermo

By missscribbles, Paris, France

Rin Tin Tin By Ireannia G., Oklahoma City, OK
The Bathroom Knows My Secrets

By CatBrooks, Wyckoff, NJ

What is the Reason for This? By Charisse M., Charlotte, NC
Man & Nature By Anonymous, Jacobus, PA
Satellites

By freyabean, Barneveld, NY

A Before Bed Story

By ellie315, South Pasadena, CA

A million little pieces

By DeePiper, Gainesville, TX

Abandoning Hope

By Kidlet, Morris, OK

Arachnophobia By Taylor J., South Plainfield, NJ
Artist's Cave

By mintylime, Snohomish, WA

Autumn By Anonymous, Overland Park, KS
Autumn

By mysticriver7, Blacksburg, VA

Beat the Cycle By Crystal P., Glendale, AZ
Beauteous

By Roisin, Peabody, MA

behind locked doors

By fatesknocking, Solon, OH

Bicycle Fence

By BlackMoonWhiteSky, Cedar Park, TX

Blueprints

By colette.omelette, Brooklyn, NY

Comatose

By court1992, Farmington, NM

Confessions

By Abbyy, Shanghai, China

Death

By MicroGiant, Elkhart, IA

Default Mode

By Atrissa, Akron, OH

Denial

By Heart_of_Fire, Wake Forest, NC

Evergreen By Alexandra G., Kirkland, WA
Exhume

By handslikehatchets, Pinckney, MI

Face of the Past By Fernando R., Corona, CA
Fire Dream

By Stargazer15, Duncan, SC

Following the Sun

By AnneKeli, Lindon, UT

Fragile Body

By daughterofliterature, Portland, OR

From the Treehouse

By WALL-E, Portland, OR

Fuse and the Bomb

By chiggs21, Chicago, IL

Going Fishing

By WALL-E, Portland, OR

Hate and Loathing

By xkissofcrimsono, Little Silver, NJ

heaven is the negative

By stardust-dreams, Las Vegas, NV

Her Face Framed With the Debris of Us

By NatalieJean, Harrisburg, IL

I sung a song of my past By Nicole V., Brooklyn, NY
I Wonder

By my.freedom.lies.in.free.verse, Tosa, WI

In Deep Waters

By Aro_To_The_Heart, Mandeville, LA

Just Breathe

By Thanks_For_All_The_Fish42, Valley Cottage, NY

Just Like Me By Anonymous, Spanaway, WA
Just Us By Fancis S., South Plainfield, NJ
Kaleidescope Kind By Anonymous, Speedway, IN
la belle strasbourgeoise

By try.and.make.me, Ridgefield, CT

Lady Violet

By ceili, cincinnati, OH

Late Summer Luncheon

By MarleeFox, Annapolis, MD

Letter to Ms. Plath

By forhaedynforeverago, Pelham, AL

Lilacs

By theVillager, Mound City, SD

Lonelyism

By oliveaubergine, Hanover, MD

Looking Out

By 16russos, Wayne, PA

Lost

By QuietQuill, Stewartstown, PA

Melt Into the Night, I Tell You

By The.oRGaNiSm., Columbus, OH

My Graphite Caravan

By meamsusan, Walnut, CA

My Starry Dream Land

By KaiyaJ, Ben Lomond, CA

Needles

By Lauren_S, Yardley, PA

Nephew

By Sylverbound13, Amherst, MA

News Reporter's Fairytale

By saviesmileslots, willis, TX

Of Aging

By bestletteralphabetT, Ellicott City, MD

Old Town

By verdance, San Diego, CA

One Last Summer

By ArcticMonkeys, Montrose, MN

Overture 85

By dreamcatcher343, New Hyde Park, NY

Pinnacles

By arianna1273, Great Falls, VA

Rain

By CassidyMarturana, Califon, NJ

Raining

By Alfilisara, Peoria, AZ

Reconciliation (Treaty of 68.3 Miles)

By bestletteralphabetT, Ellicott City, MD

Rogue Wave By Sara C., Wilmington, DE
Simplicity

By custosimago, Kensington, MD

Snail Secrets

By Mango17, La Mesa, CA

Soldier

By Weetzie_Elli, Sterling heights, MI

Somnambulism

By Wryterly, Birmingham, AL

Steam By Sam S., Park City, UT
Superheros and Radioactive Spider Bites

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

Talk By Anonymous, Lemon Grove, CA
Texting You at 1 a.m.

By Lydia_the_dwarf, Jamison, PA

The Beginning

By TheArchitect, Madison, WI

The Day after Thanksgiving

By Nora2012, tenafly, NJ

The Game

By thesilverwolfe, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

the important things

By seahorses4life, Brooklyn, NY

The Sabbath

By jlogan, Somerset, KY

The Social Caterpillar

By KrissyJazz, Mankato, MN

The Voice From Behind

By dontforget, cortland, NY

Thoughts of a Childish Adult

By powertree, Exmore, VA

Time Flies Like … By Anonymous, Aurora, CO
True Happiness

By YukiIwama, Melbourne, Australia

Who Are We?

By Braelyna, Frisco, TX

Who does God pray to?

By TeresaTenor, Vancouver, WA

Wildflower Veins

By nwarner27, Harrisonburg, VA

World of the Night

By KaraDeGonnecchi, Honolulu, HI

you have a history By Anonymous, Montrose, CO
Silent

By blackmist, Houston, TX

The City

By Inflatable_Corn, Odessa, FL

I Awake to Autumn

By beckster44, Cameron, NC

I’m so tired

By mariewonderlandx, Rochester Hills, MI

My Mess

By AmberDarling, Stephensville, TX