Stone Soup Magazine

Poetry·Rainer Pasca, age 14 — A surreal, fragmented reflection on Hurricane Irene becomes an internal storm, where the speaker recognizes the hurricane as something within themselves.

Poetry·Rainer Pasca, age 14 — A writer with writer's block finds inspiration when their cat Rumi jumps on the table, transforming frustration into affectionate verse about the purring 'king of gold.'

Poetry·Rainer Pasca, age 14 — A surreal moment in a forest where the speaker's mind becomes a predatory creature that devours a bird without greeting or ceremony.

Personal Narrative·Shriyans Boddu, age 11 — A New York City boy gets permission to go outside alone for the first time, gets lost, and must find his way home using the subway.

Artwork·Saylor Creswell

Artwork·Sloka Ganne

Story·Ariana Kralicek, age 12 — Swifty navigates hip-hop classes, failed auditions, a new baby brother, and friendship drama while discovering drums and cutting her hair for charity.

Artwork·Anonymous (Refugee Project) — From the “Everyday Objects” Workshop (2017), run by the Hands On Art Workshops, at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya About the Project There are millions of children affected by...

Artwork·Anonymous (Refugee Project) — From the “Shadows” Workshop (2018), run by the Hands On Art Workshops, at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya About the Project There are millions of children affected by war,...

Artwork·Sage Millen