🌟 About Youth Writers
Youth Writers is a student-led initiative founded in 2024 under the non-profit organization Bookmark League. Created by a group of passionate middle and high school writers, Youth Writers offers free publishing support to students publishing their very first books.
Through this experience, these young volunteers discovered something powerful: helping others share their stories not only encouraged new authors, but also built a joyful community where young writers could connect, exchange ideas, and grow together. Writing became more than just a personal journey — it became a shared mission.
The founder of Youth Writers is Christopher Shao, who wrote his first novel — a 33,500-word fiction book — at the age of 10 (5th grade). Although he now looks back at that book and finds it a bit immature, publishing it marked a turning point in his life. That first book, imperfect as it was, gave him the confidence to keep writing.
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It’s that same belief — that every child deserves to see their voice in print — that drives youth writers to help others begin their own writing journey.
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