Brink Literacy Project

🗓️ Next month, we're hosting our second STORIES FROM THE BRINK event at Pikes Peak State College. 🗣️ Change your life by changing your story — Colorado Springs comes together for an afternoon of storytelling. 🎟️ ow.ly/MjlR50WmkVQ? #communityevents #storiesfromthebrink

🙌 The fine folks at Voyage Denver have shared a brilliant profile on our amazing founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief, Dani Hedlund. 🥰 🔗 Read all about the founding of Brink, and much more! ow.ly/BXxS50VOyiY . #womeninleadership #nonprofitnews #storiesforchange #interview

🙏We're so grateful to receive funding from RedLine Contemporary Art's ARTS IN SOCIETY Program! The support of RedLine & their partners will help power our REFRAMING JUSTICE NARRATIVES: A Colorado Comic Memoir Program!✍️💬 #causes #storiesforchange #reframingjusticenarratives

🙏We're so grateful to receive funding from RedLine Contemporary Art's ARTS IN SOCIETY Program! The support of RedLine & their partners will help power our REFRAMING JUSTICE NARRATIVES: A Colorado Comic Memoir Program!✍️💬 #causes #storiesforchange #reframingjusticenarratives

✨ Love stories from unheard voices? “Good As Gold” is a powerful comic memoir by Jaron Cook--a justice-impacted writer reshaping his legacy through storytelling. 📚💬 Read + share your thoughts! ow.ly/HERg50VxuOs #StoriesforChange #GraphicMemoir #JusticeInLiterature

🎤Brink instructors Soni Brown and Jaron Cook hosted an event on the power of storytelling this week in Colorado Springs. 🏅Jaron's short graphic memoir, "Good As Gold," debuts in our Gods issue, coming in March 2025. . #storiesforchange #causes #education #storytelling

@awpwriter Thank you for recognizing our work! It's an honor to be a finalist for the AWP Writing Organization Award! 🙌

We are thrilled to announce the finalists for the first-ever AWP Writing Organization Award! Congrats to @BrinkLitProject, Macondo Writers Workshop, and @torchlitarts! The winner will be announced at #AWP25 in Los Angeles. Learn more on our website. awpwriter.org/AWP/AWP/Contes…

🌱Spring is right around the corner and that means we're proud to introduce an epic new class of Brink interns! 👋 Seize your chance to learn more about Bea, Bekah, Hannah, Lani, and Melissa by visiting ow.ly/bHCt50UX0QG . #internships #publishing #storiesforchange

🙌So grateful for this amazing article by @RMPBS on our Frames Comic Program and its impact on our stupendous students!! 🔗ow.ly/O7N350Uzksk . #storiesforchange #causes #education #nonprofit

🪞 In 2024, we've accomplished a lot at Brink and F(r)iction. We couldn't have done it without the support of our #readers, our #contributors, our #volunteers, and all the folks who helped fund our mission. Thank you for your support! We are excited to do great things in 2025!

Thank you, @StandTogether, for sharing Jay's story, and for so beautifully capturing @DMHedlund's leadership and our work. It's an incredible honor!

📚🎲 Looking for a new #TTRPG!? Confluence, by our good friends at @publishinggoblin, changes AS YOU EXPLORE strange phenomena called Confluxes that pull people, and entire cities together across 700,000 years of time and over 40 worlds. ❗Back it now ow.ly/lZio50TPVQi

🧑‍🏫 Our most recent class of students with our partners at @womensbeanproject presented their stories! 🧑‍🎓Christina & Crystal learned storytelling skills, wrote their personal stories, and bravely read them aloud. ow.ly/Ecs050TqZCj . #storiesforchange #causes

👋 Hello everyone! My name is Ainsley Louie-Suntjens! I am a student, writer, and dance artist from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I love all things weird, spooky and gothic— but I also love ballet. 🔗 Learn more from our #Intern Q&A: ow.ly/XO9y50Tj3Ux . #storiesforchange

👻💀😱 What do all great horror novels have in common? Jazzmin Joya's here for writers looking to ramp up their horror! 📝 Consider this list of 13 tips to make your readers scream 🔗 ow.ly/IczL50TiXAz . #storytelling #writingtips #horror #spookyseason

👋 Hi! I’m Erxi, a Fall Brink intern I love reading Asian American authors, analyzing experimental writing styles, listening to Chinese audiobooks, and chomping ice. 🔗 Get to know all the interns better here: ow.ly/Ar1A50Tj51a.  . #storiesforchange #publishing

👋 Hey - I’m Lydia - a new #intern here at Brink. I’m an aspiring musician, filmmaker, and cowboy-history enthusiast passionate about bringing fresh perspectives to the forefront of storytelling. 🔗 Learn more about us: ow.ly/oAe050Tj4PQ.  #storiesforchange #publishing

👋 Hi! I am Parker! I am so happy to be one of Brink’s newest interns. I am a lover of  African American literature, iced oat milk vanilla lavender lattes, and trans rights. 🔗 You can learn more about me here: ow.ly/L3FR50Tj4Ig.  . #storiesforchange #publishing

👋 Hello! I’m Skyler, one of the new @BrinkLitProject interns! I’m a writer, amateur Oscar Wilde scholar, and betta fish lover who can’t pass up a good board game. 🔗 Learn more about us #interns in our new Q&A with @FrictionSeries! ow.ly/Ew8150Tj4l8.  #storiesforchange

🌊 We're eager to SEA what wonderful watery work you submit for our OCEAN issue! 🐋🪼 Bring us writing about whales, pirates, lake monsters, interstellar jellyfish and more! 🏄 Surf to our Submissions ow.ly/Z6FL50Tj1ny . #storytelling #opensubmissions #ocean