CREATIVE WRITING
The Creative Writing Gallery includes writing entries and winners from our detention center writing contests as well as stories written as part of our other creative writing programs with our other program partners. The stories are published as originally written, with minor edits as needed for clarity. We hope you enjoy reading these stories from our clients, and thank you for helping them to be heard!
Each artist whose work is posted on our site has signed a Heard media release or verbally given permission for the work to be posted on this site and shared via our social media platforms.
As the Mind Gets Quieter, the Intuition Gets Stronger
As the Mind Gets Quieter, the Intuition Gets Stronger Victor Oben Ebai Jr., Arlington County...
White Hope
White Hope Darrell Haley First place, fiction, Heard/Arlington County Detention Center writing...
From a Boy to a Man
From a Boy to a Man Troy L. Sweetney Fiction, Heard/Arlington County Detention Center writing...
Life or Liberty
Life or Liberty Brian Boettcher Third place, fiction, Heard/Arlington County Detention Center...
Untitled
Untitled Sthephen Y. Non-fiction, Heard/Alexandria Detention Center writing contest, August 2019...
Punishment and Redemption
Punishment and Redemption Jonathan C. Third place winner, Non-fiction, Heard/Alexandria Detention...
The Un-United States
The Un-United States J. C. Third place winner, fiction, Heard/Alexandria Detention Center writing...
Bridge Building
Bridge Building Josh M. Second place winner, Non-fiction, Heard/Alexandria Detention Center...
Once Upon a Time
Autumn Billings, Friends of Guest House, November 2019 Once upon a time there lived a princess in...
The Glass Window – First Place Non-fiction Alexandria Detention Center Writing Contest August 2019
The Glass Window By Michael P. First place winner, Non-fiction, Heard/Alexandria Detention Center...
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