Unbound Authors

Our mission is to provide opportunities for incarcerated writers to imagine themselves as storytellers and sources of authentic knowledge, regardless of perceived skill, legal status, or formal training. We believe in building a fully-inclusive community with and among incarcerated residents regardless of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, ability, or security status, weaving individual writers into a wider array of social fabrics. We believe in a writing practice that helps incarcerated residents reconnect to their authentic selves before the world started telling them who they are, reviving a childlike sense of joy and wonder about the world before others told them who they should be. We believe in a writing practice that centers possibility, self-acceptance, and accountability.