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826 Publications

826 publishes a vast amount of student writing, in genres ranging from journalism to cartooning. Students can take pride in creating a professionally finished product and experience, appreciate, practice, and recognize great writing. Because of the well known sponsors and the professional quality of the publications, students work diligently and learn everything about the process of publishing. Thousands of student publications are released each year, from chapbooks and newspapers to quarterly journals and collaborations with acclaimed authors. The most recent publications from chapters include:

In Show of Hands, a collection of essays by juniors and seniors at Mission High School in San Francisco, young authors reflect on the Golden Rule, which tells us that we should act toward others as we would want them to act toward ourselves. The book, released by 826 Valencia, features a foreword by author Joe Loya.

STEW, The Magazine About Et Cetera: The Brooklyn Issue, published by 826NYC, highlights articles written by juniors at The Secondary School for Journalism based on interviews and independent reporting. It examines changes in Brooklyn and includes a feature on New York City's public schools.

826LA released Sheep Can't Fly, a collection of writing exploring the nature of the hero. Their largest and most ambitious publication yet, it is composd of essays and short stories about determination, triumph and redemption, as well as a talking ferret and a squirrel.

In Our Hood: 52 Short Plays You Can Perform In Any Place is 826 Seattle's third collaboration with Hamilton International Middle School and writing workshop students.

The 826michigan Omnibus contains work from seventy 826michigan students between the ages of six and eighteen. Included is a lengthy appendix which highlights volunteers, past workshops and in-schools, the top ten acronyms of OMNIBUS, and a word from Dr. Blotch.

The first publication of 826 Boston, I Wish They Would Have Asked Me collects essays, poems, short stories and letters written by 11th and 12th grade students from The English High School in Jamaica Plain. The anthology covers themes of education, immigration, violence, family and perseverance with a foreword by Steve Almond.

After the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, 826 students across the country were asked: "What should President Obama do now?" The results were collected in Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country: Kids' Letters to President Obama, published in conjunction with McSweeney's. The follow-up, I Live Real Close To Where You Used To Live: Kids' Letters to Michelle Obama (and to Sasha, Malia, & Bo), was published in 2010.

Maps and Legends is Michael Chabon's first book of non-fiction. Proceeds from Maps and Legends will benefit 826 National.