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Today (12/16) is NYC Submission Deadline
NYC Educators and Students, Tomorrow December 16th is the deadline for submissions. Student work must be uploaded by 11:59 pm. SUBMISSION FORMS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY DECEMBER 16th. The best way to ensure that a submission form is postmarked is to personally visit a post office and hand deliver your envelope to a window agent and request that […]
MoreReminder: Submission Deadline is December 16th
This is a reminder that the deadline for submissions is Wednesday, December 16th, only two weeks away! Don’t forget about our newest award category, Editorial Cartoons. The category, Editorial Cartoons, sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation, is designated for artwork that conveys a political theme or message. Up to three Medal recipients in this category […]
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How To Get By: The Keys to Social Interactions
Section 1. The End of Any Interaction Let’s start with the end. While saying two words seems to be an easy task it is obviously not. The two words can be interpreted as rude, nice, romantic, sad and almost every other emotion. When saying, “goodbye” one does not want to speed up the words, because […]
MoreI Feel Bad About My Hands
I feel bad about my hands. Rather, I feel bad for my hands. All they’ve ever done is make my life incredibly easy. They’ve tried hard—not a finger has ever failed me with a fracture or a sprain. According to logic, they should demand respect—they should be loveable. But like chihuahuas (which are supposed to […]
MoreA Series of School Disciplinary Council Cases
(Recorded from the disciplinary council case #27) Disciplinary Council: Will the accused please rise? You have been charged with the following crimes: Posing as a school student ambassador, telling a visiting family that you were “Gregory Brown,” their assigned tour guide, hijacking the family from their original tour… Student: I object! Council: On what grounds? […]
MoreA Scandal In The Ukraine
Chapter One Milldefort Penitentiary, Illinois This is the chronicles of Clinton Skippy, convicted of smuggling Ukrainian Anthracite into Illinois by the Milldeforte Police. One could say that I am evil, seeing that I did smuggle sixty pounds of illegal Ukrainian anthracite into my own little insurance company so I could sell to the master purveyors, […]
MoreApocalypse
Two days before the apocalypse Megan still did not know what she was going to wear. Mark was furious with her. She had had at least two years and four months to plan. He would be wearing his grey pinstriped white button down underneath his navy blue blazer with black pants. He admits it had […]
MoreHipster Glasses
As you probably have noticed, there has been a growing trend of “hipster glasses” lately. These are clear-lens glasses, with absolutely no prescription, used only to make the user seem like he/she needs glasses. These so-called, “Hipster Glasses” do not actually help the wearer to see, but are worn, according to my lovely 13-year-old contact, […]
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