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...

I took a virtual field trip to visit important New York City landmarks. The field trip started off by virtually stepping into a helicopter and waiting to take flight into the sunny, blue skies above New York City. As I was wondering what to expect, I realized that my helicopter was moving. I looked out...

Quarantine has been hard on us all, and it’s affected our daily lifestyle. Since we have so much time on our hands now, it’s almost impossible to know what to do with the spare time. But, with a positive mindset, it’s easy to find an activity to do. I have been trying many, many activities, to...