UnderAGE is an anthology of poems, prose, and artwork produced by children in grades K through 12 published annually by the Arts Council of Princeton. Students throughout central New Jersey contribute to the publication. Through grants and donations the publication is made possible. UnderAGE supports local literacy efforts by stimulating students to gain a better grasp of language and express themselves more confidently and creatively in their writing and in a public forum. It also encourages students in the visual arts by providing them an opportunity to focus their talent, creativity, and ingenuity. The Arts Council is currently celebrating 21 years of publishing UnderAGE!
To acquire a copy of UnderAGE please contact Maria Evans.

2009 contributors
UnderAge | Poetry and Prose

Margaret Wright -Memories
Cara Hume -Here at Home
Kaeli Douglas -When I Was Born
Kyle Jacobson -My Bella
Anya Nathanson-Tell -Getting My Cat
Richayla Smith -Cat and Dog
Julia Peters -My Mother Says Cliches Are Bad
David Choo -Look, Mom, Look!
Georgia Tate Eugenides -My Life Forever
Ben Burwell -Letter to Great Grandma
Juan Carlos Melendez-Torres -That Concrete Curb
Siena Sherer -Imagine
Izabella Glodzik -O Frog
Brigitte Barrett -Little Wonder
Becky Wong -Marionette
Tara Schmitt -Whirling Dervishes
Will Kearney -One Note Verbal Jam
Carter Mosner -Slither
Megan Sherow -All the Chaos Caused by a Fly
Will Vamos -Books
Keysi Vasquez -Un Poema
Emily Dyckman -Run
Maxwell Damon Maudlin -Weather at the Battle of Princeton
Sarah Matthes -Not a Holocaust Poem
Jamark Cox -Dr. King and Our Civil Rights
Hiroko Sunamura -Child Soldier
Abby Bilenkin -Problems
Erica Pramer -Mysterious Boy
Eric Falcon -Homage to My Left Hand
Clara Maselli -That Girl
Jules Healey -(So-Called) Simple Math
Jennifer Zhang -Sakura
Alexandra M. Taylor -A Flight Above Your Town
Avanthi M. Cole -Plum Blossom
Ali Berger -Jailbreak
Kristen Birdsey -The Greatest Act
Theo Siggelakis -All I Can Do Is Wonder
Samantha Krieg -Breath
C.J. Martino -What About Half?
Alyssa Denning -Thesis Statement
Melissa Parnagian -That Cold Snowy Day
Susan Mott -Rabbit
Lydia Woodworth -Apple
Gabriel Cano -The Quetzal
Aniya Jones -The Water
Anja A. Fenner -Summer
Sophie Bramnick -The Seagull and the Sky
Miriam Li -Clouds
Tony Chen -Sunset
Dallin Nielsen -Nighttime Flier
Alexander Li -Outer Space
Piper Graham -When We Look
Joshua Fayer -Pollution
Jessica Helper -Global Warming
Ben Muzi -Give and Take
Oliver Richards -The Worst Storm

Artwork Selections:

Saima Ahamad
Paige Andreassi
Raphaelle Benabou
Jerika Boulware
Chloe Calvarin
Will Christoffersen
Brianna Bell
Richard Farrell
Claire Felten
Tatiana Florival
Jared Fraticelli
Julia Gallelli
Theresa Gebert
Christina Hager
Tajiya Holland
Andrew Holt
Joshua Kalapati
Zoey Kolligian
Patrick Likely
Sarah Mitrano
Rodney Ochoa
Elena Procaccini
Brad Sawyer
Valerie Suto
Nick Tarditi
Vincent Valdora
Diane Zhou


2008 contributors
UnderAge | Poetry and Prose


Juhi Aggarwal |Are What They Are
Idir Aitsahalia |A Great Wall to Climb
Osaze Akerejah |My President Looks Like Me
Sophie Alberts |Remembering
Lisa Arem |Grocery List
Taylor Bachik - Picture Perfect Day
Mary Bakshiyeva |Hold On
Katherine Barahona |The Short Life Story
Keane Bacso |Routine
Francesca Behling |dear Mr. Troupe
Michele Bischoff |Evelyn
Marshall Borden |Ode to Music
Jessica Brenn |Brick Walls
Jennifer Ariana Briones |Catch and Release
Jessica Bush |Untitled
Amethyst Carey |Ice Princess
Hyelim Choi |The Sunflower and The Secret
Espi Contrera |Dancing
Emily Costello |Voices
Marissa Cucinotta |A Gray Day
Steven Dalrymple |Final Seconds
Patrick Dillon |Airport Adventure, A True Story
Cara Ditmar |My First Friend
Lydia Duff |Twist of a Prism
Sarah Dwider |Faith and Pizza
Nate File |You Hold Me Back
Stephen Force |Different Place
Cory Gibson |Master
Isaiah Gomez |The Greatest Turtle Ever
Mark Grossman |The Flag
Owen Haney |July 3rd, 1863
Mathew Highfill |Teeth
Richard Hymer |My Family Is Like a Car
Samantha Issa |You Know What to Say
Adam Jackson |What Happens In the Dark
Veronica Janoch |A Bard's Way
Jessica Jutkiewicz |Seven Months, Sixteen Days
Madison Kaigh |Sonnet 7000
Brendan Kain |New Jersey
Rachel Komosinsky |Fraternal Twins
Catherine Lee |Light
Erin Leonard |Honu
Miriam Li |Spell
Abigail Lloyd |Dear Joker
Matt Lu |Haiku
Zehra Madhavan |The Play
Jesus Martinez |Is It True Or Not
Mike Mellott |Walking in the Shoes of a Soldier
Victor Mieses |De Terras Lejanas
Julia Miller |Almond Joy's Got Nuts
Dequan Mobley |I Can't Tell You Much
Megan Murphy |Everybody Needs a Tree
Devin Ortiz |Seeing
Marcos Ortiz |Frozen Footprints
Christine Potts |My Generation
Tashanique Purnell |I Am
Winnie René |Perils of the Workplace
Victoria Roeck |WTC
Isabel Roemer |The Butterfly
Alexander Sanchez |I Am Going Away
Seth Sawant |My Cat
Gillian Share-Raab |Me, The Pumpkin
Tyler Silver |Applying for College
Rohan Thakore |Mt. Everest: My Journal
Sydney Thatcher |Points of View
Daniel Tse |Thinking
Randy Tumalle |Quisiera Ser...
Fatma Uslu |Untitled
Maggie Walsh |Waterfall of Blossoms
Emma Wingreen |Hummingbirds
Hannah Witner |Puppies
Rebecca Wolf |In My Grandmother's House
Angela Yeager |Cinquain

Artwork Selections:
Paul Alves
Jabyang Bista
Jessica Butler
Mona Cao
Janie Devito
Meghan Di Mercurio
Kaitlyn Fedor
Katelyn Gittle
Jay Herrera
Ben Jaffe
Naomi Kern
Lilian Kong
Melanie Konstantinou
Alexi Lee
Annie Morris
Carter Mosner
Ariel Muñoz
Jonathan Nwigwe
Tochi Nworu
John Perez
Catherine Pettit
Joseph Pignataro
Ashley Stoop
Aseem Utrankar
Allison Xiao