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Purpose
Purpose
The Flame has prided itself on being an outlet and encouraging the expression of the artistic and literary talent of Jim Thorpe's student body. The Flame accepts poetry, descriptive essays, short stories, photography, digital art, and hand-drawn art created by students, to be uploaded to the website and published in our print edition.
What We've Done
What We've Done
The magazine was born in 2005 when several students approached our principal, Mr. Thomas Lesisko, with the desire to begin a poetry magazine. With no budget the first year, The Flame was produced on a color printer and hand-assembled by members of the staff. The Flame was published every school year until 2019. From 2020 to present, The Flame moved to an online publication. This year, it is our goal to produce a print magazine again.
Spirit of the Holidays
Spirit of the Holidays
December Prompts:
Magic of Christmas- Write a story in which you utilize the magic of Christmas to bring an inanimate object of your choosing to life. Like how the hat gave life to Frosty, use your imagination to bring something to life in a creative way.
Things That Go Bump in the Night- It is a recurring theme that strange visitors come knocking late when it ‘tis the season. Think Ebenezer Scrooge’s ghosts or the Polar Express conductor- what visitors may approach characters in your story and why?
Inspired by- Take odd Christmas legends, and transform the folklore, whether Krampus, Welsh Horse (Mary Lwyd), Belsnickel, etc., into a unique tale of your own, whether a poem, song, etc.
Prizes: Yummy baked goods
Contributor Highlight
Contributor Highlight
The night had just ended from the annual third harvest event of the year. Samhain was not a festive event like the other two harvests; it was an ending to the year, a time of mourning, when magic strikes a thin line between the membranes of the world of the living and the world of the dead.
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