The Quill showcases work by the Creative Writing students at Athena’s Academy each semester. Our spring, 2023 issue is out. Enjoy!
Creative Writing Courses:
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!
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 together, share inspiration, play with language, and create exciting new work!
Write & Publish a Book teaches kids the fundamentals of book writing: plot, character, scenes, and outline, and guides them through writing a novel about anything they desire.
Creative Writing Roundabout!
Dear Esteemed Representative of the Poison Ivy Species for the National Interspecies Defense and Equality Team, It has recently come to my attention that your [...]
I suffer from having a vivid imagination. It started with a death of a family member, and my imagination froze any grieving process. I can [...]
Along with our classroom forum for students’ stories and poems, an exciting part of WriteNOW Workshop is creating and sharing fresh new work each week [...]
Opal glowered as Sapphire, furious and aghast at her twin sister’s complete shamelessness. Their brother, Ash-Lee, held the leash of the family cat, Oberon, in [...]
Cold rusted things As cold rusted things turn inside my brain, As ancient cogs, soaked beneath the rain Cold and clear snowflakes drifting through the [...]
Chapter I The Woods Somewhere in the woods, a teenage girl hopped from fallen log to fallen log. She had long, messy blonde hair with [...]
Chapter two: Fallen I sat down on my bed as Emirah left the room. My shoulders felt heavy. Why…? Why did this keep happening? I [...]
Not only does Athena’s Quill showcase our writers—we love to showcase art, too! Here is some wonderful artwork created by Athena’s students. Xan is a [...]
(Content warnings: Nondescript implied mentions of violence) I’ve had my fair share (and several more) of paranormal encounters before, but none quite like this. I [...]
Darkness. It is not scary. It’s what is in it that is. You can never see, but that doesn’t mean you can’t hear. If you [...]
White. It is blank, like the sky. The only thing in the sky are the clouds, covering up its bareness. White can’t hide, it can [...]
You said we could write about anything for this assignment and you won’t read it. I doubt that very much. I mean, if you didn’t [...]
You wake up in the middle of the night and find a new recording on your phone. You play it and this is what you [...]
This piece focuses on two of the main characters, Innokentiy Zvezdochkov and Aleksei Kholodov. They are in an old apartment block having a nice conversation [...]
I briskly awake to the sound of my blaring alarm clock going off. I shut my eyes for three more restful seconds before slowly opening [...]
“You know it’s better this way.” “Better? Better this way?” Ivo snapped. “That’s cheap. This is gluttony.” “Gluttony is for poseurs and for faking belief.” [...]
Every Tuesday starts the same way. The boat sways under her feet as she puts on the slippers, the wind is calmer than it was [...]
Chapter 1 Starlight was fairly certain that this would be the best Magic Festival in the history of Zarmalia. That may have just been her [...]
Lost Dreams Iridescent, multicolored, meandering, Gone at the first touch of day. Bright, wonderful, wandering, Swirls of wings flit away. Radiant, shining, shimmering, Their true [...]
“So, we were all raised by the same man, but I’m the only one that doesn’t remember. Of course.” Amy said with a sigh. “I [...]
The fish wants to get friends, but almost every other fish likes sports, like ultimate fishbee, where you throw a seashell around and follow some [...]
–Chapter One– –Nocturnal– It was very dark, long past midnight. But it was still beautiful. The moon’s pale reflection rippled in the dark pool. I [...]
Joining a fan group (fandom) on the Internet can be a fun experience. You discuss the book, show, or movie you love with other passionate [...]
(Warning! There is mild violence and language in this story!) Arc 1 – The Dawn of Heroes (Excerpt) Prologue When animals die, they are reincarnated [...]
One It’s still moving, I’m sure of it, but it’s been hours now and the elevator hasn’t let me out. Why is it taking so [...]
Click here to see all the creative writing courses currently being offered at Athena’s!
