I want this piece to be submitted for the Creative Youth Awards because I love the message that this piece gives.

This is a collection of poems about nostalgia, wishing to go back to a simpler time, and reflecting on both the beauty and sadness of the past.

This piece is a short journey into dementia/Alzheimer's, as experienced by an elderly woman in a nursing home.

A love letter to the houses that haunt me.

A woman senses an eerie spirit lingering around her day and night.

When writing this piece, I wanted to dive into the minds of one of my characters. Ever since I was young, I've always enjoyed creating stories about various types of people and this character named Vincent Kree was one of them.

I have a habit of overanalyzing events in my life. These poems are about things that I can't stop thinking about.

It started out as an English assignment which was inspired by the strong female figures in my life.

This piece was something I wrote because I liked the idea of having the story take place in the past as a memory rather than in real-time.

I wrote this piece a month or so after the attempt. Even though writing is a coping mechanism I had yet to write about an attempt like this and I wanted to challenge myself to be even more vulnerable about more taboo topics such as this in hopes of reaching other people with similar experiences.

I had a rough day and I just wanted to create something that would make me proud or at least be sorta good.

Last summer I was looking to organize all of the DVDs my family owns.

My piece is a reflection, a part of myself. It’s a memoir told in the third person, about how I overcame my trauma and found the beauty in life.