Skip to Main Content
Advertisement
Spark Newsmagazine

Spark

Spark Newsmagazine

Spark

Spark Newsmagazine

Spark

The Treacherous Tree Trunk War

Alex Schwind, Culture & Graphics Editor January 28, 2025

Thud, thud, thud. A repeated gravelly sound of metal scraping against clay filled my ears, and the smell of grass and mud permeated the air like gasoline at a gas station. The hot summer sun beat against...

maddie cramer, dean hume, kelly johantges, lakota east spark, spark, coronavirus

The Trio

Maddie Cramer June 16, 2020

personal narrative by Maddie Cramer | art by Kelly Johantges I think it’s safe to say that most people’s relationships have changed quite a bit since Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine issued the stay at home...

culture personal narrative band anna mullins

The Prep Before the March

Anna Mullins December 20, 2018

personal narrative by anna mullins | photography used with permission I huddled around a speaker, waiting with bated breath alongside the rest of the marching band for the results of Grand National Prelims...

Photography Courtesy of the Newseum Institute

Free Spirit

Emma Stiefel November 29, 2016

Story by Emma Stiefel For one week this summer I attended the 2016 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference along with 50 other students, one from each state and Washington, D.C.. We listened...

Load More Stories
Donate to Spark
$35
$500
Contributed
Our Goal

Activate Search
Personal Narratives