Hana Islam
I write essays and poems, and edit my school's newspaper.
- Chattogram, Bangladesh
- Grade 12, humanities
- Editor, school newspaper
Writing
2025 · Essay, national contest finalist
What the river keeps
My grandfather crossed the Karnaphuli every morning for forty years. The essay follows one of those crossings, and what changed on both banks while he was rowing.
See more2024 · Poem
Monsoon, in four lines
The roof keeps time. The gutters argue. My mother counts the buckets and calls it music.
2024–2025 · Editor
The school newspaper
Twelve issues, a team of nine, and our first interview with the mayor.