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Saturday Newsletter: February 16, 2019

Mysterious Moon (Nikon Coolpix L830) Photograph by Hannah Parker, 13. Published in Stone Soup, October 2018. A note from Sarah Ainsworth Dear Stone Soup readers, Did you know that Stone Soup has a YouTube channel? We’ve posted a variety of videos before, including interviews with authors published in Stone Soup. However, this week I want to draw your attention to some recent videos we’ve been posting. First, did you see the wildlife videos by blogger Sierra Glassman? One was a…

Saturday Newsletter: October 20, 2018

I held them like they were a bouquet of yellow flowers Illustrator Anna Dreher, 12 for Frustration, Happiness, and Pure Amazement by Isabella Widrow, 12. Published November/December 2015. A note from William Rubel Mushrooms! Chanterelles! Delicious and commonplace wild foods for the taking! How I love foraging. Berries, fruits, mushrooms, watercress, wild lettuce, dandelions—it is rare that a week goes by when I don’t bring something back from a walk. All these wild plants and more can provide creative inspiration, and some…

Guest Post: No Boundaries in Art

by Sarah Lynn “No Boundaries” is exploding with color, something I particularly love in artworks. The blues, purples, and greens of the piece are relaxing and seem to flow in and around the image, while the peaches, yellows, and reds of the picture break up the scene in a way that only enhances its beauty. This beauty itself does not take one form—the piece is abstract. It can visually represent any number of things. I, for example, see a garden…

Saturday Newsletter: July 14, 2018

I feel the thrill of the moment as my coconut wobbles, surprisingly fast, past me Illustrator Ester Luna, 12 for Racing Coconuts by Rachel Barglow, 10. Published July/August 2015. A note from Emma Wood Announcing the winners of our short short fiction contest First Place:      “The Pendulum” by Sabrina Guo, 12 Second Place:  “The Sycamore Tree” by Mira Johnson, 8 Third Place:     “A Dinner Party” by Anyi Sharma, 10 Fourth Place:   “The Hummingbird” by Clare McDermott, 12 Honorable Mentions:…

Congratulations to our 2018 Short Short (Flash) Fiction Contest Winners!

First Place ($50):  “The Pendulum” by Sabrina Guo, 12 Second Place ($25): “The Sycamore Tree” by Mira Johnson, 8 Third Place ($10):  “A Dinner Party” by Anyi Sharma, 10 Fourth Place ($5): “The Hummingbird” by Clare McDermott, 12 Honorable Mentions: “Symbiotic” by Madeline Pass, 13 “Potato Diaries” by Christian Goh, 10 “The Mystical Trees” by Hannah Lee, 10 A cat literally watching time pass. A magical tree that heals and protects an injured bunny being chased by a dog. A…