Children, Writing, and the Silent War. My freshman year of college, my new roommate and I were comparing notes. As a child, I lost family to depression, cancer, and other diseases. I lost friends in car crashes and to drugs. But my roommate had never been touched by death at all. She was a dear, sweet girl, and I loved her, but it was like a gulf that we were talking across. So what can we do to help a grieving child? .

The Broken Plate is a nationally distributed literary magazine produced by Ball State University undergraduates. The magazine features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, one act plays, art and photography, book reviews, and interviews. Since then, this magazine has evolved from a rag-tag group of volunteers to a yearly production created and overseen by the hardworking students of English 489, Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing at Ball State University. Process, more than doub.

There are presently no open calls for submissions.

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The blog for the tennis fanatic. Leave a comment below telling me what you think. I definitely want to hear what you have to say. Who will win the gold medal? With the opening ceremonies in 6 days, I thought that the Olympics would be a perfect topic to talk about.