Young Poets Workshops is an international, Discord-based community focused on providing free and accessible opportunities to all young poets.All poets 13-22 are welcome!

Our Team

Ivi Hua
Co-Founder & Co-President

Ivi Hua is an Asian-American writer, dreamer, & poet. A Pushcart & Best of the Net nominee, her work has received recognition from the Pulitzer Center & the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. In 2022, she co-founded Young Poets Workshops. Ivi believes in the initiation of change through language, & you can find her @livia.writes.stories on Instagram.

Fiona Jin
Co-Founder & Co-President

Fiona Jin is a Chinese American writer in the Chicago Metro Area. Her work is in Kissing Dynamite, Rust + Moth, and GASHER Press, amongst others, and recognized by YoungArts, the Alliance for Young Writers & Artists, the Pulitzer Center, and Columbia College Chicago.

Jenna Nesky
Co-Founder & Co-President

Jenna Nesky is a senior at Carver Center for Arts and Technology. From Maryland, she is seventeen years old. She is a 2022 graduate of the Adroit Mentorship Program, and has been writing poetry for three years.

Anna Liu
Graphic Design Intern

Anna Liu is a poet and creative nonfiction writer from the Greater Boston Area. Their work has been recognized by the New York Times, the National Alliance for Young Writers, Bennington Young Writers Awards, and The Poetry Society, among others. Their work is also published or forthcoming in Copper Nickel, West Branch, and more. You can find them on twitter @cyoxyx.

About Us

Young Poets Workshops is an international Discord-based community (est. 2022) of high school and college-aged writers regularly hosting events open to any young poet (aged 13–22) via Zoom.Founded by teen poets Ivi Hua, Fiona Jin, and Jenna Nesky (learn more about our team here), YPW recognizes the inaccessibility of writing resources and community within the teen writing world and beyond. We are committed to cultivating a community without barriers, making quality events, connections, and resources free and accessible to all. In the past, we have hosted book talks with young authors (providing free PDFs of the book), open mics, themed and unthemed workshops, and more. Past guests include Daniel Liu, Saturn Browne, MJ Gomez, Helena Brittain, and Rho Bloom-Wang.

Young Poets Workshops is a 100% volunteer-run organization.

Despite this, YPW believes in compensating creatives for their work, and pay writers we collaborate with (unless specifically requested otherwise) for their time. As an independent collective, we are proud to have received substantial grant funding from the We Are Family Foundation's Youth to the Front Fund, the GripTape Learning Challenge, and the Incandescent Review Microgrants.

Join our Discord here!

Additionally, feel free to reach out with any questions, comments, or ideas about collaborations at [email protected]! Our Instagram is @youngpoetsworkshops and our Twitter is @YngPoetWorkshop.

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