When the global Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic was declared, Stone Soup implemented new programs and additional activities to keep young people engaged and creative. With schools closed, and students cut off from friends and spending extended periods of time in isolation, sheltering in place, or on lockdown, we knew our readers and contributors would appreciate more ideas to keep them busy, and new ways of bringing them together with other members of the Stone Soup extended family. Some of these are activities you can do by yourselves or with siblings and other family members at home; others are Zoom classes where you can interact with other Stone Soup readers and writers. Everyone is welcome.
Every weekday we are posting a new prompt with an activity–Daily Creativity. These prompts challenge you to make a piece of writing (a poem, a journal entry, a story outline, a review) or art, or music, or a spoken word recording, or other piece of creative work, each day. All the prompts we have written are brought to gather on this page – see below. Every Monday’s prompt is also a free-to-enter Flash Contest!
Each Wednesday, the Stone Soup Book Club meets to discuss a book–we read a new book every fortnight and discuss it for two consecutive weeks. On Fridays, the Stone Soup Writing Workshop meets for a new writing challenge. We give a presentation, have a discussion, spend half an hour writing together and then read our work aloud. Click the links to find out more and read about what the two groups have been doing since March!
Plus, we are publishing blog posts focused on current events every day, recording young writers’ thoughts and experiences though this time. To submit your writing about COVID-19, BLM or any other current topic, visit our Submissions portal.
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Daily Creativity Prompts
Write about what would happen to novel or fairytale characters if they existed in real life. Think about practical conventions that might surprise them. For example, Prince Charming (Sleeping Beauty) might balk at getting a job; Jo March (Little Women) isn’t an obvious candidate for make-up vlogger ...
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Rewrite an exciting episode from a favorite novel as a Ballad at least 30 lines long ...
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Write a story backwards. In other words, start with the conclusion, then explain what happened that led up to the action or event ...
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It’s the last day of July! Write a sonnet (a 14-line poem) in celebration of Summer. For some fun hints about the form of a “sonnet”, read this one by Billy Collins ...
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Write about your future. What will a typical day be like for your adult self? Will you still live near where you live now? Will you have the same friends? What will your family be like? What will you be doing? ...
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What do you think are the worst poems ever written? They could be by other poets, adults or children, or your own. Study them, then write a bad poem ...
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One morning, you wake up, and the only thing in the world that is the same is you. What has changed, and how? Write a one-page story about happens that day ...
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Choose one of these opening lines from classic novels, and use it as the starting point for your own short story. “There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.” Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847) "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Rebecca by Daphne Du ...
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Pick a color and draw a person that you believe best personifies the color ...
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Write about the first time you tried a food, whether you liked it or didn’t like it. What did it smell like? What did you expect it to taste like? Did it remind you of anything? Did the texture surprise you? ...
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Pick a favorite fictional character of yours and place them in a very precarious situation, such as being trapped inside of an elevator. Write about how they would react and what problem-solving strategies would they employ, or how they don’t do anything ...
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Flip through a book or magazine and pick five to ten words that interest you, and write a piece using those words ...
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Write about a character waiting for something, but don’t reveal what they’re waiting for until the end ...
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Take a panorama image with your phone/ tablet/ other device with this feature, but move the camera quickly around the room or area to create a collage of your surroundings ...
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Jot down a list of all your traits. Write a fantasy story revolving around a character that shares some, if not all of these same traits and see what they do. How do they handle the situation? Then, add in a villain of the story with complete opposite traits. Will ...
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Create an art piece using any number of colors that don’t usually work together ...
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Write about what may happen if predator and prey switched places (i.e. if a mouse switched places with a bird, or if a fly switched places with a frog). How would the food chain work? How would the prey feel about becoming a predator? How would the predator feel about ...
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Create a poem with an eerie or creepy tone. You can make the poem as nonsensical or as relatable as possible, but retain the sense of being unsettled throughout. This is a Monday prompt, so if you are writing your response in the week it was first published, you can ...
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Imagine your favorite food as a protagonist in a story. Describe their personality and defining features – are they quiet? Intelligent? Short? Grumpy? The choice is up to you. What do they like to do? Who are their friends? Write “A day in the life” story about them ...
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Write a bestiary (a poem about real and mythical animals) ...
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What is your favorite activity? Is it running, baking cookies, building models, growing crystals, biking? Write one paragraph of instructions for someone else who has never done this activity before, explaining how to do it. Then, write another paragraph explaining why you love it, and what you think they will ...
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Write about what you're thinking about in this exact moment. It doesn't have to make any sense ...
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Look at this painting by Renoir (Dance at the Moulin de la Galette) and imagine yourself in this scene. Who are you? Why are you there? What can you see, smell, hear? What has just happened? What are you going to do next? Write a short story or prose poem ...
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Write down your favorite animal. Your favorite food. An interesting object. A place you have dreamed of going to but have never visited. Now, put them all together to create a surrealist work of art. This might be visual work like a painting or a drawing, or a piece of ...
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Can you write a sound? Not just using adjectives, or even alliteration–but actual transcription of sound? Try sitting somewhere you can listen to a common sound in your life, and try to write down exactly what you hear. What do you write when you try to capture the sound of ...
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If the coronavirus were a supervillain, what would they look like? What name would it give itself? Draw an artistic representation of what you believe they look like. Consider submitting your drawing to our COVID-19 blog submissions category! ...
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Write about why writing is awkward. Or whatever else you want to say but don't think you can ...
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Write a poem or a story where a sudden change in the weather provides a pivotal point ...
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Write about the most interesting people you know. They can be your age, older, or younger. They don't have to be considered interesting by anyone but you. They just have to be people you think are cool ...
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Your main character’s sibling, cousin, or best friend has been given a prize, award, honor or other distinction that they had hoped to receive for themselves. Write a story about what happens–how they feel, what they do, and how it impacts their relationship with the other character ...
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You can see more writing and art activities on our Activities pages.
COVID-19 Blog Posts
Quarantine Robbery, a story by Jackson Schwaeble, 10
Quarantine Robbery Jackson Schwaeble, 10 It was a beautiful night on 347612 Crescent Street. Alex was having a nice fajita ...
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Island Head, an artwork by Aaron D’Souza, 10
Island Head Aaron D'Souza, 10 I created this image in Photoshop which I have been doing for one year. This ...
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Overwhelming Panic, a poem by Samson Brown, 13
Overwhelming Panic Samson Brown, 13 Sickness Darkness Silence The muffled tones Of my friend voices Words I don’t understand Sounds ...
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Gas Mask, a poem by Madi Frank, 11
Gas Mask Madi Frank, 11 One last breath Take it in One last moment Life flashes by Never going to ...
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The End of The World, a poem by Lucas Lin, 11
The End of The World Lucas Lin, 11 When the world ends, what shall I do? Go to hell? No, ...
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Fighter, a poem by Olivia Wang, 10
Fighter Olivia Wang, 10 The bright sun rays fade, The monster comes to infect. Like the air before a storm, ...
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Six Feet Away From Our Teacher, Six Thousand Away From Normal by Aviva Rosenstock, 9
Six Feet Away From Our Teacher, Six Thousand Away From Normal Aviva Rosenstock, 9 When usually we would be getting ...
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Anxiety, a poem by Eleanor Levy, 8
Anxiety Eleanor Levy, 8 Unleashing anxiety Nervous feelings consume me Shivering feelings through my body Extra worried now Tremendous fear ...
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One Week in Novel Coronavirus Time, a journal from Beijing by Sophia Zhang, 12
One Week in Novel Coronavirus Time Sophia Zhang, 12 Day 1 Today I have class, online, and we prepare for ...
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Mama’s Mask, a COVID-19 story inspired by Renoir’s Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, by Michela You, 11
Mama's Mask Michela You, 11 I was only five years old when the coronavirus started. I am now 18 and ...
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maybe, a poem by Aviva Rosenstock, 9
maybe Aviva Rosenstock, 9 i’m gonna die, wait, no, i’m not back and forth, back and forth mask on, mask ...
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A Day in the Life of a Mask, a story by Andrew Li, 11
A Day in the Life of a Mask Andrew Li, 11 A used face mask lay in the biohazard bin, ...
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Free, a song written and performed by Alexandra Sheinkin, 12
Free Alexandra Sheinkin, 12 I made an inspiring song called "Free," working title "The Quarantine Song." It is uplifting and ...
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A Wish for a Brighter Tomorrow, artwork by Chloe Mancini, 9
A Wish for a Brighter Tomorrow Chloe Mancini, 9 ...
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The Battle of Justice, a Captain Corona adventure story by Saanvi Garg, 8
The Battle of Justice Saanvi Garg, 8 One afternoon in Ratburg, at the castle, Captain Corona, the king, was planning ...
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Static, a poem by Callum Hicks, 12
Static Callum Hicks, 12 The electric blue buzz of the computer screens. The soft hum of the machines keeping us ...
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Coronavirus as a Supervillain, drawing by Amruta Krishnan Srinivasan, 9
Coronavirus as a Supervillain Amruta Krishnan Srinivasan, 9 This drawing was made in response to our Daily Creativity prompt #73, ...
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Outside My Window, a poem by Prisha Aswal, 7
Outside My Window Prisha Aswal, 7 Outside my window, Are trees, And bees. No one is out, Because of coronavirus ...
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Breath Thief: Coronavirus depicted as a supervillain by Story Kummer, 13
Breath Thief Story Kummer, 13 This drawing was made in response to our Daily Creativity prompt #73, in which former ...
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Something feels different, go away COVID-19, a poem by Manasi Karthikeyan, 12
Something feels different, go away COVID-19 Manasi Karthikeyan, 12 Stuck at home away from those you see every day It ...
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The Writer, Artist of Words, by Michaela Frey, 12
The Writer, Artist of Words Michaela Frey, 12 A fog has fallen over the people, a devastating, colorless, mist of ...
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This Virus Should Bring us Closer, graphic art by Rebecca Wu, 9
This Virus Should Bring us Closer Rebecca Wu, 9 ...
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Daily Creativity #75: Incorporate Your Favorite Things into Surrealist Art
Write down your favorite animal. Your favorite food. An interesting object. A place you have dreamed of going to but ...
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Fish, some thoughts on COVID-19 and school by Matilda Glascott, 6
Fish Matilda Glascott, 6 Being at home is no fun I'd much rather be at school I bet the fish ...
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Going to the Beach, a poem by Katie Yang, 11
Going to the Beach Katie Yang, 11 YESTERDAY Beautiful day. I went to the beach. The beach is beautiful too ...
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Pasta Sandwiches in Quarantine, a prose poem by Adrianna Ho, 8
Pasta Sandwiches in Quarantine Adrianna Ho, 8 1. In quarantine I missed my uncle’s wedding because it was cancelled in ...
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Then and Now, a poem by Kaitlyn Ho, 11
Then and Now Kaitlyn Ho, 11 If I knew then what I know now I would have prepared for house ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #13, Friday June 26, 2020: Writing About Someone Reading
An update from our thirteenth Weekly Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below ...
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Appreciating My Teacher, & COVID-19, two poems by Hooria Farid, 6
COVID-19 Hooria Farid, 6 In this quarantine, We will all be fine As my brother and I stand in a ...
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Daily Creativity #71 | Flash Contest: Write about a Pivotal Weather Change
Write a poem or a story where a sudden change in the weather provides a pivotal point ...
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COVID-19 Infection Simulation, a Scratch animation by Rebecca Wu, 9
COVID-19 Infection Simulation Rebecca Wu, 9 This is a scratch project that simulates how the virus can get spread around ...
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Pigeon City by Charis Choy, 11
Pigeon City Charis Choy, 11 Amber rays of sunlight flooded through the city, casting long shadows behind the tall buildings ...
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Bad to Good, a poem by Sejal Agarwal, 8
Bad to Good Sejal Agarwal, 8 Animals are free. They are glee. Humans are not, but fought a lot. Still ...
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2020 Quarantine–COVID-19, a picture journal by Zachary Camp-Morgenstein, 10
2020 Quarantine–COVID-19 A picture journal, originally made in the Book Creator app Zachary Camp-Morgenstein, 10 ...
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Joining Together at a Distance, a poem by Catherine Murphy, 11
Joining Together at a Distance Catherine Murphy, 11 We were not expecting this blow to our lives. Each one of ...
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COVID-19 poem, by Vivaan Kartik, 11
COVID-19 Poem Vivaan Kartik, 11 Once there were so many of humans to be seen a life of peace and ...
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The Virus, a poem by Charlotte Witz, 12
The Virus Charlotte Witz, 12 It came from far away, Says the long ago news of a strange virus, All ...
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Birthday, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Birthday Natya Chandrasekar, 12 My brother had his birthday in March after the lockdown, It was very sad because we ...
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The Chase, a story by Amelia Weilu Ding, 11
The Chase Amelia Weilu Ding, 11 Another day, another close escape. For the past five months I've been tracked, followed, and ...
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Future, some hopeful thoughts from Jaz, 14
Future Jaz, 14 I hope the next time I see this it's me in highschool, but I just wanted to say ...
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Very Unusual, a poem by Tracy Shi, 11
Very Unusual Tracy Shi, 11 Everybody is at home in the House Siblings shouting at each other every day I ...
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Hide and Seek, a short story by Adam Smith, 13
Hide and Seek Adam Smith, 13 I laughed as I charged along the tree-lined sunlit path with my friends in ...
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The Virus, a poem by Aditi Dinesh, 11
The Virus Aditi Dinesh, 11 It’s claiming life after life As it reaches its peak Let’s save them from this ...
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Self Isolation, haiku by Francesca Webb, 10
Self Isolation Francesca Webb, 10 Sitting at my desk Wishing it could be next year Missing summer fun On google ...
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Lottery (or, the real winners get the toilet paper…), a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Lottery Natya Chandrasekar, 12 One day my mom was so happy, as if she had won a lottery and she ...
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Flash Contest #10: Impossible Characters. Our Winners and Their Work!
Weekly Flash Contest #10: Write down 5 ideas for some impossible characters – space frogs, singing clocks, walking cactuses – ...
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The Wish, a short story by Leif Rideout, 10
The Wish Leif Rideout, 10 Geese flew above Pete’s head. He craned his neck to look up at them, then ...
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A Life Change, a short story by Vaishali Andukuri, 10
A Life Change Vaishali Andukuri, 10 I had a normal life. A slow life, sure...But it was good. I was ...
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Stone Soup Book Club meetings #8 & #9: Wednesday June 3 & 10, 2020
An update from our eighth and ninth Stone Soup Book Club meetings! Over the last two weeks in Book Club we ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #10, Friday June 5, 2020: Fairytales With a Twist
An update from our tenth Weekly Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below ...
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Something Smells Fishy, a short story by Daniella Horna-Baxter, 13
Something Smells Fishy Daniella Horna-Baxter, 13 I was tired of being stuck inside with only my parents. I was itching ...
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The Reason for our Smiles, the Amazing NHS, a poem by Cali Davis, 9
The Reason for our Smiles, the Amazing NHS Cali Davis, 9 To all our heroes helping out during this illness, ...
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The Quarantine Generation: the World on Reboot–From the Lens of a Teenager, by Mehr Grewal, 13
The Quarantine Generation: the World on Reboot–From the Lens of a Teenager By Mehr Grewal, 13 I turned 13 on ...
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Pandemic Prohibitions, a drawing by Leila Ortiz, 8
Pandemic Prohibitions Leila Ortiz, 8 In this drawing there are 2 best friends wanting to hug each other but they ...
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A global epidemic through the eyes of a 10-year-old, a journal by Ryan Marcinkowski
A global epidemic through the eyes of a 10-year-old Ryan Marcinkowski, 10 Then I googled it. “Corona is an island ...
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Latest Fashion–the Mask, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Latest Fashion–the Mask NATYA CHANDRASEKAR, 12 Being a young girl, fashion is something that I think about all the time ...
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Trust (Inspired by “Harlem” by Langston Hughes), a poem by Daniel, 10
Trust (Inspired by "Harlem" by Langston Hughes) Daniel Zhu, 10 What happens to trust vanished? Does it reappear Out of ...
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Flash Contest #9: Mystery Stories. Our Winners and Their Work!
Weekly Flash Contest #9: Write a mystery story. Think about the arc of your story, and plan out the actions ...
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A Day at School, a poem by Liam Lipe-Smith, 8
A Day at School Liam Lipe-Smith, 8 School is out All about this nation But it’s not vacation It’s home-learning ...
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Fishy Exterminates the Coronavirus, a short story by Mina Iqlas, 10
Fishy Exterminates the Coronavirus Mina Iqlas, 10 It was May 1, 2020. Fishy Crabb the red lobster was having a ...
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Review of “The Ickabog” by J.K. Rowling, by Anya Geist, 13
Review of The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling Anya Geist, 13 All over the world, children are stuck in quarantine. And, ...
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Snow White Has COVID-19, a story by Simran Adnani, 6
Snow White Has COVID-19 Simran Adnani, 6 The Queen sat by her window. Pricking her finger on a needle, she wished ...
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Friendship, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Friendship Natya Chandrasekar, 12 I created the friendship cartoon after I came from a walk where 2 friends were walking ...
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Our Fate is Sealed, a poem by Otis Knoop, 12
Our Fate is Sealed Otis Knoop, 12 The question that has always troubled me When the end of the world ...
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I’m Fine, a song written and performed by Kathleen Werth, 10
I'm Fine Kathleen Werth, 10 I utilized Bandlab (an app with drum beats and mixing options) to put the layering ...
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Graduation, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Graduation Natya Chandrasekar, 12 With lot of seniors and family friends kids graduating and some of them are feeling very ...
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Flash Contest #8: What Superheroes & Supervillains Do On Their Days Off. Our Winners and Their Work!
Weekly Flash Contest #8: Write about what super-heroes and super-villains do in their spare time or on their days off ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #9, Friday May 29, 2020: Reading Aloud!
For the ninth workshop in our first ever season of Stone Soup Writing Workshops, we decided to devote the whole ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #8, Friday May 22, 2020: Stream of Consciousness
An update from our eighth Weekly Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below ...
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To the Year of 2120, a poem by Ahana Chandra, 11
To the Year of 2120 Ahana Chandra, 11 Did you know, there was once a storm, rising by the months? ...
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Hope, a poem by Alyssa Wu, 13
Hope Alyssa Wu, 13 Fresh air floating on the old urban streets San Francisco is a ghost town. The flowers ...
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The Kite, A Story Written During the Coronavirus, by Mark Torpoco, 11
The Kite Mark Torpoco, 11 Hi, I am a purple kite named Samuel. I was born on a small island ...
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Superheroes of Today, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Superheroes of Today Natya Chandrasekar, 12 Natya has made an amazing collection of cartoons about the “before” and “after” of ...
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Perspective, a poem (and a photograph) by Anya Geist, 13
Perspective Anya Geist, 13 Life is but a glass of water Half-empty, half-full We squint at it, jaws jutted Trying ...
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It Was, a poem by Grace Mancini, 11
It Was Grace Mancini, 11 It was red, like a ripe strawberry It was orange, like a bright neon glow ...
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Believe, a poem by Ben Starner, 12
Believe Ben Starner, 12 The greater the challenge The rougher the sea The thinner the bridge The less you believe ...
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Flash Contest #7: Time Traveling Characters From the Past. Our Winners and Their Work!
Weekly Flash Contest #7: Be a time traveler in reverse! What would happen if a character from the past arrived ...
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A Brief History of a Fictional Virus, poem and video reading by Abhyudoy Basu, 13
A Brief History of a Fictional Virus Abhyudoy Basu, 13 A poem, and video reading by the author (3:45 min) ...
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Will it Ever End? a poem by Cora Burch, 13
Will it Ever End? Cora Burch, 13 I wish we could all calm down. The bright sky We brought from ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #7, Friday May 15, 2020: First Person Point of View
Weekly Writing Workshop #7: Friday May 15, 2020 An update from our seventh weekly writing workshop A summary of this ...
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How the Handshake has Evolved, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
How the Handshake has Evolved Natya Chandrasekar, 12 Natya has made an amazing collection of cartoons about the "before" and ...
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Tick Tock, a poem by Emerson Swift, 12
Tick Tock By Emerson Swift, 12 Sluggish slow-motion, Motion—we’re stuck, Stuck in time, Time flies by, By our loved ones, ...
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Uzbekistan Pupils Against Coronavirus, a poem by Marjona Boboeva, 11
Uzbekistan Pupils Against Coronavirus By Marjona Boboeva, 11 The globe is facing a challenge now, Countries are trying to solve ...
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Utopia for an Animal, art and words by Himank Chhaya, 12
“Utopia for an Animal” is a pictorial representation of how the coronavirus has changed our lives. As depicted, humans are ...
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Flash Contest #6: Draw or Paint a Scene From a Book You Are Reading. Our Winners and Their Work!
Weekly Flash Contest #6: Draw or paint a scene from a book you are reading, or have read. The week ...
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“Hope,” a poem by Simran Umatt, 9, illustrated with “Together,” by Anna Elizabeth Linney, 11
Hope By Simran Umatt, 9 We have hope in our hearts, Stored inside like treasure. We hope that someday, We ...
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We Are Strong, a poem by Georgia Marshall, 11
We Are Strong By Georgia Marshall, 11 Fires burning across the globe Porcelain crashing True loves forced to see each ...
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Birthdays in Quarantine, some thoughts from Anya Geist, 13
Last Tuesday, on April 21, Massachusetts Gov. Baker announced that all schools in Massachusetts would be closed for the rest ...
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My Dream Goes On, a poem by Ethan Zhang, 7
My Dream Goes On By Ethan Zhang, 7 Before my basketball dream comes true, The coronavirus began to sweep through ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #6, Friday May 8, 2020: Sense of Place
An update from our sixth weekly writing workshop A summary of this week’s project, plus some of the output published ...
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The Monster, a short story by Haopu (Max) Xu, 10
The Monster By Haopu (Max) Xu, 10 The monster’s name is Ackalasaf. You could find him in the depths of ...
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My Life in Corona Social Imposed Distancing: A Poem Memoir by Leah Mesuk, 12
My Life in Corona Social Imposed Distancing A Poem Memoir By Leah Mesuk, 12 Every day is a struggle to ...
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Flash Contest #5: Stories Inspired by Funny Newspaper Headlines: Our Winners and Their Work!
Weekly Flash Contest #5: Write a story inspired by one of these funny headlines Visit the Bestlifeonline.com webpage, and read ...
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Quarantine, a poem by Daisy Hampton, 11
Quarantine By Daisy Hampton, 11 I’m stuck on Manhattan Island Because I’m in quarantine I can’t wait to see all ...
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Hour to Hour, a poem by Connor Whitsel, 10
Hour to Hour By Connor Whitsel, 10 We used to rush hour to hour, speeding from the house to the ...
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The sounds of Covid, a poem by Daniel Shorten, 9
The sounds of Covid By Daniel Shorten, 9 Water running from the taps Arguments from the sink – who goes ...
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How COVID-19 Has Affected Me – a perspective from LA, by SierraRose Gibson, 12
How COVID-19 Has Affected Me By SierraRose Gibson, 12 Covid-19 has really affected my everyday life. As a student, I ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #5, Friday May 1, 2020: Where I’d Like To Be
An update from our fifth weekly writing workshop A summary of this week’s project, plus some of the output published ...
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Diary of a Locked Kid, journal entries by Alice Pak, 10
Diary Of A Locked Kid By Alice Pak, 10 It all started on Thursday, March 12th. At my Jungle Book ...
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The Virus, a graphic art story by Annabelle Garner-Tamayo, 10
The Virus By Annabelle Garner-Tamayo, 10 Annabelle Garner-Tamayo, 10 Omaha, NE ...
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Flash Contest #4: Poems About Found Objects in the Kitchen: Our Winners and Their Work!
Weekly Flash Contest #4: Write a Poem About a Found Object in your Kitchen Go into the kitchen. Stand in ...
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The Impact of Coronavirus on my Daily Life, a perspective from Poland by Patrycja Wanat, 13
The Impact of Coronavirus on my Daily Life By Patrycja Wanat, 13 So far, COVID-19 has influenced my daily life ...
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New Life, a perspective from a South Korean living in India, by Jeongwon Choi, 13
New Life By Jeongwon Choi, 13 Hello, I am one of the many kids who are locked inside their houses ...
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Silence, art and writing by Sloka Ganne, 11
Silence By Sloka Ganne, 11 Silence follows a gunshot Silence follows a scream Silence follows a song Silence follows a ...
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Should Wuhan Take the Whole Blame for the Novel Corona Virus? A perspective from China, by Ziqing Peng, 12
Should Wuhan Take the Whole Blame for the Novel Corona Virus? By Ziqing Peng, 12 During this winter holiday, most ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #4, Friday April 24, 2020: Trapped!
An update from our fourth weekly writing workshop A summary of this week's project, plus some of the output published ...
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My experience of COVID-19, a bulletin from Switzerland by Vivaan Kartik, 11
My Experience of COVID-19 By Vivaan Kartik, 11 My back was hunched as I trudged down the path, I had ...
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COVID-19: Experiences in Singapore by Thee Sim Ling, 13
COVID-19: Experiences in Singapore by Thee Sim Ling, 13 The first I had heard about it was that it came ...
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An Unexpected Journey, a poem by Abhi Sukhdial, 12
The Unexpected Journey By Abhi Sukhdial, 12 I was having fun Completely relaxing And as happy as can be. Talking ...
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Flash Contest #3: Write From an Animal’s Point of View: Our Winners and Their Work!
Weekly Flash Contest #3: Write from the Point of View of an Animal Write about a day in the life ...
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This Invisible Wall, a poem by Ishan Kelkar, 10
This Invisible Wall By Ishan Kelkar, 10 This invisible wall Makes people sick Traps people in their homes only leaving ...
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Stone Soup Book Club meeting #2: Wednesday April 22, 2020
An Update from our Second Stone Soup Book Club meeting! The Stone Soup Book Club is open to all Stone ...
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Symbols of Hope, photography and thoughts by Alyssa Wu, 13
My previous elementary school feels empty this month, but nature continues to show beauty and symbols of hope. Alyssa Wu, ...
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Coronavirus Haiku, poetry by Amy Richman, 10
Coronavirus Haiku By Amy Richman, 10 Coronavirus I am lonely now because I am at home Coronavirus Friends to see ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #3, Friday April 17, 2020: Spiders and Webs
An update from our third Weekly Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below ...
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Covid-19, a poem of hope by Audrey Chuang, 11
Covid-19 by Audrey Chuang, 11 The news rings in my head The anger and negativity swirling around me I can’t ...
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Covid-19 Pandemic Destroys Families, artwork by Sloka Ganne, 11
This is about how COVID 19 destroys families and separates loved ones. The loved ones could not be next to ...
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Flash Contest #2: How Has COVID-19 Affected Your Daily Life? Our Winners and Their Work!
Weekly Flash Contest #2: How has COVID-19 affected your daily life so far? What has changed, and what is still ...
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Tough Times, a poem by Aarush Iyengar, 12
Tough Times by Aarush Iyengar, 12 Tough times are here, So keep your loved ones near. Be happy and sing ...
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Extracts from My COVID-19 Experience Journal, by Sophie Harris, 14
My COVID-19 Experience Journal By Sophie Harris, 14 Today is Tuesday, March 17, 2020, and it was our third day ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #2, Friday April 10, 2020: Comfort
An update from our second Weekly Writing Workshop! The Stone Soup Weekly Writing Workshop is open to all Stone Soup ...
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The Virus, a poem by Avah Dodson, 11
The Virus By Avah Dodson, 11 As I lie in bed I can hear Mom sobbing into Dad’s arms. They’re ...
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The Beginning of Spring Amidst COVID-19, photographs by Anya Geist, 13
The Beginning of Spring Amidst COVID-19 by Anya Geist, 13 Where I am, in Massachusetts, although it is a third ...
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Hope for Quaranteens by Clara Kingsley Tripp, 12
Hope for Quaranteens By Clara Kingsley Tripp, 12 As a global response to the rapidly spreading COVID-19, millions upon millions ...
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corona virus, a poem by Max Corthésy, 11
corona virus By Max Corthésy, 11 infected, undetected putting people in quarantine like a routine. uncured, must endure washing hands a ...
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Flash Contest #1: Write a Story Told Completely Through Dialogue. Our Winners and Their Work!
Weekly Flash Contest #1: Write a story told completely through dialogue. How do you communicate the differences between characters? How ...
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Virus, a poem by Chloe Deyo, age 11
Virus by Chloe Deyo, 11 “Wash your hands.” “Don’t touch your face.” That’s what they say in every germy case ...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #1, Friday April 3, 2020: Be Inspired by 5 Random Words
Our first Weekly Writing Workshop! The Stone Soup Weekly Writing Workshop is open to all Stone Soup contributors and subscribers ...
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A COVID-19 Poem by Cali Bennett, 11
A COVID-19 POEM by Cali Bennett, 11 I hate COVID-19 It is bad, bad, bad It will not leave It ...
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Gateway to Darkness, writing and photography by Grace Williams, 13
When the first person tested positive with COVID-19, the virus was only in China. But soon, as people traveled and ...
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Covid-19 Pandemic, artwork by Sloka Ganne, 11
Regular Stone Soup contributor, 11-year-old Sloka Ganne, has made some beautiful art for us in recent years and she wanted to ...
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Stone Soup author Sabrina Guo starts PPE fundraiser for Long Island medical staff: support LILAC!
Sabrina Guo, a Syosset High School freshman from Long Island, NY–and a name that readers of Stone Soup over the ...
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Flash Contest – every week!
Send us Your Response to Monday's Daily Creativity Prompt Every weekday morning, we publish a Daily Creativity prompt. We've decided ...
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Observations on COVID-19 by Sofie Dardzinski, 9
Somewhere in China, a bat had a virus. That is how it started, a virus no one had seen before ...
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We are standing by ready to publish additional Blog posts by our young writers on everything related to the COVID-19 pandemic. On this page you’ll see the latest on COVID-19, and you can visit the Stone Soup blog to read all the blog posts on every topic. If what you read makes you think, leave a comment for the author! And, if you have something you want to say, submit your writing and ideas to the Blogs and Book Reviews category on our submissions portal. Remember–blog submissions are free.
