IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

All City Writers Corps

Formerly the Woodlawn Writers Corps, the All City Writers Corps is a collective of hundreds of elementary, middle, and high school students from across Birmingham, Ala. The students in the Corps meet weekly throughout the school year for curriculum-aligned creative writing workshops, during which we explore how poetry and language intersect with history, science, math and the arts. The writing workshops are designed to be challenging and fun, with the main goal of strengthening the students’ writing skills, intensifying their intellectual habits and giving them the creative tools they need to explore and document their worlds. 

At the end of each year of the All City Writers Corps, the Desert Island Supply Co. publishes a book of student poems and hosts a book launch for students, families, and school staff at our Woodlawn headquarters. All students get published, and all students receive a copy of the anthology. Proceeds from book sales go toward sustaining the All City Writers Corps.

Order the latest student poetry publications through our online store.