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WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS

Hot Off The Press! Get Your Copy Of The 2010-2011 Student Anthology Today!

Being published is thrilling for writers of any age. Publication provides writers with validation, encouragement and exposure to a larger audience. Each year, WITS publishes an annual anthology of exemplary student work. Read more

WITS Report
Download the WITS Report Here!

WITS has had a great year and we’d like to share it with you. Inside this comprehensive report, you’ll learn just how much WITS has done this year, from in school placements of professional authors, to hosting talks by nationally recognized writers, to donating event tickets, to publishing student works in an anthology, to hosting student readings and beyond. The progress and accomplishments of the WITS program has been phenomenal. But don’t take our word for it—check out the WITS report and find out for yourself.

New Digital Chapbooks

To add to the excitement of Portland’s tricky spring, WITS has decided to release four, yes FOUR, brand new digital chapbooks, featuring a colorful array of prose, poetry, and graphic art from almost every Portland Public School. Read more…

Thank you WITS!
A letter from Wilson High School Principal Sue Brent.


Wilson High School Principal, Sue Brent, writes to Literary Arts about how Greg Mortenson’s visit to Wilson granted a long time wish for her school. Read more…

The Budding Writer in Me
By Frankie Forrester, Wilson High School student

Writers in the Schools came at just the right time in my life: I had just started high school, a wide-eyed, open-brained freshman, and was at a point where I enjoyed writing but I didn’t really think much of my work. It all just seemed like words on paper. Read more…

Writers in the Schools (WITS) is a comprehensive program that cultivates young writers and supports Oregon authors through semester-long writing residencies in the Portland public high schools. WITS employs poets, fiction writers, essayists, graphic novelists and playwrights to engage students in reading and writing across the curriculum.

PROGRAM LINKS

For more information on Writers in the Schools, please contact Mary Rechner, Program Director, at 503-227-2583 or by email at Mary@literary-arts.org.