The Industrious Inkwell

A literary magazine for Christian homeschoolers

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Samuel Schall is a homeschooled junior. He is the founder as well as a contributing author of The Industrious Inkwell Art & Lit magazine. His favorite pastimes include piano performance, music composition, creative writing, sketching, reading, learning new instruments (e.g., acoustic guitar, accordion), and playing board games. Samuel lives in CT with his parents, brother, dog, and cat.

  • Writing and Art Prompts Week 2

    Writers:

    Write a poem where every line begins with the same letter.

    Artists:

    Draw a picture without picking up your pen/pencil/brush from the page.

  • Writing & Art Prompts: Week 1

    Starting today, I’ll be posting prompts here twice a month. I’ll include one prompt for writing, and one prompt for art in each post. The prompts aren’t limited based on age/schooling like the magazine is, so anyone’s welcome to comment below with whatever they create! Just please keep everything family-friendly.

    So, here’s the very first set of prompts:

    For Writers:

    Write a short story about a Zoggler. A Zoggler can be whatever you want it to be—an outlandish machine, a magical creature, the name of an eccentric character—be creative!

    For Artists:

    Choose a medium you don’t usually use and create a picture of something in the room that you’re in right now.

  • First Issue Scheduled to Release in April!

    The Industrious Inkwell is a brand new art & lit magazine looking at releasing our first issue in April 2026! If you’re an aspiring author or artist with a Christian worldview, head over to the Submission Guidelines to see if you’re eligible to enter your work. Or, click the subscribe button to have our very first issue delivered straight to your inbox!

  • Submission Guidelines

    Thank you for your interest and enthusiasm. I’m excited to work together with this group of artists and authors to produce our very first issue of The Industrious Inkwell Art & Lit Magazine. Below I’ve listed what you need to know in order to get started. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions that are not answered by this document.

    • You must be a homeschooled highschooler to submit your work.
    • We accept original art, poetry, and prose. The poetry/prose may not exceed 2,500 words.
    • All work should be God honoring & family friendly.
    • Work will not be edited so submissions should be ready for “print”.
    • If we have an overwhelming number of contributions, we will limit each individual to 3 works.
    • Along with your entry, please include 2-3 sentences about you as an artist/author. For example, you could include your grade or age, home state, career aspiration, or a brief explanation of what inspires you. Be sure to use 12-point font in black ink that’s readable. Art can be black & white or colored.
    • We publish 4 times a year: April, July, October, January
    • Entries must be submitted by the 15th of the preceding month
    • All submissions should be emailed to seschall.music@gmail.com