GOOD GIVERS ARE GREAT GETTERS. ~RUSSELL SIMMONS
Our year-round initiatives will ensure that #TeenWritersProject is able to carry out our mission and vision to support the next generation of storytellers. Being able to tell stories is a 21st-century skill that is relevant and necessary across social, professional, and academic platforms. As teachers, librarians, and writing professionals, we at #TWP have discovered that creative writing is a must among teens in order to develop a plethora of tools:
  • empathy
  • imagination
  • critical thinking
  • problem-finding and problem-solving skills
  • curiosity
  • voice
  • opinions
  • innovative ideas
  • creativity 

Also, data from the National Assessment of Educational shows that students do not:
  • write enough
  • experience different types of writing
  • explore writing across disciplines of study
  • receive equity from teachers and instructors, especially minority students
  • have access to technology, especially those considered low-income
  • get taught writing as often as other disciplines

In order to improve all these notions, your annual gift will ensure that each teen writer have opportunities, equity, and access to experience the craft and career of writing across multiple genres (including academically), focus on telling their stories, their way in an uninterrupted, safe environment, obtain leadership training in the writing and publishing industry, and showcase their voice, experiences, and emotions through literary art. 

#TWP's Initiatives

Teen Writers-in-Residence Summer Program ($50,000). Each summer, #TeenWritersProject invites emerging teen writers to learn the craft and career of writing during the summer. Your sponsorship will help provide the writing space, workshops, travel, lodging, dining, materials and small expenses needed for each teen to focus on a Work-in-Progress (WIP).
  • Company logo on our website and option to link to yours.
  • Logo included in our bi-monthly newsletter.
  • Recognition post as a top-level sponsor on our social media platforms.
  • Ten (10) tickets to our Rough Drafts: Street Side Museum Exhibit.
  • Five (5) branded ultra Swag Packs (includes backpack, calendar, latest Quarterly issue, postcards of past issues, notebook, pen, t-shirt, hoodie, water bottle, mousepad, and mug).
  • Opportunity to gift a writing workshop to two (2) high schools of your choice.
  • Reel on our social media platforms.
  • Issue press release on your sponsorship to media sources.
  • Short video on our YouTube channel explaining your company's support of #TWP.
Rough Drafts: Street Side Museum ($25,000). Our annual public art exhibit showcases all the covers of our literary magazine we've published as a representation of the life-changing experiences that writing has had on teen writers. Your sponsorship will help provide the materials, supplies, personnel, and venue to needed to present their literary art creatively and professionally to the public.
  • Company logo on our website and option to link to yours.
  • Logo included in our bi-monthly newsletter.
  • Recognition post as a top-level sponsor on our social media platforms.
  • Five (5) tickets to our Rough Drafts: Street Side Museum Exhibit.
  • Three (3) branded ultra Swag Packs (includes backpack, calendar, latest Quarterly issue, postcards of past issues, notebook, pen, t-shirt, hoodie, mug, water bottle, and mousepad).
  • Opportunity to gift a writing workshop to one (1) high school of your choice.
  • Story on our social media platforms.
  • Issue press release on your sponsorship to media sources.
Teen Editorial Board ($20,000). In addition to providing a collaborative and engaging space for teens to write, be published, and get hired, we also teach teen writers the business of being a writer by providing leadership skills training that they can use in any industry. Your sponsorship will help provide training materials, supplies, and small stipends to our teen interns, personnel and coaches.
  • Company logo on our website and option to link to yours.
  • Logo included in our bi-monthly newsletter.
  • Recognition post as a sponsor on our social media platforms.
  • Three (3) tickets to our Rough Drafts: Street Side Museum Exhibit.
  • Two (2) branded premium Swag Packs (includes backpack, calendar, latest Quarterly issue, postcards of past issues, notebook, pen, t-shirt, mug).
The #TWP Quarterly Lit Zine ($15,000). Four times each year, we publish the literary works of teens in our literary magazine digitally and in print. The publication designed and written by teens for teens. Your sponsorship will help cover printing costs, shipping costs, and a small stipend for all teen contributors.
  • Company logo on our website and option to link to yours.
  • Logo included in our bi-monthly newsletter.
  • Recognition post as a sponsor on our social media platforms.
  • Two (2) tickets to our Rough Drafts: Street Side Museum Exhibit.
  • One (1) branded Swag Pack (includes calendar, latest Quarterly issue, postcards of past issues, notebook, pen, t-shirt).
Change Making ($5,000 - $10,000). Your sponsorship will help cover #TWP's general operations, supplies, digital presence, marketing, programming, and training. 
  • Company logo on our website and option to link to yours.
  • Logo included in our bi-monthly newsletter.
  • Recognition post as a sponsor on our social media platforms.
  • One (1) ticket to our Rough Drafts: Street Side Museum Exhibit.
  • One (1) branded Sponsor Swag (includes latest Quarterly issue, postcards of past issues, pen, t-shirt).
The #TeenWritersProject is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so your donation is tax-deductible.
​No goods or services will be provided in exchange for any contributions. Our EIN is 83-4475042. ​No donation is too large or too small.