Illuminate the Literary Arts!

The Writer's Garret is a non-profit organization serving the literary and educational communities of Dallas and surrounding area. Host of the Dallas Is Lit! literary festival and recipient the 2023 Dallas City of Learning Superintendent Award, the organization provides workshops, classes and residencies to young people and adults from every walk of life, from local poets to veterans, in classrooms and on DART trains. 

Our programs fall into 3 main categories:

Support for the Literary Community

* The Dallas Is Lit! literary festival takes an expansive understanding of what is literary and who gets to participate in the literary community. 

* The Common Language Project is an annual community-centered poetry competition resulting in publication in an anthology and a public reading. 

* Cake & Prose and the Lyceum Series are just two examples of Garret programming throughout the year, featuring workshops, discussions, readings and performances. 

Youth & Family

* Writers In Neighborhoods & Schools (or WINS) sends local writers into classrooms and community centers as teaching artists to unlock imaginations and foster excitement for reading and creative writing. 

* Rail Writers, our immersive summer youth program unlike any other, takes kids onto the DART light rail and into the city for a journey of exploration, writing and sharing.

Community Partnerships

* Write To Heal partners with organizations like Cancer Support Community, Challenge America Veterans and the Wesley Rankin Community Center to provide workshops and residencies to use expressive writing and the art of crafting language as a tool for coping with physical or psychological adversity, as well as systemic disadvantage, with the goal of building a more vibrant, wholly healthful community.

Your generous donation today will support an illuminating tomorrow for The Writer's Garret!