826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.
We offer writing and publishing programs for youth from underserved communities in San Francisco. Each experience inspires creativity and boosts confidence.
We amplify student voices by publishing and sharing their work for all to read (and hear). From books to podcasts, our student authors tell creative and compelling stories.
Browse poems, essays, articles, and prose from San Francisco’s young authors.
Listen to Message in a Bottle, a podcast series produced by students at the Tenderloin Center.
Explore books, newspapers, and magazines from the latest school year.
Writing is a tool for self-expression, reflection, and community building. It empowers young people to tell their stories, succeed in school and work, and create a new narrative for our nation. We transform students’ relationships to writing so they can write their own futures.
I write about the world I wish to see, where I am powerful and where my writing can give voice to people who are like me.Chelsea, R., Student
826 Valencia is powered by generous donors, volunteers, and partners who help us provide free writing programs to thousands of students every year.
Visit our two retail shops to buy student publications and fund 826 Valencia programs.
