Congratulations to our Poetry, Story, and Art Prize winners and honorable mentions! Thank you to everyone who submitted poems, stories, and artwork to our new contest series. The entries were impressive, and we’re so excited to be publishing all of the pieces below in upcoming issues of Stone Soup! The results are: The Stone Soup Poetry Prize Winner “That Wild Place” by John Gabriel Sperl, 11 Honorable Mentions “The Cracking” by Natalie Chien, 13 “Who You Really Are” by Goldie Leitman, 9 “Regret” by Isabella Lin, 13 “Ocean’s Surface” by Micki Mermelstein, 13 The Stone Soup Story Prize Winner “Star” by Sierra Elman, 14 Honorable Mentions “A Monarchy of Stones” by Emma Catherine Hoff, 12 “Pecan’s Story” by Hazel Holt, 11 “The Lonely Path” by Chris Yihan Ye, 12 The Stone Soup Art Prize Winner Make Peace Not War by Paris Andreou Hadjipavlou, 10 Honorable Mentions Cosmic Hope by Yu-bin Bae, 12 Poker Face by Derek Byun, 13 Tears of Light by Brianna Guo, 11 Blue Dragon by Eli Park, 11
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Saturday Newsletter: February 17, 2024
Water on Wood (OPPO Find X2 Lite) by Karuna Yang, 12; published in the January/February 2024 issue of Stone Soup A Note from Tayleigh Greene Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m writing to you from Houston, Texas, but as I contemplate Karuna Yang’s Water on Wood, shown above, I’m transported to Venice, Italy. Venice brims with magnificent artworks and exquisite architecture. However, last I traveled there, I found myself more moved by the way that reflections of apartment buildings and strung linens danced in the water. Karuna’s photograph is mesmerizing and beautiful in much the same way. I love how the leaves’ shadows blend with their reflections. Taking inspiration from Karuna’s photograph, here’s a prompt for you this long weekend: select your subject, then shift your perspective to explore its shadow, its reflection, or perhaps both. (Madeline Male’s Sapling Shadow, also featured in the January/February issue, is another brilliant example.) Don’t limit yourself to photography, or even to drawing or painting. This prompt can also be used as a writing exercise. As always, if you like what you create, please submit your work to Stone Soup. We are currently accepting submissions for our Short Story, Poetry, and Artwork Prizes. Winners will receive three free expedited submissions ($30 value) and a one-year print subscription to the magazine ($90 value). We will select a single winner from each category—one story, one poem, one piece of art—and publish them in the magazine. The deadline to submit is May 1, 2024. As they say in Italy, in bocca al lupo (good luck)! Until next time, The Stone Soup Story Contest The Stone Soup Poetry Contest The Stone Soup Art Contest Stone Soup is published by Children’s Art Foundation-Stone Soup Inc., a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit organization registered in the United States of America, EIN: 23-7317498.
