EmpowerED

The Middle and High School Literary Arts and Critical Culture Program

Welcome to our 3-6 week Studio Arts program, free and open to all middle and high school students, focusing on the creative arts and offering editorial and publishing experience for all participants. Learn and share with our mentors, authors, poets, professors, educators, and graduate students, and join the zine-making crew, with a celebration zine publication and reading at the end of each semester.

Explore the work of our young writers and editors!

Spread the Word

If you or someone you know is a student who would be interested in becoming a published writer, editor, or designer as well as creating their very own zine, share this opportunity with them by downloading the brochure and/or flyer below!

Our Supporters

Logo for "initiative for young writers" with a magnifying glass icon enclosing "FO."
Logo of Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation with a colorful tree and the tagline 'For good. For ever. For all.'
Three books with titles "The Middle Daughter" by Chika Unigwe, "Only and Ever This" by J.A. Tyler, and "Dioramas" by Blair Austin, leaning against stylized black letters "bb." It is the logo for Dzanc Books.

Both our Roots & Wings Elementary Workshops and EmpowerED High School Workshops have been brought to you with the generous support of the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Dzanc Books, and curriculum curation by FO’s Initiative for Young Writers.