#TeenWritersProject

We will provide a collaborative and engaging space for teens to write, be published, and get paid as a means to manage their mental, emotional, social, and economic challenges. We will also improve the reading, writing, social, and cultural literacy of high school teens.

We create opportunities for teens to write independently and together and build a community that they can reach out to as a resource to improve their reading, writing, social and cultural literacy.

Our organization is made up of Board members and partners that include skilled and degreed English teachers, high school counselors, writers, editors, publishers, librarians, libraries, bookstores, booksellers, and other teachers and resources that work together, in tandem, to help us reach out goals.

Each quarter, we successfully publish The #TWP Quarterly Lit Zine which includes stories written for teens by teens from around the world. We have a teen editorial board made up of six paid interns and fifteen volunteers from the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia who manage, design, write, and edit our Lit Zine, educator newsletter, and blog.

We have published three teen journals that are sold on Amazon, our website, and in independent bookstores, and it is distributed in schools and libraries.

In addition to a vast selection of swag, or merchandise, that we sell in our online store, we sell and/or give-away a Writers Notebook Kit to teens who participate in our public events and writing workshops so that they have a safe space to explore their hopes, design their dreams, and confirm their place in the world and in publishing without judgment. It is packed with interactive writing prompts, affirmations, and open spaces that encourage mindful self-reflection.

We have a robust and active social media presence where we post daily writing prompts and a podcast that gives teen writers room to think and plan, then be able to craft stories that allow them to live intentionally and profitably.

Each year, we partner with other teen writing organizations outside of Dallas and Texas to host writing workshops, book drops, or other literary activities. For two years in a row, we have sponsored the Dallas Literary Festival's Young Writer's Contest where we host writing workshops, give prizes, and host the award ceremony and reading. This year, we will host a train ride for an immersive summer youth program that takes kids onto the trains and into the city for a journey of writing, sharing, and exploration.

We have and will continue to host in-school writing workshops, writing and reading days in the park, and literary public art exhibits on and offline.