Happy 2024!
This is a New Year present to you all, BLJ Issue 15:

https://www.balloons-lit-journal.com/issue-15.html

Thanks for all your support and love over this humble project which I started in late 2014...I can't believe that it's almost a decade already! This labour of love continues because people are still genuinely interested in reading and writing for the magazine. I am truly grateful for that.

Keep reading and writing and enjoy 2024!
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Pete

Christmas may be over but celebrations continue! Happy to announce that the 14th issue of BLJ is beautifully launched:

https://www.balloons-lit-journal.com/issue-14.html

Thanks to all who contributed to this issue. I thank them for their support, creativity and patience.
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As always, I wish you all a very happy reading experience with this issue. Do spread the word!

Happy 2023!
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Pete

My increasing heavy schoolwork disallows me to keep launching 2 issues a year, but still I am happy to launch this sole issue of 2021, the 13th issue of BLJ, which I think is beautiful. Check it out here:

https://www.balloons-lit-journal.com/issue-13.html

Thanks to all who contributed to this issue. I thank them for their support, creativity and patience.

As for you lovely readers, I sincerely wish you all a very happy reading experience with this issue yourselves, with your children and or students.

Stay active and creative!
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Pete

Happy to launch this beautiful 12th issue of BLJ. Check it out here:

https://www.balloons-lit-journal.com/issue-12.html

Thanks to all who contributed to this issue. It hasn't been an easy year for anyone. I personally have been busy with managing my school duties under the very demanding new teaching and learning mode and thus the release date of this issue was postponed. Glad that it can still be launched before 2021.

As a belated Christmas present, I sincerely hope you enjoy reading this issue yourselves, with your children and or students.

Stay healthy and let's look forward to a much better year.

All the best,
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Pete

We are launching this beautiful 11th issue of BLJ today. Check it out here:

https://www.balloons-lit-journal.com/issue-11.html

This issue has a special meaning in this pandemic period as we are having a themed section (COVID-19) for the first time. 8 of the 24 entries are for the themed part which tell meaningful stories related to the pandemic and bring out the positive energy amidst the adversity the world is suffering from.

Thanks to the many submitters and contributors who have taken part in this project.

Wherever you are in this world, we hope this particular issue can bring you and your family a lot of joy and energy.

Happy reading!
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Pete

Happy to launch this beautiful 10th issue of BLJ. Check it out here:

https://www.balloons-lit-journal.com/issue-10.html

Thanks to all who contributed to this issue. It's not easy to run a free access literary journal and it's even harder to keep it living for years. But I do believe in the importance of language arts and educating youngsters through creative works.

It's been 5 years since I started BLJ and I hope it is just the beginning of many more 5 years.

Happy reading!

Pete