 This year, 2024, we want to let you know we will be awarding each season spring, summer, fall, and winter. Should more funding and support come our way, we will increase the number of awards. For now we will select eight each season. We know that AI tools are out there and trust you as writers that these awards are for your own creative work. We Write Here supports the truth and creativity from YOU and your writing (not CHATGPT/AI), incase that was ever in question. Reach out to us anytime. Thanks for sending in so many amazing stories. Behind the published ones there is always a pile of talented writing! So sometimes it is chance or luck as selection goes... don't give up. Keep writing and thanks for sharing so many stories here.
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We Write Here is continuing to accept submissions. Awards are on hold for the summer Jul/Aug. We will return to publish new work in September. Have a great summer and send us a note or new work anytime.
 We Write Here has new awards supported by Green Apple Bookstore. Awarded writers will receive a $25 gift card to Green Apple Books. Gift cards work at the Clement Street flagship store in San Francisco, Books on the Park on 9th ave, and at Browser Books on Fillmore. They also work on the website and never expire or loose value. They have excellent book recommendations for student readers. We are hope you have a chance to check out their website and reading list.
 "IDEO launched The Education (Re)Open in March 2021 to answer the following question:
How might we strengthen school communities, as sites reopen, by highlighting solutions that reconnect people and enhance collective wellbeing, teaching, and learning? From belonging-building activities to holistic sports programs to teacher wellbeing apps, we congratulate all the innovators who contributed their thoughtful solutions—from 41 states and 34 countries around the world. Congratulations to you! A group of 30+ evaluators (including educators, school and district administrators, parents, and representatives from partner organizations) reviewed your incredible array of 256 submissions, and we’re thrilled to announce that final solutions have been chosen for the Solution Exchange—a public repository of innovative, achievable, and adaptable ideas to be potentially implemented in schools as early as Fall 2021. In the coming weeks and months ahead, we’ll be working with schools and districts to advance implementation of selected solutions across the Los Angeles region, and later, beyond." Here are the selected solutions.  Young Oakland Poets are invited to join a supportive community of young, talented, active Oakland Youth Laureate poets!
Applications open : January 1st - February 1st, 2021: http://oaklandlibrary.org/youthpoets
 https://blog.ycombinator.com/next-steps/
"Within our organization and community of over 5,000 founders, we have begun a conversation about what we can do to help improve racial and social justice in America. The first action we are taking as a community is to collect a list of organizations that are making a serious impact in this space. The YC community has come up with over 60 organizations and YC partners, staff, and alumni have made donations to every one of them." - Y Combinator This is a excellent list of organizations- including WE WRITE HERE. Thank you YC for the donation and support. Feel free to pass this list along and encourage your communities and networks to support and donate. We all want to see impact and change. All organizations listed (including ACLU, BlackLivesMatter, as well as several organizations local to Oakland etc.) are doing excellent work. Please support if you can. Stay well and hope you are finding ways to participate in the change we need. - wewritehere Oakland students and those of you joining from elsewhere... we are here with you and heartbroken. It'a been another grim week of injustice and demonstrations all over the country and world. We know that you have a voice and that it MATTERS. We need YOU to know that too and be heard. Don't give up and remember the power of your words to express your thoughts, feelings, and frustrations. Even when it feels like no one is listening is maybe when your voice matters the most. Write, write, write and speak up.
Send us your writing. We know you have a lot to express and we want to get the work up here for others to read. Every month the writings are sent to 1000+. People here reading "we write here" are listening and care. It matters. And of course, we join everyone to say "Black Lives Matter". Herb Hand @CoachHand "I’m appalled...I’m disgusted...I’m enraged...I’m sorry...I’m worried for our student/athletes...I’m embarrassed for our country...I’m tired of excuses...I’m hopeful and prayerful for change...I’m a football coach and I’m not just going to “stick to sports”." This brings us humbled silence and a moment to pause. We have spectrum of emotions from sadness to anger. #AhmaudArbery
We are now accepting submissions from all locations. Your work, talent, and ideas need to be seen, especially in these times. We are now accepting submissions anytime from anywhere. Students 6th-12th grade send in your work to wewritehere.com (*$25 gift card award available for all locations). Send in your work for your chance to be selected and published on wewritehere.com and pass the word along. Thank you all for helping create We Write Here.
WE WRITE HERE WILL CONTINUE TO AWARD Given the current COVID-19 situation any community/ performance events will be postponed. We will continue awarding weekly and hopefully more frequently as well. Keep reading, writing, sending in your work and check back soon for more updates. Please stay safe and healthy.
Keep writing and sending in your work~WWH Reading by "Hazel Grace" 7th, at Chapter 510 First Friday event in Oakland, (2/20) |
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