Recent work from 826DC authors

Dear Department of Government Efficiency,  I am writing today to understand why you are taking people’s jobs away just because you feel like it. People like their jobs and work hard for the government and don’t get enough money for their hard work. You are hurting people and making them cry when you take away […]

They said your blood was gold. They said you were going to be better than we were ever going to be.  They said you needed more support than everyone else, But they must have not supported you enough Or in the right way, Or maybe at all because we’re still here and you’re not. I […]

Come children, time to pick your poison. Something that affects the next four years but a rush to be chosen. Choose Let your regret put you in a chokehold as you fret you chose the wrong school. Choose As your friends whisper bias, clouding your judgement you lose your cool. Choose As you lock in […]

They told me family was a bond meant to last, but I learned that love could fade just as fast. I scrolled through their joy, their smiles so wide, watched from afar, no place by their side. “Why weren’t we invited?” I asked with a frown, my mom sighed and said, “Not everyone wants you […]

Dear President Trump, I am writing to you because I think you have the wrong idea about immigrants who come to the U.S. for a better life. First of all, the people who come from a country that is at war are coming to America for peace and for a better life. It is hard […]

CC is at a house. It is her aunt’s place. The house is purple and green and really big … it’s a mansion! It has a home movie theater, a swimming pool, and a gymnastics facility. The house has two dogs, two cats, and two little fish. It has three bedrooms. CC wants some money […]

I never got to meet my grandma but I loved her from my heart. She was a good person. My grandma passed away from cancer. I was not born yet, so I never knew her.

I love my book Because it’s fun to read

and the electric eels they electric

The sky is blue the sky Is talking bird-like cloud And cloud like a leaf And a happy and a joyful Place like a big dream

Once upon a time, there was a skeleton named Tommy. He made people disappear by snapping. He was a puppeteer so he enjoyed making puppets. He had a friend named Ford.

Be the one that doesn’t give up Be yourself no matter what