Fighting Words

A story by Umayma Yasin, age 11, Grade 4, Yibaayil School, Yibaayil village, Nugal region, Somalia

Rang a 2, 3, 4, Bunscoil Sancta Maria, Sráid Synge, baile átha Cliath

Dán le Éire Ní Fhaoláin, 17 bliana d’aois, Co Loch Garman

A poem by Rosa Vallebella (18) from Cork city

A poem by Kaila Patterson, age 16, Belfast

An extract from a story by Creative Writing Club, Bloomfield Collegiate School, Belfast

Write Up Your Street, a free publication available in Belfast, looks at the everyday through a new lens

A poem by Lorcan McCusker, age 12

A story by Batiste Martinaud, age 18, Co Galway

An extract from a story by sixth class, Scoil Bhride Primary School, Edenderry, Co Offaly

A story by Joe Somers, age 18, Cork city

A story by Sadie Jade Forde, age 13, Co Wexford

An extract from a story by P5, Carrick Primary School

Sadie Fitzpatrick, age 13, Dublin

A story by Saamiya Cali, age 12, Grade 4, Baragah-qol School, Baragah-qol town, Sanaag region, Somalia

A poem by Odessa Yip, age 17, Cork City

A story by Aoife Lawton, age 17, from Co Galway

A poem by Anna Dunlea, age 17, Co Kerry

A story by Nicola Barry, age 12, Co Limerick

A story by Sakariye Ahmed, age 11, Grade 3, Taageer School, Dangoroyo town, Nugal region, Somalia