“Until I Saw the Sea” by Anna Johnson
April 21, 2021
Until I saw the sea, I did not know how much the sea sparkled and how many animals roamed. Until I saw the sea, I did not know what it felt like to be closed up under the watery bed.
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Looking for creative writing summer camps?
April 9, 2021
This summer, many of our talented WITS Writers-in-Residence will be leading Scribes Summer Camps with our community partner, Hugo House! Young writers, grades 5-12, will have the opportunity to partic...
Victor Xia reads “Party Circa 1952”
April 6, 2021
2020/21 Youth Poet Digital Engagement Ambassador Victor Xia reads his poem “Party Circa 1952,” which he performed before Ibram X.
A Letter from the SAL Board
Dear SAL community, We are writing to provide an update on our search for the next Executive Director! The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the Search Committee has engaged Koya Partners...
A World Full of Heroes: A WITS Intern Reflects on Event with Lawrence Wright
April 2, 2021
Akshaya Ajith, a high school student doing a remote internship with the Writers in the Schools program at SAL, attended SAL’s Journalism Series event with Lawrence Wright, investigative journalist f...
Faces of SAL: Akshaya Ajith
April 1, 2021
By Gabriela Denise Frank Writing serves many purposes for Writers in the Schools (WITS) Intern Akshaya Ajith. “It’s a tool and a gateway for people to connect and to understand and open doors to m...
“The Book Thief” by Juliana Agudelo Ariza
March 30, 2021
Juliana Agudelo Ariza of McClure Middle School read this original comic to open our Poetry Series event with Douglas Kearney. This comic was written during the 2019/20 school year with WITS Writer-in-...
Bookshop Superheroes: Paper Boat Booksellers
March 29, 2021
Bookstore workers and owners have been absolute essential workers during this pandemic—heroes on the frontlines of our mental health. After those first months when reading felt really hard, when the...
Introducing the 2021 Prowda Literary Champions!
March 25, 2021
At SAL, we envision a future in which story and language continuously and courageously revitalize equity, justice, and belonging. Since 2014, The Prowda Literary Champion Awards, selected by a group o...
The 2020/21 Elaine Wetterauer Writing Contest is Now Open
March 22, 2021
Seattle Arts & Lectures’ Writers in the Schools (WITS) program is delighted to announce the theme of this year’s Elaine Wetterauer Writing Contest! Every year, WITS holds the Elaine Wetter...