To equip teenagers with the confidence and competence to change the world, one word at a time. By developing teenagers’ writing and critical thinking skills, we empower young writers to become global citizens and succeed in school, career, and life.

We envision a world where writing inspires students from all backgrounds to understand their identities, celebrate their diversity, and right the world—one word at a time.

Write the World, Inc. is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization, founded in 2012 at Harvard University, dedicated to equipping teenagers with the confidence and competence to change the world, one word at a time. Young writers develop their voices, refine their editing skills, and publish their work within a supportive community of peers. In classrooms, teachers utilize Write the World’s virtual class groups, writing prompts, lesson plans, assessment tools, and other resources to supplement their curriculum. Write the World programs include the global online writing community, monthly writing competitions, educational resources, college essay programs, and intensive writing workshops. Today, Write the World continues to grow, and has reached over 110K+ teens and educators from 125 countries.

Support Young Writers

• Support our mission to provide a community for young writers to share their writing with their peers around the globe by donating today. 
• Subscribe to our newsletter for updates here. 
• Read and share our online journal: Write the World Review. 
• Pick up a copy of Writers on Earth, a collection of reflections, essays, stories, and poems about the environmental issues our youth face. 

Watch our founder, David Weinstein, discuss the ways Write the World inspires young writers in this Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative video.

The board of directors is responsible for guiding the strategic direction and governance of Write the World. They bring experience in management, education, writing, and technology. 

The board of advisors advances the mission of Write the World by serving as ambassadors within their communities and worldwide and offering advice on strategy, education, writing, and development.

The Community Support Team comprises educators and writers from around the world who play a critical role in making Write the World a supportive, collaborative, and educational writing environment. Team members provide feedback to young writers, read competition entries, moderate site content, oversee our alumni initiatives, and much more! If you are interested in volunteering on our Community Support Team, please contact hello@writetheworld.org

Community Ambassadors are young writers from Write the World who join forces from all corners of the globe to support their peers. Community Ambassadors are appointed for their commitment to their community and keen writing skills, and enhance Write the World through writing regular peer reviews, designing prompts, writing example responses, and more. With their invaluable writing support, they help shape the culture of the Write the World community. If you are interested in serving as a Community Ambassador, check the Write the World blog for application openings. 

Working together as a team of Write the World alumni, Senior Community Ambassadors provide feedback on young writers’ drafts, while at the same time modeling best practice peer review for our community. If you are interested in serving as a Senior Community Ambassador, please contact our alumni coordinators at alumni@writetheworld.org

We work with a group of teachers from around the world to ensure that the website is responsive to the needs and ideas of educators. Teachers give regular feedback on the site, and are a most valued part of the Write the World community. Please get in touch with us if you are an educator interested in joining the Advisory Board: brittany@writetheworld.org

We are proud to work with a range of internationally recognized writers who serve as judges for our monthly competitions. From novelists, playwrights and poet laureates to award winning journalists, editors and letter writers—our judges provide our young writers with first hand insights into the writing life. View our current and past judges here.