Deep Laureate Finalist, Fall 2018: Wyndham MacIver
Hi, my name is Wyndham, and I forget how to breathe sometimes! Other than writing, I play the trumpet (section leader, baby!), draw, and don't get …
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Deep Laureate Finalist, Fall 2018: Romon Anderson
My name is Romon Anderson. I am in the sixth grade. I like basketball, and I like to write raps. Read Romon's rap, "Police Brutality."…
Deep Laureate Finalist, Fall 2018: Jeaneva Moore
I am that one person who loses inspiration all the time, but when it comes back, it is on full blast. I love writing pieces that are definitely fic…
Deep Center Changed My Life
Deep Center changed my life. It gave me passion and a purpose. I know Deep better than most people. I am a graduate of Deep Center’s middle school p…
Sr. Program Director Megan Ave’Lallemant Publishes Piece for The Current
Senior Program Director Megan Ave'Lallemant has written a compelling piece for The Current, the blog of the National Writing Project's Educator Innovat…
Connect Savannah: Thinking Deep
Connect Savannah writer and former Young Author Project writing fellow, Rachael Flora, has written a feature on our upcoming 10th Birthday Party. Deep…
PRESS RELEASE: Deep Center’s Young Artists Celebrate Savannah’s Gullah Geechee Culture
SAVANNAH, Georgia—Deep Center will host “Go Back and Fetch It,” a performance and art exhibit of its Block by Block program, featuring some of Savannah…
PRESS RELEASE: Deep Center Names Savannah’s Best Young Authors
SAVANNAH, Georgia—Deep Center has named Madeleine Pelli and Rachel Whitehead, eighth graders from Garrison School for the Arts and Isle of Hope K–8 Sch…
Savannah Morning News: Young Savannah Authors Read Their Work at Deep Speaks
Savannah Morning News writer Will Peebles has written a feature on our Deep Speaks event and Deep Laureates for spring 2018. Each spring and fall, Dee…
Deep Laureate, Spring 2018: Madeleine Pelli
Her name is spelled M-a-d-e-l-e-i-n-e. She is upset that this will be her last year of Deep. She loves writing because it gets out all her emotions…
Deep Laureate, Spring 2018: Rachel Whitehead
Rachel is very creative and weird. If you see her walking around, she will either be listening to music or talking to herself. She loves playing an…
Deep Laureate Finalist, Spring 2018: Charles Ryans
When you look at Charles Ryans, you see an African-American boy with brotherlocks (a smaller version of dreads). If you open up my mind, you will s…
Deep Laureate Finalist, Spring 2018: Dekevian George
Well, well, well, wassup? My name is Dekevian George, but since people can’t remember that, they call me Dee (but my family calls me Kevee—that’s K…
Voting is Live for Spring 2018 Deep Laureate!
Our Deep Laureate Finalists have been announced! Click here to cast your vote for Spring 2018 Deep Laureate. One of these fearless youth will be nam…
How Afrofuturism Inspired Guy and Guy Inspired a New Curriculum
Deep puts young people at the center of our learning spaces. What do we mean by that? In Deep workshops, youth make choices about their own creative wo…
Savannah Morning News Features Deep’s Learning around Afrofuturism, ‘Black Panther’
Arts and culture journalist and former Deep writing fellow Kristopher Monroe has written a feature in Savannah Morning News describing how our young ar…