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W R I T E R S ’   C O N T E S T Write a poem (free style) based on winter or a winter holiday you enjoy. Requirements for your poem: Your typed poem must have your name on it, double-spaced,...

The fire glowed with her heartbeat. Fast and warm. Each brick of the fireplace had been stacked by her father. He built this house, through summer and storm. He’d wished for a son and gotten...

The Lancer Spirit congratulates our first and second place contest winners! This creative writing contest, inspired by Halloween, took place in October. Click on the hyperlinks below (the titles of the...

It’s a rainy Saturday in November, cold and dismal, the kind where everyone stays inside and seeks warmth. The city is bustling as everyone hurriedly rushes from place to place under umbrellas, rain...

Congratulations to Hailey Robbins for winning the Lancer Spirit's Scary Fiction Creative Writing contest. Congratulations also to Morgan Dow, who won second place. Their short story submissions will be...

The morning air was only slightly chilly when I woke up, the day of Halloween dawning not so bright and early. I stretched my limbs before hopping off the bed, silence greeting me downstairs. Not so odd;...

I could fly. Colors spray up from the sea. Not the ocean, not the sun, not the earth, but from the sky. The boat rocked, you see. It trembled on the waves of the atmosphere. I could fly. The boat...

The beach is always a strange place. Not for the scenery or the water itself, but for the people and the interesting things that can be on its shores. Many times one can find large gatherings of seaweed...

Monday mornings are always the hardest part of every week. Seeing three kids out the door used to be a nightmare, but they don’t need me to make their lunch or help them get dressed anymore. Regardless,...