Non-Profit
Literary Legacies
Literary Legacies is a 501(c)3 non-profit that teaches youth, grades 3-12, how to write their own fiction or nonfiction book. We tap into the naturally creative abilities of children to bring out the best of their imaginations. We do this for our students to find healing, purpose, agency, and confidence that they can take with them for the rest of their lives.
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Getting Involved
Make a Difference
Support our youth
We cannot bring the dream of becoming an author to life without your support. Every donation matters! Whether it is $10 or $2,000, your donations support our vision of a literary revolution.
MakING a Donation
Making a donation is easy and rewarding. When you donate between $100-$499, you can opt to receive one book of your choice. If you donate $500-$999, you can opt to receive one signed copy of your choice. If you choose to donate $1,000-$4,999, you can opt to receive two books of your choice. If you donate over $5000, you can opt to receive two signed copies.
What we do
Our Services
Writing
Our volunteers work with your child, line by line, to produce the highest quality of fiction or nonfiction work possible. Our volunteers help our students brainstorm, storyboard, write, and review each piece of literary work. Together, our team will make your child an author before they graduate from high school.
Mentoring
Our program is not just about words on paper, it is also about creating meaningful connections between volunteers and students. We heavily emphasize our volunteers to be mentors to our students. Teaching them not just about writing, but about life, school, family, relationships, and careers, while imparting a piece their own lives to help guide their students’ lives.
Leadership
Our students don’t just become published authors, they become leaders. Our first student, Riyani Patel, is now a youth ambassador for the Tourette’s Association of America. We have had other students become leaders inside and outside of their classrooms as well. Writing a book doesn’t just put money in your child’s pocket or help them put a unique extracurricular activity on their college applications, it transforms their lives to use their gift of writing to benefit their peers and the entire world.
Public Speaking
Starting from their first book release party, our students hone and perfect public pitches of their books. We help our students overcome any fear of public speaking. From book parties to commercials, to interviews, your child will learn to feel comfortable sharing their story and speaking in front of audiences.
What Drives Us
Mission
The mission of Literary Legacies is to amplify the voices of marginalized youth from traditionally divested from communities through the power of written, expressed, and spoken words.
Get Involved
Our volunteers work with your child, line by line, to produce the highest quality of fiction or nonfiction work possible. Our volunteers help our students brainstorm, storyboard, write, and review each piece of literary work. Together, our team will make your child an author before they graduate from high school.
Upcoming Events
October 19 - Book Release Party
2pm Book release party for Derek Payne and Nathan Webber.
Published Books
Featured Books
The Boy Battle
Riyani hopes this book will raise awareness for Tourettes and give hope for others suffering from this disease ….
Oakwood’s Family Tree
Join us on a journey through the bloodlines of young Morgan Hill, California teenagers. Explore the histories of ….
The Wild Journey
Follow the tragic and powerful story of a young wolf named Stella. Abandoned and starving, she must fight for survival in …..