The Quill showcases work by the Creative Writing students at Athena’s Academy each semester. Check out our Fall, 2023 issue now!
Creative Writing Courses:
WriteNOW Workshop welcomes writers of all levels and ages to write NOW! This interactive workshop helps students produce fun, creative explorations with words.
Poetry Party is an opportunity for writers of any level of experience to explore a variety of poetic forms, share inspiration, play with language, and create exciting new work!
Writer’s Lab nurtures avid writers of all ages. It offers a community where writers engage and support each other with fiction, poetry, or whatever inspires them.
Teen Writer’s Lab is a community of teens who write together collaboratively as well as support students’ individual pursuits. We work on technique and inspiration!
Creative Writing Roundabout!
It began with a door, a door in my bedroom wall that should not exist. The day was cloudy, gray and dark. My spirits hung [...]
The sky is blue—or, at least, I perceive it as blue. The clouds are gray, holding hands with the endless sky. The trees cover the [...]
As a general rule, I like sleeping. I’d be much happier if I was allowed to sleep in until at least noon. This is, admittedly, [...]
One of the main goals of Teen Writer’s Lab is to encourage flexibility and cooperation in writing. Every week, we do “prompts” that may involve [...]
Mud is no longer my enemy. I drag it down my face as it pools in my eyes and snags on my forked eyelashes. My [...]
I am sad. They will try me for that too, but I am already going to be executed so it does not matter. I don’t [...]
A picture suggests a thousand words and many different stories! Some of students’ favorite pieces this semester began from photo prompts during our webinars. The [...]
Six-year-old Lily lay on the ground with her favorite fairy tale book, The Enchanted Orange Tree, leaves scattered all around her. She had seen it at [...]
The abandoned carnival was so silent you could hear a pin drop, if not for the sloshing waves before me. The blue water was calling [...]
Chapter 1 Rory had a curse. Some would call it a power, but his mom called it a curse, and what his mom said, went. [...]
Chapter 1: The Wormhole Welcome to America – I mean Nowhereville – where nothing interesting ever happens and everything is forever the same. I am [...]
When my parents said they were sending me to boarding school, they must have meant military school. Or psycho’s school. Or maybe even Masochism Mansion. [...]
Prologue A flame feebly glowed in the distance. It wasn’t very bright at all, nor was the flame strong. It couldn’t handle wind or rain, [...]
Click here to see all the creative writing courses currently being offered at Athena’s!