Peer Pulse is your section to be creative. By sharing your ideas with others, everyone can learn from your experiences. This is the place to find the pulse of your peers. In bringing together all your stories, we hope that each of you will find ways to identify with each other and gain an understanding of diverse perspectives. We encourage you to share your stories, your poems, your essays, your journals and your art.

Submissions are grouped into Writing Submissions and Art Submissions. The Writing Submissions are classified by topic and age, and the Art Submissions are grouped only by age.

Please visit our How to Submit Page to submit your own writing or art. We have received many submissions. Unfortunately, not all of them have been posted, but please don't be discouraged. Keep submitting and checking back, your submission could be up soon!

The Winners

First Place:

Angel on the Orange Line by Kara B.

 

Second Place:

Temporary Shelter by Katie L.

 

Third Place:

Destruction by Corie H.

 

Honorable Mentions:

I'll Pray for You by Kaci
It's Okay by Derrick
Time Forgotten by Ethan G.
Reach by Franchesca
Walls by Meredith P.
A Survivor's Story by Anonymous
The Meaning of Strength by Anonymous
Anna by Pamela K.