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Broken Windows Theory
Broken Windows Theory

Poetry by Tolu Oloruntoba

From the entropic raft of my body
I surmise the heat death of the universe.

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poetrycarte blanche magazineSeptember 22, 2025Tolu OloruntobaComment
Glue
Glue

Translation by Dawson Ford Campbell

I am a sieve. A medium-sized strainer picked up at Renaissance, with a weave that’s tighter in places, a rim that’s lightly rusted.

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translationcarte blanche magazineSeptember 22, 2025Dawson CampbellComment
MARTHA
MARTHA

Translation by Sunny Doyle

Martha died on September 1st, 1914, at the Cincinnati Zoo. She was 29 years old, the last of her species: the passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius.

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translationcarte blanche magazineSeptember 20, 2025Sunny DoyleComment
The Naked Cupcake
The Naked Cupcake

by Aderes Z.

Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers’ Contest
First Place - Grades 5 & 6

Jjjjjjjjj! Tik tik tik! Ding! And into the fridge I went. I bet you’re wondering why I’m in the fridge. That’s an easy question to answer. I’m a cupcake, well more like a muffin right now, I don’t have my frosting on yet.

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carte blanche magazineSeptember 13, 2025Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers' ContestComment
Les aventures de Sophie
Les aventures de Sophie

by Anastasia Maria I.

Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers’ Contest
Second Place - Grades 5 & 6

Le soleil brillait haut dans le ciel et aucun nuage ne risquait de cacher son beau visage d’or. C’était vers midi quand une colonie de fourmis marchait en chantant dans le bois.

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carte blanche magazineSeptember 12, 2025Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers' ContestComment
The Gold Medal Game
The Gold Medal Game

by Naveen Dosaj

Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers’ Contest
Honourable Mention - Grades 5 & 6

June 6th, 2022, Rouyn-Noranda, 6:45pm. Gold medal game of the Quebec Little League provincial baseball tournament. Our hero steps up at-bat with nobody on base, with no outs and a tied match.

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Sheldon Rubin
Sheldon Rubin

by Izzy D.

Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers’ Contest
Honourable Mention - Grades 5 & 6

This is a story of a man who devoted his life to his family and helping others. Sheldon Rubin was born on February 10, 1943, to immigrant parents in Moncton, New Brunswick, where he grew up with his two sisters Betty and Roslyn.

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Natation avec nations
Natation avec nations

by Nona Morakabaty

Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers’ Contest
Honourable Mention - Grades 5 & 6

Natation avec nations attends son attention actuel sincérement actuellement sensation avec sentiment mélé dans l’obscurité de l’obscure dans le sanglot de mon couer

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L’aventure de Draven
L’aventure de Draven

by Matti Gonzalez-Idan

Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers’ Contest
First Place - Grades 3 & 4

Le forêt s’endort… mais pas ses prédateurs. Parmi eux, un loup pas comme les autres. Un loup-garou détective.

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Le club du journal
Le club du journal

by Sarah Israel and Adèle Menache 

Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers Contest
Second place - Grades 3 & 4

Il était une fois, trois jeunes filles, une nommée Camille, une nommée Emma, et une nommée Zoé.

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Bluebell's Challenge
Bluebell's Challenge

by Cordelia Carrier-Sydor

Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers Contest
Honourable Mention -  Grades 3 & 4

It was a beautiful, summer day in Space Serpent Town. The sun was shining and the streets were busy.

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Stowaway Cat
Stowaway Cat

by Madison Rappaport

Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers Contest
Honourable Mention - Grades 3 & 4

Once upon a time, there lived a cute little cat named Luna. Luna loved cuddling with her owners, Rachel and Mia.  

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L'Aventure de Rob
L'Aventure de Rob

by Jakey Segal

Roslyn and Max Margles Young Writers’ Contest
Honourable Mention - Grades 3 & 4

Il était une fois, dans un monde où les monstres et les ogres parcouraient la terre, il était un garçon nommé Rob.

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