Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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Stone Soup Author Interview: Analise Braddock

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Stone Soup contributor and 2020-21 intern Anya Geist, 14, talks with contributor (in art and writing), three time winner of the Weekly Flash Contest, and co-second place winner of the 2019 Book Contest Analise Braddock, 9, about the freedom of creativity and the long, arduous, but rewarding project of writing a book of poems.

0:22 – How were you introduced to Stone Soup?

0:35 – What is your favorite part about the Writing Workshop?

0:54 – What is your favorite thing about writing?

1:19 – What is your favorite thing about art?

2:05 – What inspired you to submit to the Book Contest?

2:41 – How did it feel to submit something to a contest?

3:27 – How did it feel to win second place?

3:58 – Where were you when you found out you’d won second place?

4:38 – How long did it take to find out?

5:50 – Do you have any writing advice for your peers?

6:28 – If you could tell somebody about Stone Soup, what would you say?

7:04 – Is the writing you do for fun different from the writing you do for school?