Winter Break Writing Challenge

"Lola", by Jaelahna S. Allen  ... If you hold your breath and sink deep off the coast, at the exact right time of year, you can hear songs of whales traveling through the water, bouncing off the corals. The sounds come from all directions, but the massive creatures are nowhere in sight. Some say that the songs are transcendent and angelic. But as the sound ripples through the oceans, they grow scary, confusing. It’s a tune not made for us. In the void ocean with blue in every direction the realization that no one is calling to you reverberates with every whale call. It’s lonely to realize that your voice may always be a little too quiet. ...   The other day I bought a Tagalog phrase book. By no means do I expect that this tiny book will be my ticket to the enriched life of bilingualism. But simply put, I had never seen a Tagalog phrase book, so naturally I had to have it. I learned a little, not much. The guttural island tones s

In Fall 2022, Students, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni of Boise State University were invited to submit work to the Winter Break Writing Challenge. These entries could be fictional, biographical, prose, poetry, six words long, forty pages long, but, most importantly, they could be in any language (English included). Boise State University's Latin Program hosted the Challenge for a couple of reasons: writing challenges are fun and we wanted to celebrate and promote creative content written in the languages represented by our community.  The Winter Break Writing Challenge committee is pleased to announce the selected "winners" of the Challenge: Jaelahna S. Allen, Mandee Snowden-Edmonds, Joseph Hess, Emma Halverson, and an anonymous poet.  This Blog will feature each author's work, showcasing each for a week, beginning March 27, 2023.   “ Sentimientos