Simpson Street Free Press (SSFP) has 24 years of experience organizing after-school and summer programming that addresses literacy and connects to the school day. Madison area youth produce and publish content on various media platforms. Students write and read extensively, and they explore across the curriculum and investigate core subject areas (history, science, the arts). Then they write and publish. Methods include invention strategies, close reading, drafting, and vocabulary, and SSFP believes learning happens, in large measure, during the revision process. Multiple rounds of editing are required during each assignment. Assignments grow in complexity with age and ability. Students begin as early as third grade and many SSFP graduates, when in college, serve as editors. High school students take on leadership roles and all students learn to never hand in a first draft.