Lifting Youth Voices

This collection is a celebration of our youth writers and their best work from the 2022 season. We are extremely excited about the future of literature.
Well done writers!
Best in Season
This year our program established a “Best in Season” honor. We introduce to you Saniya and her exceptional personal narrative, The Owl’s Messenger. The author wowed the committee with her ability to craft, with such authenticity, the beautiful and painful moments of intimate family life.
by Saniya M
Summer 2022 Finalists
The submissions are organized in alphabetical order by author first name.
by Avery B
by Brooke J
by Danny S
Videos
These were submitted by writers from a class of newcomer students. As part of learning, English students focused on storytelling through dialogue. The following films are contain work done by the students during a 4 week course, where students meet 3 times a week for 3 hours. The videos themselves were done over 3 days.
- Accidents Caused by Video Games by Lucas and Jiaqiao
- Escaping from the Monster by Lina and Marielos
- Argument Over the TV by Yulin and Xinqi
- Crying Girl by Jiaboa and Rulong (coming soon)
- Old Friend Meeting by Kevin and Kelvin