Poem By Montville Student, 9, Will Run In A National Magazine

MONTVILLE, NJ — A poem written by a 9-year-old Montville student was selected for publication in a national magazine.

Ethan Chen's poem will run in the July/August 2021 issue of Spider magazine. Geared for kids ages 6 to 9, it features short stories, poems, articles and activities by children’s authors and artists.

In each issue, readers are invited to submit their original artwork or writing on a specific theme to Spider’s Corner. In April, readers were asked to submit an original poem about hatching from an egg.

“Up high on a birch tree, inside a cozy nest/three blue eggs lay silently and at rest,” is how the poem by the 9-year-old begins.

Chen will be a fourth-grader at Hilldale Elementary School in the upcoming school year.

“Reading is really Ethan’s favorite thing to do,” said Chen’s mother, Jessica Niu.