Pilcrow — human-reviewed contemporary literature for the classroom
Why I started Pilcrow
Hi! I'm Seah
Here at Pilcrow, we pair your writing with teachers who are eager for something original and creative to give to their students. We strive to create an ecosystem where writers are able to receive their hard-earned appreciation while teachers are able to begin class with something strikingly new.
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Spotlight
ChopsticksEuisun Hong"Chopsticks" by Euisun Hong presents to us a seemingly insignificant tool in our everday lives -- a chopstick, as simple as any utensil. However, through vivid descriptions set in a dreamlike state of longing, Hong manages to convey an illustrative scene that causes us to think a bit deeper about the weight and meaning of something so small.i always wondered why such small things favored you more / it wasn’t their faults / but one day if I beat my fists on a dirt-ridden path and call it homesynonyms for summerSeah KimMETAMERISMSeah KimThis work establishes the nuance of a memory over time -- much like how objects look different under different lighting, thus the phenomenon of metamerism, this piece establishes how life can look different under different circumstances. In “METAMERISM,” a narrator addresses their younger sister while recalling their childhood home, shared routines, and their mother’s increasingly painful absence. Ordinary objects—a swing set, colored cups, takeout containers—become ways of revisiting experiences the siblings may understand differently.at the cliff, he watchesEuisun Hong"at the cliff, he watches" by Euisun Hong captures a small moment turned outward. By utilizing creatively unconventional descriptions and tension, the piece begins with a man on a cliff who witnesses strained, foreign chaos and ends with an indefinite resolution that feels as if a moment of great struggle, as of now, has tided over.
Editorial collections
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Why Pilcrow
A person reads every piece, which takes about three weeks and is the entire point.
Why I started PilcrowHuman reviewed
A person approves every published work. Responses to writers go out within three weeks.
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No student accounts
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