This summer, young writers from all over the world joined The Journal Bootcamp to learn about current events, write creatively, and get published! Students worked closely with their dedicated coaches each week to edit and refine their writing, until it was worthy of a feature in an online magazine.
I’ve been to many places since I was little, Italy, France, Spain, Australia etc. But my favourite place out of all of them is England.
Disney’s original series “Lilo and Stitch" has a new live action movie, featuring Maia Kealoha as Lilo and Chris Sanders as Stitch, and has many different reviews from everyone around the world. The live action is based off of Disney’s Lilo and Stitch, and it talks about the unlikely friendship between Lilo, a young, free-spirited Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, an evil, smart alien creature. I recently just watched it, and I feel like the live action could’ve done better, rating it a 3 stars out of 5.
Winners
Read top pieces written by previous winners of the Letterly Writing Competition, and be amazed!
She is making noodles for herself. The water bubbles and boils like the laugh of a child and the
thick udon noodles swirl slightly in the pot. She portions out a generous chunk of the stew, making sure to pick out the sharp bony pieces. The smell of chili oil and tender beef fills the tiny apartment, wrapping
around her like a familiar embrace.
The forest took her, small and thin. A shadow lost in bark and skin. No name was whispered on the breeze. Just echoes tangled in the trees.
Current Events
On August 12, 2025, Gaza was in a famine and over 200 others died from a lack of food, including 100 children. This is because Israel is planning to increase its military action in Gaza. Since early in the war, Israel has limited aid coming into Gaza. Between early March and mid-May of this year, Israel completely blocked food, water, and medicine from entering the area.
August 5th, a huge wildfire broke out in southern France. Around 2,500 homes in the area lost electricity, and people living as far as 30km were affected.
Acts that exclude people from traveling, emigrating, or seeking refuge in the USA have been seen as controversial throughout the history of the republic. This is as most of these act's have been against certain groups of people and end up making it so that the ones who have fled to the USA to secure freedom have to deal with discrimination and strife. This is especially controversial considering the fact that one of the main slogans of the nation was this "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," written on the statue of liberty, a symbol of american freedom and rights.
Trumps EPA Wants to Undo Major Climate Decision The EPA wants to change a major climate decision right now. The...
People Die of Hunger in Gaza Right now, in Gaza, there is a war. This war killed many individuals, and...
Science & Technology
There are many wonders of the ocean, including a superpower that only some fish have! It is
called biofluorescence and is when a fish can absorb light and release it, causing the fish itself
to glow. Not only are the fish getting superpowers, but deep below in the sea at a place called
the mesopelagic zone (often called the twilight zone), which is 200 to 1,000 meters deep.
In 1999, Minh Le built Counter-Strike in his Canadian dorm. It’s now a billion-dollar esports hit.
Several rabbits in Colorado have developed a startling appearance, with dark, horn-like growths sprouting from their heads and fleshy lumps around their faces. These bizarre features have led some people on social media to compare them to creatures from a scary movie.
A study published in the medical journal JAMA on Wednesday showed a surprising revelation: Longer screen times at the age of 10 is are not connected to suicidal thoughts later in life.
Pangolins, believed to be the most heavily trafficked animals in the world for their scales and meat, should finally receive protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Bright Fireball Spotted Speeding to Earth In McDonough, Georgia, on June 26, 2025, fragments of a meteorite crashed through a...
Study Finds No Signs of Life-Supporting Atmosphere on Trappist-1 d Astronomers from the University of Chicago, using the James Webb...
NASA Wants to Put a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030 NASA wants to send a nuclear power plant...
AI Saves the Big Problem AI stands for Artificial Intelligence and it is used in many different ways. In school,...
Infected Rabbits Spook Out Residents in Colorado On August 13, 2025, people in the residence of Fort Collins, Colorado, spotted...
Artificial Intelligence is a modern technology program that helps humans perform tasks in their daily lives. AI allows computers to...
Tentacled, horned, and spiky rabbits spotted in Colorado In the past couple of weeks, residents of Colorado have spotted several...
Sports
During the weekend of August 2-3rd, riders from Lexington will join up with more than 6,800 riders in the annual Pan-Mass Challenge, a two-day bike marathon across Massachusetts that raises an enormous amount of funds for cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber cancer institute. Since its inception in 1980, the Pan-Mass Challenge has raised over $1 billion for Dana-Farber, making it the biggest contributor to the Dana-Farber cancer institute(JimmyFund).
Racist Comments Made During Premier League Opening Game During the first Premier League match of the 2025-2026 season on August...
What Major League Baseball Can Learn from the Savannah Bananas Baseball is one of America’s oldest sports, but in recent...
Football Player Reports Racism Liverpool played a match against Bournemouth. During the match, one of the members of the Bournemouth...
An event more appealing than the AIG Women’s Open Charley Hull attracted more attention than the winner of the Women's...
England has officially announced its team to represent the country during the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025. The tournament will...
Recently, a Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Bournemouth was stopped because of a disruption from the crowd. The...
Legendary Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Is Just "One of The Guys" As a relatively new member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, quarterback...
During the opening of the 2025 Premier League season, a match between Liverpool and Bournemouth at Anfield had to be...
On Thursday, July 24, 2025, the Red Roses UK rugby team announced their team members for the Women’s Rugby World...
Havoc at the Football Stadium: Footballer Racially Abused On Friday, during the first football game of the Premier League season,...
Aaron Rodgers Now with Stealers in Likely His Last NFL Team Aaron Rodgers has transitioned to his 3rd and most...
Arts
On Memorial Day, Walt Disney’s live action “Lilo & Stitch” released, a reimagined version of their 2002 classic animated version. It's an emotional and humorous movie about Lilo, a girl from Hawaii who finds it difficult to make friends and stay out of trouble, who meets Stitch, a mischievous little blue alien who crash lands onto Earth.
Disney’s original series “Lilo and Stitch" has a new live action movie, featuring Maia Kealoha as Lilo and Chris Sanders as Stitch, and has many different reviews from everyone around the world. The live action is based off of Disney’s Lilo and Stitch, and it talks about the unlikely friendship between Lilo, a young, free-spirited Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, an evil, smart alien creature. I recently just watched it, and I feel like the live action could’ve done better, rating it a 3 stars out of 5.
At Simon Fraser University near Vancouver, British Columbia, few people were aware of the legend that was unfolding in a...
Harry Potter Movie Review Have you read all eight Harry Potter books including the Cursed Child? Well, you most likely...
Rebecca’s Solar-Powered Solution Innovation is often born from compassion, and Rebecca, a young student from Glasgow, demonstrates exactly that. At...
KPop Demon Hunters The song "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters has gone viral and outranked other songs from movies like...
World War II, like all wars, was filled with suffering and despair, but it was also filled with the bravery...
How Counter-Strike was created In late 1999, Minh Le, a computer science major studying at Simon Fraser University, was playing...
Counter-Strike Revolutionized Team Video Games and Is Now 25 Years Old Back in 1999, the first beta for a video...
A UK student has been recognized by Time Magazine for designing a solar-powered backpack at the age of 12. Rebecca...
A brilliant idea was created by a 12-year-old from the United Kingdom. Rebecca from Glasgow created a solar-powered backpack that...
Rebecca Young, from Glasgow, the United Kingdom, is currently 13 years old, and got the idea of a solar-powered backpack...
Opinion
A study showed that giving 10-year-olds screen time does not increase their risk of becoming suicidal later on, but it is actually those that become addicted to their phone that have a higher risk.
A study released in June 2025 by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine shows that teens in the U.S. who show addictive behaviors towards phones and social media are more likely to struggle with suicidal thoughts—raising concerns about how these things are really affecting kids.
The best summer activity for a hot day is definitely swimming at the pool with your friends. It is a refreshing activity that will cool you down. Not only do you swim, but you can also have lots of fun playing with beach balls, playing volleyball, or even just splashing in the water. A pool party is a great way to cool off and play. You can even show off new tricks to your friends, like doing a flip or doing a diving catch into the pool. A party in the water is a great way to socialize and have lots of fun. It helps you feel cool and will be the best day ever.
Electric vehicles have been regarded as replacements for gas vehicles because of the fact that they don't have tailpipe emissions. Tailpipe emissions releases harmful gases such as carbon monoxide causing air pollution. The first concept of EVs were first introduced in the 1830s when Robert Anderson built an electric carriage powered by batteries. During the 1870s-1880s France and the UK started further development of EVs and by the early 1900s EVs where a hit because of their simplicity and quietness.
Summer is great. Teachers get a break, and there is no homework for students! But what is the best summer activity? I think it is dancing.
Should Gaming be a sport? Gaming on all your favorite devices or playing board games and solving puzzles have became...
Water Polo I think that water polo is one of the most underrated sports. Although it is in the Olympics...
Would You Want to Listen to Your Inner Voice? When you first hear about it, the “inner voice” thing sounds...
Why Do We Play Sports? Plenty of people watch sports for entertainment purposes. Alright, that’s a bit of an understatement....
Sports are MORE than entertainment In this era of sports clips going viral, athletes signing million-dollar endorsement deals, and social...
IS GAMING A SPORT? No. Gaming should not be considered a sport. Point one: gaming doesn't include any running, swimming...
Scientists May Make the Inner Voice Audible Soon Recently, neuroengineers have made important progress towards helping people who have lost...
Creative Writing
Love & Gelato is a heartbreaking, yet healing book written by Jenna Evans Welch. The book was published in 2016 and is popular among tweens and teens. It is about Lina, a 16-year-old high school student who spends the summer in Tuscany, Italy after her mom passed away. She discovers that there’s so much more to Italy then she could’ve ever imagined as she follows the directions of a journal her mom left for her.
She is making noodles for herself. The water bubbles and boils like the laugh of a child and the
thick udon noodles swirl slightly in the pot. She portions out a generous chunk of the stew, making sure to pick out the sharp bony pieces. The smell of chili oil and tender beef fills the tiny apartment, wrapping
around her like a familiar embrace.
The forest took her, small and thin. A shadow lost in bark and skin. No name was whispered on the breeze. Just echoes tangled in the trees.
