All Writing
Enter the complete Writing for Change collection, bringing together the IWP Journal, essays, stories, poetry, and educational writing.
The IWP journal
Stories hold what statistics cannot.
A thoughtful home for lived experience, family voices, education, reentry, testimony, original work, and the continuing work of the Idaho Wellness Project.
The story library
Featured stories
Featured story · In his own words
Read Rudy's story Rudy's Part in This Story
Rudy shares what the men gave up to build S.H.I.F.T., how purposeful conversations became a community, and why the work still matters.
Featured story · In his own words
Read Mikey's story Mikey's Part in This Story
Mikey reflects on hope, reputation, leadership, and why lasting change needs the opportunity to be proven.
Featured story · In his own words
Read Mirza's story Mirza's Part in This Story
Mirza remembers meeting Rudy and Mike, the conversations that brought the men together, and the spirit in which S.H.I.F.T. was born.
Writing for Change
Every written voice. One home.
Fiction & Nonfiction
Meet featured writers and explore fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and personal narratives shared with permission.
Dillon's Corner
A dedicated home for poetry, memory, reflection, truth, and words that deserve to be heard.
Contributors retain full rights to their work. Nothing will be published without clear permission, confirmed ownership and usage rights, and review of applicable facility requirements.
People before publication
Every story and every work belongs first to its creator.
Documented permissionNothing is published without clear, recorded consent from the contributor.
Privacy choicesContributors choose whether their full name, first name, initials, a pen name, or no name is shown.
Ownership confirmedOriginal work must belong to the person submitting it, with usage rights agreed in writing.
Facility rules reviewedMaterial from inside is reviewed against applicable correspondence, publication, and property requirements.
Transparent compensationNo story or original work is sold without a written agreement explaining permission, payment, and how proceeds are handled.
Contribute to the journal
There is room for your voice.
Individuals, families, educators, and community partners may suggest a story. Submitting an idea does not grant permission to publish it. IWP will discuss consent, privacy, authorship, editing, and facility requirements before anything is shared.