2025 Submissions
The Spectacle
“The Spectacle” is messy and raw – that’s really the most accurate way to describe it.
Girl Games
Girl Games is a piece of non-ficton creative writing I made as i found parallels from the real situations I have to face everyday as girl in the bay area and the situations in games meant for young girls.
In The Back Lot
This is a piece I wrote for the Marin MOCA Ekphrastic challenge in my Creative Writing class, where we picked a piece of art and wrote something inspired by it.
Dear Time - Sick but I don’t get to miss school - Celebrate or Taboo: Who are you?
I’ve always written poetry when I feel deep emotion.
The Boy’s Path
The story of a kid chasing their dreams, going through the thick and thins of life, choosing their own path, eventually hit stops or risky situations, but they continue until the end, enjoying the journey they had.
Migration & Birthday Cake
”Migration” is a poem about my grandmother and also, by extension, my Chinese American identity.
The Boy Who Lived a Thousand Lives
This is an old piece of work from last year revised and I sadly had to cut down the length of it in order to fit the word limit for this submission.
Cap, gown and the journey bound
Graduate with pride, high school seniors it is our time to shine.
Poems of Heartbreak
I completed a series of poems that are separate but all connected to the emotions that I was feeling in the wake of a breakup.
The Hairdressers
Being a teenage girl is difficul: society tends to hate teenage girls and their interests, puberty and hormones being to make you feel crazy, and the innocence of childhood killed by catcalls on the street.
Where is home?
Commentary on my childhood transition from Ireland to the U.S., and how this continues to impact me today
The Missing Slice
This screenplay is about a teenager’s quest to find the “perfect” slice of pizza for his ailing father. It spirals into an obsession.
River of No Return
I delve into the quiet decay of domestic life from a woman’s perspective.
The Final Boss in Success
An informative, yet inspiring story that takes you on a journey to learn and achieve success in the most efficient way.