WritersCorps calls on filmmakers and video artists of all ages to create work based on youth writing for the 2nd annual Poetry Projection Project. This juried competition of five-minute or shorter films will be screened during National Poetry Month (that would be April) at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts and online at WritersCorps.org. Two cash prizes will be awarded. Wining entries will be juried by filmmaker Barry Jenkins and San Francisco supervisor David Campos. Entry deadline is March 26, 2012.

Please see the Call for Entries for contest rules.

WritersCorps is proud to present a series of posters on San Francisco’s Market Street featuring writing by three of our students. “Love Poems to the City by San Francisco Youth” will be on display at Muni bus shelters from November 2011 to spring 2012. Featuring poems by youth ages 16 to 20, the posters were designed by San Francisco-based graphic designer Adrienne Aquino.

See all of the posters here.

We are also producing a limited-edition card set based on the poster series. All proceeds from the sale of the cards and our other products go towards our free student programming. See them in our store here.

Looking for something to do after school? Want to learn writing from a professional? Join WritersCorps after school for free writing workshops at the San Francisco Main Public Library on Tuesday afternoons and at Excelsior Branch Library on Wednesday afternoon. All levels of writers welcome! Open to ages 12 to 19. To sign up, check out our Workshops page.

We’ve moved! OK, so this drawing is a little misleading. We just moved offices within the same building, so no car was involved. But please update your address book. We are still at 25 Van Ness Ave, but we’re now in suite 345. San Francisco, California 94102!

We are thrilled to announce that WritersCorps has been invited back to the White House for a day of poetry! After being recognized with a prestigious national award by First Lady Michelle Obama at a White House ceremony last fall, WritersCorps students will be at the White House on May 11 for a day of poetry events hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.

Those slated to attend and perform include Elizabeth Alexander, Billy Collins, Common, Rita Dove, Kenneth Goldsmith, Alison Knowles, Aimee Mann and Jill Scott. In the afternoon, the first lady will host a writing workshop for students from across the country, including four students from WritersCorps.

The students are: Anna Lei, a 10th grader at Galileo Academy of Science and Technology; Hong Truong, a 10th grader at George Washington High School; Raeme Miccio Gavino, a 12th grader from International Studies Academy; and Yasmin Bhatti, a 12th grader from Mission High School. Read more here.