by Scarlett Choi  Teen creatives, you don’t have to wait until you grow up to become an award-winning writer. Your voices and perspectives are unique, powerful, and deserve recognition and accolades. So, why wait to show others your amazing work?  In fact, you should take…

by Scarlett Choi So you’ve just finished a piece of writing. Maybe it’s a one-stanza poem you’ve been whittling down for months. Maybe it’s a 5000-word personal essay, detailing one of your most meaningful experiences. Regardless, you’ve done the work and you’re proud of it.…

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”  ― Stephen King, On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft Every writer knows the importance of reading. A good book doesn’t just entertain;…

With everything our teens have going on today – classes, extracurriculars, college applications, and more – we know how hard it is to sit down and read. Still, we constantly remind our community’s young writers that reading is the single best way to learn how…

Ask any author which book first kept them up reading all night. That book is probably why they became an author. In fact, reading is the single best way to learn to write well. Not just reading, but reading for pleasure, as widely, deeply, and…