The International Library of Youth Writing
The Hawkins Project, founded in 2017 by Dave Eggers and Amanda Uhle, creates and funds courageous literary, visual, public, and other creative works with a special emphasis on supporting youth writing centers around the world. Our federal EIN is 82-2406138. Email Amanda Uhle to learn more about our programs, or to support them: amanda@thehawkinsproject.org.
The International Library of Youth Writing
The first of its kind in the world, The International Library of Youth Writing opened its doors in early 2025. Featuring hundreds of books by school-aged writers, this space showcases the dynamic work of young authors from all over the world. Youth writing nonprofits in more than 60 cities, including 826 Valencia across the street from us in San Francisco, send us their students’ poetry anthologies, chapter books, screenplays, zines, comics and more. We curate these student-written books and magazines for all to enjoy—no matter your age. Our space is open as a public reading room, and we host school groups for field trips and writing workshops. Learn more.
The International Alliance of Youth Writing Centers
More than sixty nonprofit writing centers around the world are members of The International Alliance of Youth Writing Centers. Serving school-aged writers, the centers are joined in a common belief that young people need places where they can write and be heard, where they can have their voices polished, published, and amplified. Learn more.
The Young Editors Project gives young people an inside look and a special role in the professional publishing process. Youth readers from around the world work are matched with works in progress. The student editors provide essential, honest feedback to writers of works for young readers. They also have a rare front-row seat to the editing and publishing process, watching and participating as a draft becomes a final book. YEP students are acknowledged in print in the books they support as editors. Learn more.
Art+Water is a new initiative activating Pier 29, a long-dormant space on San Francisco’s Embarcadero. To learn more, you can read this press release from the Port of San Francisco or read this article in the San Francisco Chronicle. More news about this project soon!