ACA Teen Writer of Color Scholarship

During the summer of 2013 I taught a two-week teen poetry workshop at The Atlantic Center for the Arts as part of a program called Your Word. The students were fantastic, and ACA had done a pretty good job of diversifying the student body. I want to help them do more.

Last year a special campaign provided scholarships for three inner-city teens from Cleveland and Milwaukee. But my goal of $10,000 will allow Your Word to give out five full scholarships to talented teen writers of color (African American and Hispanic).

Help me make that happen.