Write Out: Write Where We Stand

October 11-25, 2026
Write Out invites everyone—educators, students, families, and friends—to step outside the walls of classrooms, homes, and workspaces to write and connect. Free and open to all, this celebration inspires writers to draw from the world around them through place-based writing and sharing, deepening connections to place, nature, and community.

Write Out 2026 will take place October 11–25. This year’s theme, Write Where We Stand, centers writing in the places that shape and sustain us.

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Mapping Write Out

The Write Out Map supports a collective celebration of all the places Write Out is happening this October! Add your Write Out activities here—whether you are an individual, a teacher, or someone organizing a community event.

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Write Where We Stand Choice Board

Updated for 2026, the Write Out Choice Board is a great place to start for placed-based writing ideas for all ages.

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Guides to Get Started

Writing Outside the Classroom: A Guide to Getting Started by James Fester supports teachers in thinking about taking students outside to write. Additionally, you can use the Community Event Planning Toolkit to plan, promote, and document a local Write Out event.

CLASSROOM GUIDE COMMUNITY TOOLKIT

Publish Student Writing with fan.school

Our partner fan.school has provided an online space for teachers to register their class and publish student work. Signing up is free and open to all.

Write Out supports…

literacy learning in and about the world around us.

connections to one’s own place, and then via social media, provides opportunities to share and connect across places.

engaging schools, after-school and community programs, families, and individuals to go outside and be creative, social, and participatory.

experts in building activities and curricula that are locally relevant, interest-driven, and academically connected.

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Become a Partner

Write Out partners join the annual event in October and help imagine what is possible in local communities while elevating awareness about their organization and priorities.

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Become a Sponsor

Your organization can be part of the National Writing Project’s Write Out with Us Campaign which celebrates writing and the great outdoors while supporting families, afterschool clubs, classrooms, and explorers of all ages to get out from behind screens to enjoy the natural world.

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Show Your Love

Eco-friendly Write Out products are available to support this unique program while showing your love for writing and the great outdoors.

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