Founded in 2021, The Creative Zine is an independent literary and arts journal led by youth. We focus on creativity, creation, and creators. Published online on a quarterly basis. Send us your best.

We have featured international award-winning writers whose work has been recognized by the Bridport Prizes, Best Microfiction anthology, Forward Book of the Year Prize, the Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize, William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, the Colorado Prize for Poetry, and more.

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Harsimran Kaur

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Finnialla (Finn-all-uh) is a perpetually tired writer and artist. They got their Honors BFA in Dramatic Writing from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a minor in film in 2022. They are a staff writer and Twitter Director for the Incognito Press and Staff Poet for Outlander Magazine. They have also been published in multiple indie magazines and are currently winning accolades for their television pilots. When they aren’t writing, you can usually find them hanging out in a trash can or fighting raccoons for dominance in a Denny’s parking lot. If you want to reach out, you can find them on Twitter as (@finn_all_uh) or on their website, https://finn-all-uh.org/ They stopped biting people, mostly.

Rain

valley of ashes

You are playing Neptune’s game while the storm is battering against our backs.
Your arms mimic the waves trying to kiss the sky. Like a cellist, your hands give life
to the deep. The tidepools and my own palms open as praise.

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