Welcome to the Bluefire blog! This blog publishes the creative writing of students from grades 5-12. Select blog entries are chosen for publication in our journal, Bluefire. If you are a young author interested in having your work published, please click the link below for the submission guidelines and to enter a piece. Comments must be approved, but please feel free to provide your thoughts on what you read here. Copies of the Bluefire journal are available for a contribution to the Foundation. Please visit our
10th Grade
10th grade Maya L. When Julio awoke he was lying maybe ten feet from the corpse of his best friend. He looked at the burning Cessna for a few moments, swallowing suddenly difficult, and then tore his eyes away. He Read More ...
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Table of Contents for Bluefire 2018
Table of Contents for Bluefire 2018 What It’s Like a World Away by Angela Ng Red by Ashley Xu Empathy in the Deadlands by Alayisa Dennis The Visitors by Sarah Feng The Undying Summer by Beatrice Stewart Permission by Lachlan Read More ...
8th Grade
8th grade Ellie P. Everyone was folded up under desks and tables. Everything should’ve been quiet. I wish it was quiet. Everytime the silence was disturbed with shrieks and gunshots, a shiver was sent down my spine. Everywhere, I saw Read More ...
6th Grade
Middle School Winner 6th Grade Lachlan C. Pulling away from his mother’s damp grasp, the boy turned the knob on the door labeled 24. His father ran his hand through his short, trimmed hair. The boy watched him pull in Read More ...