Internationally beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye’s latest collection, The Tiny Journalist, is a collection inspired by seven-year-old Janna Tamimi, the “Youngest Journalist in Palestine,” who captured videos of anti-occupation protests with her mother’s smartphone.

Come celebrate the publication of the annual WITS Anthology, featuring the very best creative writing by K-12 students from last year’s Writers in the Schools (WITS) program. Young writers will read original works of poetry, prose, comics, and memoirs in a powerful display of youth voices.

Single tickets are sold out, but Malcolm Gladwell’s event is still available via our 6-part Literary Arts Series subscription.

Come be inspired by the courage and imagination of our next generation of creative writers. This event will raise essential funding for SAL’s Writers in the Schools (WITS) program, which matches talented professional writers with local public schools and Seattle Children’s Hospital for year-long writing residencies. Last year, WITS writers helped more than 6,000 students at 27 public schools to build self-confidence, community, and essential writing skills as they learned to tell their unique stories through creative writing.

From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train comes The Year of the Monkey, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year.

All tickets for this event are sold out. However, we will be selling standby tickets, space provided, the night of the event. We will begin handing out standby numbers at the Benaroya Box Office beginning at 6:30pm. $40 general admission; $10 for Students/25 & Under (ID required), cash preferred.