Welcome! We’re excited to offer our publications, creativity kits, and merch designed by our youth editors.
Your Purchase supports CHARM programming for Baltimore’s Creative Youth!
FEATURED
CHARM: Shelter
CHARM: Shelter is the 2023 publication from our Summer Publishing Interns, produced in just five weeks!
From the editors:
For many, a shelter is a place where you are free to live your life and vent out your frustrations. Your shelter could be a hobby, a place, or a person. However, in the case of several pieces throughout this issue, shelter can cause disconnect. CHARM: Shelter aspires to be a safe space for Baltimore youth to discuss how they live and feel comfortable.
This collection features writing from our space workshop series inspired by images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
CHARM: Chaos
CHARM: Chaos is the spring 2023 anthology published by CHARM’s student editorial board, all about chaos!
HOMEGROWN: A MESSAGE TO BALTIMORE BY BALTIMORE
Homegrown is a collection of writing and artwork by Baltimore creators for Baltimore youth, reclaiming our city’s narrative and answering the question, “Where did you find the beauty in Baltimore?”
This anthology includes writing from 17 Baltimore-based creators and leaders, including D. Watkins, Erica L. Green, Slangston Hughes, Brittany Young, Kyle Pompey, and more.
MERCH
CHARM Water Bottles
Aluminum water bottle designed by our youth Communications Team and feature letters from past covers of CHARM Lit Mag.
Beautiful color design on a white background with a glossy finish. Water bottles are dishwasher safe. Do not microwave.
CHARM MUGS
Mugs designed by our youth Communications Team and feature letters from past covers of CHARM Lit Mag.
Beautiful color design on a white background with a matte finish. Mugs are microwave and dishwasher safe.
CHARM ToteS
Canvas zip top bag, features a quote from “Daybreak in Baltimore” by poet and CHARM editor Amaya Burke: “People are gonna know where I came from.”
PUBLICATIONS
CHARM: LOVE
Our most recent publication, CHARM: Love features the writing and artwork of 20 young people in Baltimore.
Our 14th anthology highlighting writing and artwork from Baltimore’s young people. Editor Denim Fisher writes in the anthology’s foreword: “Love can be dedicated to anything: love of self, love of friend, love of a favorite hobby, love of life.”
OUR VOICES, UNMASKED
A Collection of Writing and Artwork by Baltimore Youth during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Our Voices, Unmasked is our first hardcover publication, published in summer 2021. Our editors describe the collection as a time capsule of the coronavirus pandemic, documenting what it was like to be a young person in Baltimore during this time.
CHARM: Culture
CHARM: Culture is an anthology released in spring 2021. Our youth editors write:
“Culture can sometimes separate us, but more often, it can bring us together. It helps individuals form a sense of identity and helps create a sense of family with people we may not even know. This year has been a hard time of separation from loved ones, but culture remains steadfast.”
CHARM: Filters
CHARM: Filters was released in February 2020. It features writing and artwork by 60 students in Baltimore, all addressing the theme of Filters: How do you see the world? How does the world see you?
It’s full of inspiration to get your own creative juices flowing.
CHARM: For Your Inspiration
CHARM: For Your Inspiration is an anthology of student writing inspired by famous writers (think, Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, and Sandra Cisneros). We think it will inspire you, too.
ACTIVITY KITS
CHARM in a BOX
CHARM in a Box was designed by our editors and is a creativity kit chock full of inspiration for young writers and artists. Your purchase sends a box to you and pays one forward to a classroom in Baltimore! CHARM in a Box includes:
A copy of CHARM: For Your Inspiration
A mini-notebook and pen
Creative writing prompts, activities, and tips for conquering writers block
Stickers (to decorate your notebook, perhaps?)
A card to mail to a friend
A pack of crayons
CHARM Poetry Pack
A starter kit of sorts for a poetry lover. This pack includes:
A copy of CHARM: For Your Inspiration, a volume filled with Baltimore youth writing inspired by famous poets and authors
A mini kraft-paper notebook
A student-created bookmark
A creative writing activity all about place (plus info on how to submit to our publication)
Stickers!
CHARM Poetry Pack (Buy One, Give One!)
Share your love of poetry! This popular option sends a poetry pack to you, and gifts one to a young writer!