The Boom Site Literary Magazine
Volume 1, Issue 2: October 2017
Hello, readers of the St. Croix Valley!
It is our great pleasure to present the second issue of The Boom Site Literary Magazine. It has been wonderful to watch our magazine grow over the past few months. All of the submissions received for this issue were equally impressive as the first and we continue to be proud of our mission as a youth-initiated, youth-centered publication.
As the seasons change, you'll notice us undergoing some changes as well! Our next issue will be a printed, hard-copy publication just in time for the holidays. Submissions for this issue will open next week — check below for more information and make sure to watch your emails and our Facebook page for more details!
Additionally, we are holding a contest to find our new logo! If you enjoy art, I highly recommend you enter this. The winner receives $100! Find out more information below.
Thank you for supporting your local youth literary magazine, and enjoy the prose and poetry!
All my best,
Elysia
Editor-in-Chief
My apple tree
In the backyard
Blooms a red pearl rain,
Flowers a green storm,
Sighs in golden waves...
"Apple Tree in Reds, Greens, and Golds" by Zoe
Bring me back to when
My life wasn't so gray
Back to when my life
Wasn't just the day to day
A sensation in your gut...
"Finished at 4:54 AM" by Adam
People say water is blue,
But they are wrong.
Sky makes the water blue.
Water reflects sky making it
Turquoise, purple, and aqua...
"Mirror of Water" by Zoe
C F
I’m so sorry,
C
I cannot believe
F
I was so naive...
"Some Kind of Hell" by Alexander
It was snowing
The day
She left us.
In a blizzard
Of pain...
"Tragedy" by Adam
There is a pond
In a place
No one can see.
The water ripples across
The clear pond...
"Water Lily" by Zoe
Samuel is sitting in his room, simple with a bed, a wooden dresser, and a mirror. It’s night, and he is reading...
"Silent Beauty" by Alexander
Men and women sitting around table. MICHAEL CRAFT sits at the head of the table. Storms are raging outside...
"Untitled" by Abby
A team consisting of middle and high school students from Minnesota and Wisconsin came together in Stillwater every week where at various spots where creativity ran wild. The result...
"HUSH" by Karis
Win $100 if your logo design is chosen!
See your work in print! Submit to the Boom Site's end of the year anthology
Like what you're reading? Want to highlight your own creative work? Submit your prose, poetry or visual art to the Boom Site to be considered for submission in our end of the year anthology. Published after Thanksgiving, this hardcopy of the Boom Site Literary Magazine will be sold online and in local bookstores including
Valley Bookseller. Be sure to submit as soon as you can! Wouldn't it be cool to see your creative effort in print?
Thanks to a grant from the MRAC and the hospitality of St. Croix Preparatory Academy, The Shire held the Boom Site Creative Writing Intensive over a two week period in August. Many of the submissions in this issue come out of that experience.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
StoryArk Matters
As the umbrella organization for
The Shire,
Voices in the Valley,
#HUSHpodcast, and
The Boom Site Literary Journal, StoryArk nurtures storytelling in all of its diversity across the generations and through multiple media. By sharing our stories, we impact our selves, our community, our culture, our country and even our world.
StoryArk is a 501c(3) tax exempt organization that seeks to serve the greater good.
