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Underground Writing
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[Bluesky debut: May 20, 2025] Underground Writing is a literature-based creative writing program serving migrant, incarcerated, recovery, and other at-need communities in Washington through literacy and personal transformation. www.undergroundwriting.org
Weekend Flashback: "I Belong Here," S2, E12. On Spotify, Apple, or via your podcast provider. Also on our website here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast/2019... | #poetry #education #writing #writingcommunity #arts #podcast | Most recent / new episode here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We've shipped LETTERS TO A YOUNG INMATE initiative starter kits to all the juvenile detention sites in Washington (& requested sites in other parts of the country). Sponsor an initiative starter kit for $100. More info: undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a... | #writingcommunity #prison #jail #mentor
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Weekend Flashback: "The Last Candle," S2, E11. On Spotify, Apple, or via your podcast provider. Also on our website here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast/2019... | #poetry #education #writing #writingcommunity #arts #podcast | Most recent / new episode here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Monday THANKS/shout outs to our followers. You--and our students--bear witness to the light in these times! | #recovery #writingcommunity #arts #incarceration #migrant #homelessness. Please spread the word about our work. Visit us here: undergroundwriting.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Weekend Flashback: KITE 4. Get this student writing (audio) zine on your podcast app. Or, listen here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast/2019... | #writing #podcast #skagitvalley #writingcommunity #arts #zine #skagit #literature #poetry #jail #prison | LATEST episode: undergroundwriting.org/podcast
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Thanks to Joel (Newport News, VA) for sending "Male Maya Angelou" to ONE PAGE, a publishing opportunity for "re/vision" inquirers (our writing mentorships for people experiencing incarceration): bit.ly/3SV6rmH | #prison #arts #writing #letters #poetry #writingcommunity #mentor #memories #Virginia
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Monday THANKS/shout outs to our followers. You--and our students--bear witness to the light in these times! | #recovery #writingcommunity #arts #incarceration #migrant #homelessness. Please spread the word about our work. Visit us here: undergroundwriting.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Weekend Flashback: "Did You Ever Feel Invisible," S2, E10. On Spotify, Apple, or via your podcast provider. Also on our website here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast/2019... | #poetry #education #writing #writingcommunity #arts #podcast | Most recent / new episode here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Some films are worth rewatching. Have 6 minutes to spare--watch FilmVerse 2018. Have 8 minutes to spare--watch FilmVerse 2019. Combining our students' writing with local high school filmmakers, FilmVerse still impacts with both beauty and truth. Watch now: undergroundwriting.org/filmverse #film
October 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Big congratulations to Karen Solie, Underground Writing Advisory Board Member, for winning this year's Forward Prize, for her collection, WELLWATER. #karensolie #poetry #writing #arts #teacher #communitywriting #book #forwardprize #literature #canada #standrews #picador
October 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Monday THANKS/shout outs to our followers. You--and our students--bear witness to the light in these times! | #recovery #writingcommunity #arts #incarceration #migrant #homelessness. Please spread the word about our work. Visit us here: undergroundwriting.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
You can transform a life by donating books to THE CHANGE, our book pipeline providing generative reading material to our workshop sites and partner facilities. More INFO: undergroundwriting.org/the-change | #writingcommunity #book #arts #reading #writing #bookdonation #education #library #literature
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Another shout out for student writing! Thanks, Cheyanne, for your inspiration.

#writing #education #arts #teaching #incarceration #prison #jail #creativewriting #skagit #writingcommunity #skagitvalley #writingprompt
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A recent news feature about our program & Robert S. - a student in our first ever workshop, July 8, 2015. First aired on KNKX/NPR, it was hosted and created by Emil Moffatt. "Agents of Change Addressing Youth Violence: Lessons that Work," LISTEN HERE: www.knkx.org/education | #arts #writing #justice
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Monday THANKS/shout outs to our followers. You--and our students--bear witness to the light in these times! | #recovery #writingcommunity #arts #incarceration #migrant #homelessness. Please spread the word about our work. Visit us here: undergroundwriting.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Weekend Flashback: "The Salish Sea," S2, E9. On Spotify, Apple, or via your podcast provider. Also on our website here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast/2018... | #poetry #education #writing #writingcommunity #arts #podcast | Most recent / new episode here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast
October 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We've shipped LETTERS TO A YOUNG INMATE initiative starter kits to all the juvenile detention sites in Washington (& requested sites in other parts of the country). Sponsor an initiative starter kit for $100. More info: undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a... | #writingcommunity #prison #jail #mentor
October 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Thanks to Malcolm (Jessup, MD) for sending "Caged Bird" to ONE PAGE, a publishing opportunity for "re/vision" inquirers (our writing mentorships for people experiencing incarceration): bit.ly/3SV6rmH | #prison #arts #writing #letters #poetry #writingcommunity #mentor #memories #Maryland
September 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Monday THANKS/shout outs to our followers. You--and our students--bear witness to the light in these times! | #recovery #writingcommunity #arts #incarceration #migrant #homelessness. Please spread the word about our work. Visit us here: undergroundwriting.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Monday THANKS/shout outs to our followers. You--and our students--bear witness to the light in these times! | #recovery #writingcommunity #arts #incarceration #migrant #homelessness. Please spread the word about our work. Visit us here: undergroundwriting.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thanks to GT Flo (Huntsville, TX) for sending "Memories" to ONE PAGE, a publishing opportunity for "re/vision" inquirers (our writing mentorships for people experiencing incarceration): bit.ly/3SV6rmH | #prison #arts #writing #letters #poetry #writingcommunity #mentor #memories #Texas
September 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Some films are worth rewatching. Have 6 minutes to spare--watch FilmVerse 2018. Have 8 minutes to spare--watch FilmVerse 2019. Combining our students' writing with local high school filmmakers, FilmVerse still impacts with both beauty and truth. Watch now: undergroundwriting.org/filmverse #film
September 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Thanks to Shakeil (Trenton, NJ) for sending "Module Three..." to ONE PAGE, a publishing opportunity for "re/vision" inquirers (our writing mentorships for people experiencing incarceration): bit.ly/3SV6rmH | #prison #arts #writing #letters #poetry #writingcommunity #mentor #NewJersey
September 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Monday THANKS/shout outs to our followers. You--and our students--bear witness to the light in these times! | #recovery #writingcommunity #arts #incarceration #migrant #homelessness. Please spread the word about our work. Visit us here: undergroundwriting.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Weekend Flashback: "What No One Ever Tells You," S2, E8. On Spotify, Apple, or via your podcast provider. Also on our website here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast/2018... | #poetry #education #writing #writingcommunity #arts #podcast | Most recent / new episode here: undergroundwriting.org/podcast
September 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM