10-year-old Ifat explains the meaning of her name in this poem.

Ifat Maru (Sanchez Elementary)

WritersCorps students recorded their poems & stories at our annual year-end event.

Simon Sattler - How My Day Goes By (ISA)

Indiana Pehlivanova was 16 when she participated in WritersCorps Young Apprentices in 2006-2007. “Perun (20 Ways to Start a Fairy Tale” was published in Candlelight Breakfast, 2007 (3).

1 Indiana Pehlivanova -Perun (20 Ways To Start A Fairy Tale)

Poem written during a WriterCorps workshop.

Eziyah Wilson - I Remember (Sanchez Elementary)

Prose written during a WritersCorps workshop.

Aleja Cobarruviaz - Lust (College Track SF)

Dirah Banales - I Believe (SFPL Main)


From "How To Capture A Moment And Other Poems" (2015), published by WritersCorps Books.

Koko Fa'aolatoto - How To Conjure Up A Soul (College Track SF)

Recorded in partnership with WritersCorps, Women's Audio Mission and Oasis For Girls.

The Mist is Gabriela Canales, Lupe Cisneros, and Ruthdelene Pan

CREATE, Fall 2015
Teacher: Roseli Ilano

Shattered by The Mist

Recorded in partnership with WritersCorps, Women's Audio Mission and Oasis For Girls.

AKJ is Annz Zheng, Janet Li, and Karen Lao

CREATE, Fall 2015
Teacher: Roseli Ilano

So Young by AKJ

Recorded in partnership with WritersCorps, Women's Audio Mission and Oasis For Girls.

Ladies L.A.K.E. is Larissa Ortiz, Ashley Palomo, Kelsey Medina, and Emely Mejia.

CREATE, Fall 2015
Teacher: Roseli Ilano

Seen Through by Ladies L.A.K.E.

These poems and stories were read by WritersCorps youth participants and recorded at WordStorm 2016, WritersCorps' year-end student celebration event held at the San Francisco Main Public Library.

Tell Me What You See  - Joseph [Woodside]

I LOVE HER (She Is Me) - AC The Queen [TheMix SFPL]

Suena Suena - Maria [Sanchez Elementary]

Between 1994-2016, the WritersCorps program mentored youth through free creative writing workshops taught by professional writers. These workshops took place in-school and after-school at public schools, libraries, the Juvenile Justice Center, and community organizations. WritersCorps also published youth writing and produced events, such as readings and WordStorm, the annual literary arts festival at San Francisco Public Library. 

During this period, WritersCorps helped more than 21,000 young people from neighborhoods throughout San Francisco improve their literacy and increase their desire to learn. WritersCorps was a project by the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) and the San Francisco Public Library.

In the spring of 2016, the San Francisco Arts Commission announced that WritersCorps was changing from a direct service program to a teaching artist grants program in response to SFAC's strategic plan. This new grant will begin in the 2016-2017 academic year. Building on the incredible legacy of WritersCorps, the new grants strategy will enable the San Francisco Arts Commission to support teaching artists in their work developing the literacy and creative writing skills of young people. The WritersCorps Teaching Artist in Residence (WCTAIR) grants model provides an exciting opportunity to retain the most important aspects of WritersCorps. 

For more information, please follow this link: http://www.sfartscommission.org.

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