Baltimore Youth Literary Map Survey November 1, 2025 — November 17, 2025

Help CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth design the first-ever Baltimore Youth Literary Map, a creative project that celebrates the connection between writing and place. Students across Baltimore will collaborate to highlight community spaces that inspire reading, writing, and literary history.

The completed map will be printed both digitally and on paper and unveiled at a public Map Reveal that invites the community to explore the literary places Baltimore youth care about and discover new spaces that spark creativity and storytelling.

Your responses will help shape which spaces, stories, and themes are featured on the map. One lucky student who completes the survey will win a gift card. To be entered into the drawing, you must include your email address when submitting your survey.

“When We STand”

November 7, 2025—December 8, 2025

Theme: When we stand

Prompts to Inspire your thinking:

• What is a time you or someone in your life stood up for something they believed in? Or, describe a time you wished you had taken a stand? 

• What is an issue you want to take a stand for regarding racial justice?

• Select a historical figure and write a message, poem, essay, thank-you letter, or other piece of writing to them, honoring their achievements and impact. 

Genre: Students are invited to submit poetry, short stories, or mini-essays. 

Word Count: 300 words or less