Features

Letters to the Next President: Writing Our Future

NWP and Google have teamed up to create an online publishing project that allows young people to write about issues they would want our next president to address, and to publish their writing for a national audience. More ›

Research Shows Writing Improvement for Students of Writing Project Teachers

Results of nine studies in five states demonstrate positive effects on the writing achievement of students of writing project teachers across a range of grade levels, schools, and contexts. More ›

NWP in Action

Utah Writing Project Creates Writing Group for Veterans

The Wasatch Range Writing Project (Utah) reached out into the community with a writing workshop for veterans that has produced poignant and therapeutic writing. The workshop could expand and serve as good training for teacher–consultants. More ›

Louisiana Teachers and Students Make Poetry Rock with WordPlay

In a cooperative venture, LSU Writing Project and the Baton Rouge nonprofit organization WordPlay engage students in writing by bringing spoken word poets into the schools to model and spread their art. More ›