Write-Out & The National Writing Project

A six-word story can be a great way to capture what makes nature cool!

The Russian-American telegraph expedition was an ambitious but doomed attempt to run a telegraph line along the coast and beneath the Bering Strait and ultimately connect the US with Europe.

Much of what we know today about the Valley Forge encampment comes from the writings that people made in their journals and notebooks while they were in camp. Watch the video and check out the Valley Forge writing prompt!

"Would You Rather Be A Fire Lookout Or A Lighthouse Keeper?" Acadia National Park is participating in the National Writing Project's "Daily Sparks: Writing Prompts With Rangers." Watch, write, and respond online or by postcard.

In this video for the National Writing Project's Write Out, staff at the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument share stories of the spirits of fierce women that inspire us. Writing prompt: Imagine that someone from the past visited you as a ghost. What message does the spirit have for you? Write a story or create a meme. #WriteOut

Join Park Ranger Ginger, as she explores the writing inspirations of Carl Sandburg. He was a journalist, poet, novelist, biographer and autobiographer. A frequent question he asked himself was "Who am I? Where have I been? Where am I going?" Use these questions to write a short story or poem answering them for yourself.

On October 22, the Valley Byliners visited Palo Alto to pen their own stories about the battlefield.