LEADERSHIP TRAINING
We teach teen writers the business of being a writer.
Our organization provides a highly collaborative and creative opportunity for teens to gain experience in leadership, life skill development, community service, and reading, writing, social, emotional, and cultural literacy. Not only will you work collaboratively with other editorial board members to brainstorm and develop programming, you will develop, create and publish The #TWP Quarterly Lit Zine, and actively engage with teens to recruit, encourage, support, lead, and have fun!
We want to break cycles of generational poverty.
To do so, we address a broad range of transferable skills, including storytelling, smart decision-making, collaborating, prioritizing, active listening, interviewing, financial literacy, communications, career management, relationship-building, and engaging with the community.

We exist as a building block of support to help teen writers live successfully and independently using their skill, talent and creativity in a nontraditional career.
We work to build economic, racial, and social equity.
When young people leave this program, they will have the knowledge, skills, and access to effectively start a career as a writer, smoothly transition into adulthood, and turn employment challenges into executable, profitable plans.

They will have also developed their storytelling style, adapted their writing to fit target audiences or employers, learned how to write across platforms, and access job leads as professional storytellers while still in high school!
We help balance your narrative.
YOU'LL GET
  • Experience: working, collaborating and leading with other teens and adults
  • Letter of recommendation: when it's time to apply for college or work
  • Free Access: to all our events or events we're hosting/presenting
  • Volunteerism: verification of hours for community service 
  • Portfolio: help with your bio, resume and/or digital porfolio
  • Promotion: win a contest? on the honor roll? got a new car? Tell us, we'll promote it
  • Publication: your work will be published in our Lit Zine
  • Community: network and connect with other like-minded teen writers
  • Tenure: automatically become a member of our Alumni Network
WE NEED
  • Time Management: can you juggle school, work, writing, home and your social life?
  • Communication: can you be reached and respond easily and quickly?
  • Accountability: can you commit to completing tasks or communicating issues?
  • Enthusiasm: are you willing to learn and share skills, knowledge and responsibilities?
  • Teamwork: can you work productively and professionally with other team members from around the world?
  • Flexibility: are you flexible in a crunch, if necessary, to meet deadlines or help out?
“I am working with #TeenWritersProject because it’s the only space I’ve found that caters to my distinct interests while allowing me to steer the organization itself.”  —Lakshmi, former #TWP Intern
EDITORIAL BOARD
Be a boss! Running meetings, planning projects, developing ideas, writing content, and holding leadership positions is only part of what you'll take on as an editorial board member. 
We consider our internship program to be one of the best for teens. If you’re a student who would like to build your portfolio or if you can receive credit for an internship, apply below.
This work was made possible through the support of the Grantmakers for Girls of Color, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.​