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Become a Franklin the Helper® Literary Sponsor
Why Sponsor This Initiative?
Franklin the Helper® Literary Sponsors help bring the Publish a Student Book Writing Workshop to schools, youth programs, churches, and community organizations by helping remove financial barriers for students and families.
Through your sponsorship, students gain access to a unique authorship and entrepreneurship experience where they develop story frameworks, explore creativity and publishing, and see that their ideas and voices have value.
At the conclusion of each workshop, at least one student is selected to have their story developed into a fully published book made available on Amazon through Franklin the Helper® Children’s Books, LLC.
Franklin the Helper® Literary Sponsors are not simply supporting a workshop. They are helping inspire future authors, creators, leaders, and young entrepreneurs
About the Workshop
Students have stories worth telling.
The Publish a Student Book Writing Workshop is a hands-on literacy workshop for students in grades 6–12 where participants create and develop strong story frameworks during the workshop that serve as the foundation for future books.
At the conclusion of each workshop, at least one student is selected to have their story developed into a fully published book on Amazon through Franklin the Helper® Children’s Books, LLC.
Through the support of sponsors and community partners, selected Future Authors receive full publishing support at no cost to the student or their family.
Led by Published Authors and Youth Empowerment Leaders
The Publish a Student Book Workshop is led by published author Franklin Edwards and his mother, educational advocate Demetré Bivins.
Franklin Edwards is the author of more than 20 books and the visionary behind Franklin the Helper® Children’s Books, LLC. Through his work, he helps inspire students to develop their ideas into published works while showing them that their creativity and voice have real value.
Demetré Bivins is a published author, educational advocate, and founder of Students Combating Bullying Connection, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on youth empowerment and social-emotional growth. After leaving corporate America, she partnered with Franklin to help expand opportunities for young people through publishing, literacy, and entrepreneurship.
Together, they have created a unique authorship and entrepreneurship experience that introduces students to creativity, publishing, presentation, and real-world ownership opportunities. Students do not simply participate in a workshop. They are encouraged to see themselves as creators, future leaders, and young entrepreneurs whose ideas can make an impact beyond the classroom.
What Students Experience
During the workshop, students participate in an engaging, hands-on experience designed to help them develop and organize their ideas into strong story frameworks.
Students will:
- Develop original story concepts and creative ideas
- Learn how to structure and organize a story framework
- Participate in guided authorship and presentation sessions
- Explore how creative ideas can become real published books
- Strengthen creativity, communication, and critical thinking skills
- Be introduced to creativity, publishing, and entrepreneurship opportunities
- Gain exposure to the real-world publishing process
- Present and share their ideas in a supportive environment
Sponsorship Benefits
For many students, this workshop is their first opportunity to see their ideas treated as valuable beyond the classroom.
Students are not simply completing an assignment. They are developing stories that may become published books available on Amazon.
Through sponsorship, businesses and organizations help create opportunities that expose students to literacy, structure, confidence, creativity, and possibility while helping remove financial barriers for schools and families.
Recognition & Community Visibility
Franklin the Helper® Literary Sponsors play an important role in helping students gain access to creativity, publishing, entrepreneurship, and real-world opportunities through the Publish a Student Book Writing Workshop.
By supporting the workshop, sponsors help encourage young people to see that their ideas, creativity, and voices have value beyond the classroom.
Benefits of being a Franklin the Helper® Literary Sponsor include:
- Company name recognition in the selected student’s published book
- Opportunity to announce the selected Future Author during the Future Author Selection Ceremony
- Visibility with parents, students, educators, and community attendees
- Sponsor recognition during the Future Author Selection Ceremony
- Event photos highlighting your company’s community involvement and support of student authors and young creators
- A Franklin the Helper® Literacy Impact Certificate to proudly display
- Recognition on workshop and promotional materials
- Social media recognition through Franklin the Helper® Children’s Books, LLC
- Association with literacy, youth empowerment, creativity, and student entrepreneurship initiatives
- The opportunity to support student creativity, publishing, and real-world learning experiences
Removing Financial Barriers
Many schools and student groups are able to participate in this opportunity because of the support of community sponsors and partners.
Sponsorships help remove financial barriers by making the workshop and publishing experience available at no cost to schools and families.
Franklin the Helper® Children’s Books, LLC works with community sponsors and partners to help bring this experience to students.
Meet Our Future and Published Student Authors
See the student authors and Future Authors that sponsor and community partner support has helped make possible through the Publish a Student Book Writing Workshop.