Fighting Words

An extract from a story by second class, St Laurence O’Toole CBS, Dublin

An extract from a story by fourth class, St Mary's Senior National School, Blessington, Co Wicklow

A story by Eva Ceridwen Garayalde, age 17, Co Mayo

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

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

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

A story by Batiste Martinaud, age 18, Co Galway

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

A poem by Anna Dunlea, age 17, Co Kerry

A poem by Odessa Yip, age 17, Cork City

Sadie Fitzpatrick, age 13, Dublin

A story by Sarah McGuire, age 17, Newry, Co Down

A story by Nicola Barry, age 12, Co Limerick

A story by Joe Somers, age 18, Cork city

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

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

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

Fighting Words NI aims to expand support for children and young people who are most seldom heard

A poem by Kaila Patterson, age 16, Belfast