Merlyn's Pen

Merlyn's Pen (est. 1985) and the New Library of Young Adult Writing connect teens, teachers, writers, and readers to uncommon works by student writers. New works each season.

Search the NEW LIBRARY for top works by writers under 20. See which novelists winning major awards today were published by Merlyns Pen when they were teens.

"My dad began to talk to me about receiving my Indian name. . . . " Read I am Kwakkoli, in the New Library, about taking a name that would connect a boy to generations of his ancestors.

"Memory can play cruel tricks on the mind. . . . " In the New Library, read The Glue Jar, a personal narrative about one event that changed everything.

"What we did there will stay with me forever. . . . " Read Lake Makwa in the New Library, a memoir about a teen's trust in himself and his band of explorers.

DALLAS JUNIOR WINS ESSAY CONTEST

Essay by Hockaday School Junior takes First Place in High School Division of the Merlyn's Pen Memoir Writing Contest . . .

WRITE & SAIL THIS JULY WITH TEEN WRITERS

Join 25 teen writers on a tall ship in the waters off Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard . . .

LONG-HAIRED, SHORT-WINDED, ONE-EYED & TWO-FISTED

Solo monologue performance by Merlyn's Pen founder looks at coming of age . . .

MODELS FROM MERLYN'S PEN IMPROVE WRITING

Writing a textbook? Developing an ESL/EFL reader? Building short story or poetry anthologies? See . . .

SMILE! HUMOR WRITING ABOUT IDENTITY

MORE POEMS & STORIES ON IDENTITY & COMING OF AGE