Francesca Webb, 10Hartley Wintney, UK Self Isolation Francesca Webb, 10 Sitting at my desk Wishing it could be next year Missing summer fun On google classroom My days are long and boring What is happening? Hospitals full up Doctors working very hard No more face masks left Nothing in the shops I hope old people are fine Our street is quiet Sitting in my room I’m safe but I am worried We have to stay strong
Stone Soup Magazine for young readers, writers, and artists
Daily Creativity #61 | Flash Contest: Write about a World Without Color
What would the world be like without color? What if there were a few select people who could see colors? Write about the effects of not being able to see color, or of there being no color, and how that affects people and society in a good or bad way. Remember: this is a Monday prompt, so if you are writing your response in the week it was first published, you can submit it to our Weekly Flash Contest, via Submittable!
Lottery (or, the real winners get the toilet paper…), a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Natya Chandrasekar, 12Palo Alto, CA Lottery Natya Chandrasekar, 12 One day my mom was so happy, as if she had won a lottery and she was jumping with joy and dancing. When I asked her what made her so happy , she said she had found toilet paper online, and they are being shipped to our house. This made me think that in the future, or at least in the time of COVID-19, toilet paper is more of a lottery win than the real lottery money. Natya is selling prints of all of her cartoons to raise funds for a nonprofit organization in her local area called REF (Ravenswood Education Foundation), which has established an emergency fund to provide financial relief related to the school closures due to COVID-19. Ninety percent of students in the school area qualify for free and reduced-price lunch, and the majority of their parents work hourly service jobs. REF is working closely with the school district to plan and address specific needs, including in technology and distance learning, food and food distribution, emergency childcare, and financial support. We at Stone Soup are very happy to support Natya in spreading the word, and congratulate her on her work and her fundraising efforts for her community–well done, Natya! You can look at the complete collection of cartoons and choose your favourites either in this Dropbox Folder or Google Drive folder, and write to Natya if you would like to obtain a copy of your own. You may pay for the prints either by making a direct donation to REF here, or discussing directly with Natya and her family.
