“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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Category: Youth Programs
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.
“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-...
The 2021/22 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Application is Now Open
March 23, 2021
Seattle Arts & Lectures is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications to the 2021/22 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Cohort, from now until Friday, April 23, 2021. Program Ove...
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...
“Family Hair” by Lorenzo Hernandez
March 19, 2021
My sister’s hair is very straight and smooth. Normally it looks like she just combed it even if she just woke up.
Introductions: Toi Derricotte
March 10, 2021
By Rebecca Hoogs, SAL Associate Director Toi Derricotte is the author of six collections of poetry, including “I”: New and Selected Poems, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2019....
“How to Ask a Question” by Christian Adams
February 21, 2021
1 Trail blazing through his work, a student loses himself to the sound of thoughts and inquiries echoing throughout his skull, disregarding exchanged pleasantries passing by that would only encave him...
“Somewhere” by Kai Ryan
February 8, 2021
Somewhere, deep in the valley, I sit in the darkness. I am reading; it is intriguing. As I sit reading, the words seem to fly off the page and into the night sky. The words seem to illuminate the mead...