Happy Publishing Season! 🎉
Every May and June, 826 Boston and the thousands of students who participate in our writing and tutoring programs, become published authors. We think it’s the best time of year, because we can all see the hours of work that students have put into these projects, such as:
• The OBserver: Featuring the work of 33 seniors in our Writers’ Room at the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science in Roxbury, the new issue of The OBserver student newspaper covers stories ranging from the success of school sports teams and the spring production of Little Shop of Horrors to how the war in Iran and the release of the Epstein files are affecting the O’Bryant community. Additionally, 15 student editors earned community service hours for their work on the paper.
• Rubix Literary Magazine: Centered around the theme “Coming of Age: Hopes & Challenges,” the annual edition of the O’Bryant School literary magazine published creative short stories, powerful poetry, and inspiring art and photography by 22 students in grades 7-12. Seven students were also paid for their work on our editorial board.
• Middle School Creative Writing Club Adventure Books: The club launched its first-ever standalone publication! Four middle schoolers published adventure stories that they had been developing since the fall:
* A Giant’s Cure for Evil by Lennon (7th)Â
* A World Forgotten by Alex (7th)
* Alice Nights’ Paradox by Liliana (8th) Â
* Shinjuku Showdown by Melvin (8th)Â
• This Day Began Like Any Other: This day began like any other, but what happens when nighttime falls? The After-School Tutoring students at 826 Boston can tell you. This Day Began Like Any Other offers a behind-the-scenes look at their imaginations. Their screenplays after dark depict fantastical cotton candy dream worlds, a scary night at Chuck E. Cheese, chaos in a kitchen run by kittens, and plenty of cinematic moments. Grab your popcorn, take a seat, and watch what happens when these young authors set the stage!
• Suddenly, I Felt a Beginning: A Symphony of Self-Agency and the Rhythm of Resistance. A collaborative, cross-disciplinary publication featuring students from New Mission High School’s creative writing class and members of 826 Boston’s Youth Literary Advisory Board. Together, these pieces examine the intersections of music, creative writing, and civic engagement through the themes of music and democracy. While the structure of their stories span dystopian fantasy, poetry, libretto, and historical fiction, each author encourages readers to wonder, as Jakobe writes, what it truly means to take “one step closer to justice.”
More titles will be available in our online store in the coming weeks.
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