Canvas Literary Journal

Canvas Canvas Literary Journal

Founded in 2013, Canvas Teen Literary Journal showcases the writing and art of talented teenagers from around the world.

In this issue:

"Zodiac" by Aisha Abdulkadir
"The Guava Tree" by Sophia G. Augustine
"Flower Boy" by Drew Atkins
"Beautiful Woman" by Aya Belghith
"Childhood Days" by Alyssa Chen
"The Music Man" by Alyssa Chen
"Letters to Nobody, Written at Midnight" by Alyssa Chen
"Purple Paint" by Mo Chen-Xia
"Ocean Song (novel excerpt)" by Bailey Christensen
"Why Do My Gardenias Keep Dying?" by Wynter Cox
"Brothers & Sisters" by Feliciti Crowder
"Dark" by Nick Daoust
"Desolate" by Sahana Deo
"Thanks to Society" by Cassie Dodge
"Time" by Rachel Dong
"What My Teachers Tell Me" by Christiana Drevets
"I Gave" by Annika Goldman
"A Humpback Sleeps in Your Rib Cage" by Grace Guiney
"Chickadees" by Grace Guiney
"Evergreen" by Grace Guiney
"This is How We Turn Our Pain Into Something Beautiful" by Isabel Handa
"Stagnant" by Garrett Jenkins
"Stop Killing Us" by Aroog Khaliq
"Ouroboros" by Aroog Khaliq
"Weeping Willow" by Aroog Khaliq
"We the Change" by Rupa Kurinchi-Vendhan
"Rain, Science, and the Weight of Existence" by Esther Lee
"The Noose of Loving" by Esther Lee
"on pressing flowers in my calculus textbook" by Sophia Lee
"I, Too, Hear America Singing" by Bria Lusk
"A Letter to My Brother" by Nabila Meghjani
"Hope" by Nabila Meghjani
"Observations I've Made Over the Years" by Nabila Meghjani
"What Is This?" by Rachel Mullenix
"Beginnings" by Isabella Park
"Burning" by Connor Rodenbeck
"Archeology" by Linzy Rosen
"Anchor" by Elyse Runkle
"Where Lost Souls Go" by Rina Sclove
"An Indian Marriage: I Don't Even Know How Old He Is" by Mitali Singh
"Selling Your Daughter to the Demons: The Witch Trials of 1698" by Mitali Singh
"Widowed by the Waves: A Sailor's Eulogy" by Mitali Singh
"On Identity: Or, Why I Think I Am Who I Am" by Maria Sobrino
"Gray Days" by Zoe Stephens
"We Are the Writers" by Sara Tirmizi
"Oranges" by Cole Varela
"- Có Hi?u -" by Donovan Vu
"Canary in the Coal Mine" by Bella Ward
"2" by Jessica Watters
"Suffocating Ladybugs" by Maiya Weinmaster
"The Spectator's Tale" by Shreya Yellepeddy
"The Moon's Girl" by Fatima Younis
"Boys Swimming" by Nicholas Zhang


Cover art "Midnight S'mores" by Helen He
Interior art "O, for a Muse of Fire!" by Alexandra Bowman