Late January 2022Issue no. 5 YCA SPOTLIGHT Official Newsletter of Young Chicago Authors Prep Shop University Prep Shop University is a high-quality series of student-centered poetry workshops designed to prepare high school students for our Rooted & Radical Youth Poetry Festival! We use the term “university” as a means to provide the feel of being…

Early January 2022Issue no. 4 YCA SPOTLIGHT Official Newsletter of Young Chicago Authors Logo created by Sam Oluwashee This year’s Rooted and Radical festival will encourage you all to write from a place of sincerity, love, and openness. We know you have stories to tell, and we’re committed to creating spaces for you to share…

December 2021Issue no. 3 YCA SPOTLIGHT Official Newsletter of Young Chicago Authors Saturday Workshops for 2022 Young Chicago Authors will be closed for the holidays! This means, NO MORE SATURDAY WORKSHOPS for the rest of the year. Saturday, December 18th was your last chance to get your bars, lyrics, and poems together for 2021, but…