guest post by Kathy MacMillan What does it mean to raise your voice? It can be a lot more than screaming or shouting– it also means defendi...

by Karen Leggett Abouraya Summer is a time for lemonade and summer camp, ball parks and swimming - and perhaps a visit to Grandma's...

by Jacqueline Jules I was first introduced to Balloons Lit. Journal in 2015 when I saw a call for submissions for Issue 2. Investigati...

Guest Post by Claudia Mills           Just as it can be inspirational for young writers to have a published author visit their classroo...

by Joan Waites The new school year has officially started, and classrooms are buzzing again! A fun way to get the creativity flowin...

by Jacqueline Jules In August, I was very pleased to see my poems, “The Math Beast” and “Thunder” featured in Issue 2 of a new online p...

by Claudia Mills           One of the cardinal rules of writing is “Show, don’t tell.” This means that rather than telling readers that...

by Karen Leggett Abouraya During a recent visit to a Van Gogh exhibit with my young adult daughter, we listened to a cell phone descrip...

by Jane Harrington I ’ m just finishing up a month at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), my first foray into a residency...

by Pam Smallcomb Hello, my name is Pam Smallcomb, and I have been hitting my head against the writing wall for twenty years (even more, bu...

by Joan Waites I hate to admit it, but until recently I had not been to the library for a very long time. In the days when my three childre...

by Laura Krauss Melmed Joan Waites blogged recently about using an egg to jumpstart inspiration in a writing class.  An inspired idea! I...