"TELL ME AND I FORGET. TEACH ME AND I REMEMBER. INVOLVE ME AND I LEARN." -Benjamin Franklin
Let's Write! Literary Art in Motion and Within Your Reach!
Young Writer's Contest
What are high schoolers up to these days? Some of them are writing. Really, really well. If you're curious about what our next generation of storytellers are imagining and writing about, join Dallas Literary Festival, SMU and #TeenWritersProject in the Fall as we accept applications for the Dallas Literary Festival Young Writers Contest.
Each year, young writers enter to win swag, participate in readings and discussions, network with other writers, and be published in The #TWP Quarterly Lit Zine!
Each year, young writers enter to win swag, participate in readings and discussions, network with other writers, and be published in The #TWP Quarterly Lit Zine!
Future Fair
Not every teen is destined for college. Some go straight to the workforce, create their own companies, or join the military! To help in those uncertain times, our Future Fair provides students the unique opportunity to learn about colleges, the workforce, the military, and entrepreneurial pursuits.
Attendees participate in essay and business plan writing workshops, goal-planning sessions, A.R.T. Resources for College sessions that provide application, registration, and tuition assistance, and much more! Check back in the Fall to register!
Attendees participate in essay and business plan writing workshops, goal-planning sessions, A.R.T. Resources for College sessions that provide application, registration, and tuition assistance, and much more! Check back in the Fall to register!
Summer Writing Intensive
High-energy writing workshops, craft seminars, literary readings, and other literary events!
- Connect with professional writers
- Collaborate with other teen writers
- Attend craft workshops
- Learn the business of being a writer
- Participate in writing challenges
- Work on your WIPs or draft a new story
Rough Drafts: Streetside Museum
We end all of our workshops by having all participants write a one-sentence thematic statement that uncovers how they feel about the social, political, environmental, economic, cultural and historical state of the world in which they live. These statements are plastered over the covers of our published issues in public art exhibitions in donated public spaces around the City of Dallas.
The phenomenology of this exhibit creates room for community engagement by allowing administrators, teachers, parents and the public to draw their own judgments and conclusions about how better to equip today's teens with strategies to revitalize their resilience.
The phenomenology of this exhibit creates room for community engagement by allowing administrators, teachers, parents and the public to draw their own judgments and conclusions about how better to equip today's teens with strategies to revitalize their resilience.