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.
Mental Love
D. Miller First place (tie), fiction, Heard/Alexandria Detention Center writing contest, August...
Toxic
Love Letter
By Peter Le Third place winner, nonfiction, Heard/Alexandria Detention Center writing contest,...
Dispised & Rejected
by S. Amir Farrakhan Nonfiction, Heard/Alexandria Detention Center writing contest, August 2021...
The Claw
by Michael Pixley First place, fiction, Heard/Alexandria Detention Center writing contest, August...
Two is better than one?
Ricky Turcios First place, fiction, Heard/Arlington County Detention Center writing contest,...
Stressfull Life
Cornelius Jones Nonfiction, Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest, August 2021...
I Use to Dream
R. Goss Second place, Nonfiction, Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing...
Girl Dad
Lewis Rose Nonfiction, Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility writing contest, August 2021...
Chance at Life
LF Second place, fiction, Heard/Arlington County Detention Center writing contest, August 2021...
Creative Writing
Visual Arts
Improvisation
Etiquette
Public Speaking
Dance
Singing
