Young Author Project Celebrates Writing Fellows, and the Everyday Magic of Mentorship

This blog post was written by Inés Rodriguez As the 2020-2021 YAP program year comes to a close, I am reminded of the integral role that our dedicated…

Young Author Project Celebrates a Virtual Spring 2021 with a Special Sneak-Peek into Published Works

This blog post was written by Inés Rodriguez The Spring 2021 Virtual Semester came to a soft and very sweet close as we wrapped a powerful, rapidly ev…

Young Author Project Celebrates a Virtual Fall 2020 with Deep Speaks Video

This blog post was written by Anthonella Alvarez and Martina Yvette The last semester of the Young Author Project was different, to say the least. Aft…

Deep is Hiring: Youth Programs Manager

Join Our Team Deep seeks an experienced manager of youth programs to support its efforts to empower Savannah’s young people to thrive as learners, c…

Deep Speaks Spring 2020

This blog post is co-written by Young Author Project Program Manager Maria Zoccola and Fall 2019 Deep Laureate Angel Price-Montgomery Each year, at th…

Young Author Project Spring 2020 on ISSUU

This blog post is written by Young Author Project Program Manager, Maria Zoccola.  For the Deep Center staff and volunteer Writing Fellows of the Youn…

Transform Together: How Deep’s Programs Are Shifting during COVID-19

COVID-19 has created unprecedented challenges for our communities. Deep Center is meeting these challenges with a clear head and open heart to work…

Deep Laureate Finalist, Fall 2019: Chloe Hall

Well hello there! My name is Chloe, but my dad calls me Weeba, and I'm proud of it. My favorite basketball player is Giannis Antetokounmpo. My favo…

Deep Laureate Finalist, Fall 2019: Caden Murphy

Hi, my name is Caden Stance Murphy. You might know me from past Deep books, but if not, let me give you the run-down. I've been in Deep for three y…

Deep Laureate Finalist, Fall 2019: Shanya Riddle

Shanya is an amazing writer in our DeRenne workshop. I hope you enjoy her piece! Read Shanya's poem, "New Orleans."…

Deep Laureate, Spring 2019: Khalil Bush

Khalil was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. He had previously based his whole life on what people thought about him, but now, he does what he …

Voting is Live for Spring 2019 Deep Laureate!

Our Deep Laureate Finalists have been announced! Click here to cast your vote for Spring 2019 Deep Laureate. One of these fearless youth will be nam…

Deep Laureate Finalist, Spring 2019: Stanley Jackson

Hey, my name is Stanley. My Instagram is something I have worked on, because I wanted to give shoutouts to my mom and my grandma, who helped me not…

Deep Laureate Finalist, Spring 2019: Latoi Buckner

Hi, my name is Latoi, and I live in Savannah, even though someday I hope to live outside of Atlanta and go to a gaming college. It's also where I w…

Deep Laureate Finalist, Spring 2019: Khalil Bush

My name is Khalil Bush. I was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. I am fun and goofy. My whole life has been based off of what people think about…

Deep Laureate Finalist, Spring 2019: Emma Norcross

My name's Em. I'm 14. I was forced to write this. I like cheese, and my life is more complicated than a geometry problem. So boom. Read Em's poe…