#wordswelivein

Your words. Your world.

The Big Idea

Inspired by this year’s 400th anniversary Shakespeare celebrations, #wordswelivein explores the words we encounter every day and the stories they tell about our lives and communities. The initiative comes to life through live events, social media and original text-and-image works by writers from around the world and emerging voices from Poetry Society of America, Poets House, The Poetry Project, Kundiman, Canto Mundo and 92Y’s Discovery Contest.

Social Media

Live Events

Guest Authors

Words of the Week
VIEW OUR CURATED GALLERY OF POSTS FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD

How to Participate
Share the words that shape your world

Post a photo of a word or phrase that represents your neighborhood, local life in a place you’re visiting, or simply speaks to you. Use the hashtag #wordswelivein, tag your location and note why the photo is meaningful to you. Each day, 92Y will select a handful of posts to feature on our website and partner sites.
Create an original photo-essay about your local neighborhood or a place you’re visiting, including images of words that mark the streets. Submit it to 92Y (yourwords@92y.org) for a chance to see your work featured on #wordswelivein and partner sites.
Host an event — a reading, conversation or literary event. Organize an “Instawalk” in your neighborhood to explore the words that mark your streets and what they mean to your community. Use the hashtag #wordswelivein to live tweet your event and share photos. Tag @92Y and we’ll retweet you.*

* By posting a photo with the hashtag #wordswelivein, you give 92Y permission to feature your photo on 92Y’s website, as well as websites of organizations partnering on the #wordswelivein project.

PRESS

“British Author Helen Macdonald, Apple Participate In Global Celebration Of the Words Around Us”
Jane Levere, Forbes

“Chronicling a World Connected Through Found Language”
Eillie Anzilotti, CITYLAB from The Atlantic

“Wyoming State Museum to host first #WordsWeLiveIn InstaMeet ”
Ellen Fike, Wyoming Tribune Eagle

“Back to School with Nathaniel Mackey and Cathy Park Hong”
The Paris Review

Global Partners