Do you love to design?  Do you love to write?  If so, the New York State Education Department invites you to enter the Write on, NY! Logo Design Contest.  The contest is open to all New York State students in prekindergarten through grade 12 who love to design...

The movie, “The One and Only Ivan” is directed by Thea Sharrock, who is an amazing English theater and film director from London, United Kingdom. This  definitely is not her first rodeo because she also directed the famous “Me Before You” and “The Hollow Crown: Henry V”. The movie has an...

Bluefire is a literacy journal that publishes the work of middle and high school students who are passionate about creative writing.  Our goal is to give a forum to young authors interested in publishing their work. Bluefire is looking for an outstanding piece of short fiction that consists of exactly...

A story about grief, a story about adventure, a story about love - Over the Moon has all these qualities. It talks about a young girl who lost her mother, and still can’t accept that she is gone. Her name is Fei Fei. Fei Fei and her mother always loved the Moon Festival. They would repeat the story...

The NYS Office of Information Technology Services, Chief Information Security Office (ITS CISO) is conducting a kindergarten through 12th grade computer safety contest in conjunction with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). The goal of the contest is to engage young...

I have seen many interesting movies, and this is definitely one of them. Mulan, the live action movie, which is based off of the Disney animated movie, is incredible. The title character, Mulan, is from the Hua family, and she has a gift for fighting. But at that time, fighting wasn’t how girls were...