Merlyn's Pen

The Merlyn's Pen (est. 1985) New Library of Young Adult Writing is one of America's top collections of published fiction, poetry, and personal essays by students. Browse the Library by genre, topic, and author's grade.

YA FICTION BY AND FOR YOUNG ADULTS. 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.

ADVENTUROUS WRITERS GO TO SEA IN JULY!!

Teen writers and Merlyn's editors go to sea on a tall ship July 21 ...

MADELINE NICOL PUBLISHED!

Read Winner of Merlyn's "Sailing & Writing" Contest

SYDNEY KRIVITSKY PUBLISHED!

Read 2nd-Place Winner of Merlyn's "Sailing & Writing" Contest

SMILE! HUMOR WRITING

WRITING ABOUT NATURE & THE SEA

MORE POEMS & STORIES ON IDENTITY & COMING OF AGE