The Telling Room
“The Telling Room is a nonprofit writing center in Portland, Maine, dedicated to the idea that children and young adults are natural storytellers.” Focusing on writers ages 6 to 18, The Telling Room offers programs at their downtown writing center, engaging local writers, artists, teachers, and community groups in afterschool workshops, writing assistance, fieldtrips, the “Super Famous Writers Series,” and publishing.
Their works serves reluctant writers as well as established writers, children and adults, and a diverse community which includes a growing population of immigrants and refugees. The Telling Room offers internships in multimedia, publications, events, communications, and teaching, and is currently looking to fill a full-time, paid position for Executive Director (review of applications begins August 2017).
