Overview // Resource // Get Involved

re/vision

re/vision is a one-on-one creative writing apprenticeship program for those who are currently incarcerated.  Mentoring is conducted via mailed correspondence and feedback, and is facilitated by working writers, MFA students, and editors.  We offer in-depth feedback, tips on the writing craft, guided readings, and basic tutorials about grammar.  Our mentors and writing apprentices correspond an average of four times over the course of a year, allowing mentors time to offer thoughtful criticism and suggestions, while creating space and time for apprentices to cultivate their writing skills and the shaping of work based on attentive feedback. 

With the recent publication of The Sentences That Create Us, we have received many more inquiries than we are accustomed to receiving.  We like to help as many people as possible, but we are a notably small program.  Currently we are able to facilitate an average of 5-10 mentorships per year.

Inquirers for whom we cannot provide a mentorship are offered a variety of other options for mentorship and publication, including our One Page publishing opportunity—launched in August 2022 with “The Maze” by Frankie from Berea, Kentucky.

Although there are no fees charged for the re/vision program, space is limited by the number of available mentors. 

If you are currently incarcerated (or know someone who is) and have an interest in beginning a creative writing mentorship, please begin a conversation with us by using the mailing address below.

* NOTE * - Due to the inherent technological challenges involved with e-mail systems like JPay and CorrLinks, we do not use e-mail for re/vision correspondence. Thank you.

Mail:

re/vision
Underground Writing
P.O. Box 1043
Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Resource

By PEN America

Edited by Underground Writing Advisory Board Member,
Caits Meissner
Director, Prison and Justice Writing

Published by Haymarket Books

A road map for incarcerated people and their allies to have a thriving writing life behind bars—and shared beyond the walls—that draws on the unique insights of more than fifty contributors, most themselves justice-involved, to offer advice, inspiration and resources.

We’re honored to get a nod in the Resources section of this book! Thanks, PEN, Caits, and all the folks who helped this generative book become a reality.

On Sale: January 11, 2022

All book proceeds go toward PEN
America’s Prison Writing Program.

Get Involved

Next re/vision volunteer day: November 21, 2024 | 9 - 11 a.m.
Burlington Public Library | 820 E Washington Ave, Burlington, WA 98233

If you live locally and would like to join us for our monthly re/vision volunteer day, please fill out the simple form below and we’ll reach out to you. Our volunteer day is 2 hours long, and includes various administrative tasks + writing personal / congratulatory letters to the writers we’ll be publishing via the ONE PAGE publishing opportunity.