Riseabove Stories

[SPONSORED BY TELUS] For Winona Prescott, senior year was supposed to be simple; get good grades, graduate and have a bit of fun on the side. But when a video of her kissing another girl goes viral throughout the entire school overnight, everything takes a turn for the worse. Friends she once trusted turn on her, peers shut her out and her only comfort is from a friendship she once thought was lost. Winona just wants everyone to forget the video ever existed. But then the messages start to appear. Repeatedly, Winona's phone is filled with hate messages from an unknown account. She tries to delete them, they come back. She tries to ignore them, the paranoia sets in. Soon there are groups and pages, all spewing hate directed right at her and Winona is crumbling under the pressure. From the relationship with her dad, to the cold shoulder from everyone at school and the faceless person targeting her, Winona doesn't know what to do. Because the scariest opponent is the one you can't see.

[SPONSORED BY TELUS] Eva Shaw's junior year falls apart when she sees a website dedicated to making fun of Cathy, a reclusive student, and does nothing about it. Eva watches the posts pop up every night and doesn't speak a word. But when she accidentally gets closer to Cathy, it slowly gets tougher to keep quiet about the bullying she witnesses each day. Cathy seems to be pulling further away from everyone and has no desire to bring a teacher into her mess and make things complicated. But Eva is finding it harder to keep quiet with all the guilt building up around her and when she finds out the creator of the website is much closer to her than she thought, doing the right thing seems almost impossible. With her 'friends' telling her to keep quiet, Cathy falling away and her own guilt pulling at her, Eva has to decide if speaking out is really worth it or if she should just listen to everyone and stay a simple bystander.

My perspective on being vulnerable.

A Poem About ShowtTime's Protagonist Mars Marietta.

When everyone finds out her secret what will Luna do when her school starts bullying her about her crush on the cheer captain who secretly likes her back

One teenagers dream to play in the NFl

This goes out to all those who are distracted and discouraged by Cyberbullying. Stay strong, think positive and believe in yourself. :) :)

A little bit of positivity can make matters better! Give encouragement!

Josh loves his job, he is getting better and better everyday. But the risks he takes for your video addiction to him is giant, floors are dead, roofs are collapsed, glass is shattered! What if the video you watch of his today was his last? What would you do? What would you feel? It may never happen, but what if....it did?....

The life of the average Nigerian teen is wrought with stress, pain and an insurmountable pressure to excel and fit in. Most overcome the gruesome process and emerge stronger. Some are drowned in the sea of self doubt and abuse. The happy endings and rainbows never told the stories of those who didn't make it. Trigger Warning: suicide

She was there, where many have been. In that dark room inside of her mind, where she locked herself up in order to hide the pain and suffering. Her mind was distorted and so was her life. The world just wasn't ready to accept her yet back then. Today, her sincere smile shines bright above any star on the moonless night. I am not Canadian, but I understad the struggle of bullying and cyberbullying. I share this story with you today, in order to show you that even the darkest days have to end, and even the brighest smiles can hide so much pain. Be proud of who you are, never lose hope. There is Love in this world for all of us.

Rise above. Stand up to bullying. Make a difference to the world. It only takes one person to start. You be that person and make a change.

"the feeling comes back, they call it pain, I call it reality." [Commissioned by TELUS for their #EndBullying comment contest]

A story of a girl who struggled to rise above cyber bullying. Young Rachel has been a victim of CyberBullying for years, now she has gained the confidence to step up and spread positivity.

Poetry is just art that has impact on lives that believe it speaks to them.. My work is basically centered on my life experiences. One thing I believe about poetry is that you should not be driven by the fact that you want to earn from it but just let it be something that comes from within, and maybe have a positive impact to society. A principle that guides me, ' do not let anyone change the way you do your things because interestingly when the same people do their own things someone out there also thinks they have done it wrong'.

The true story of a young girl being hurt over and over again and again. Unaware people were watching over her from afar. Thinking she had no voice only to find it in someone else.

Hold on, just a little while longer Everything will be alright... COMING SOON

This is a poetic peice on being forced into a place and a situation you hate. Most importantly about being bullyed while there.