"Writing changes everything."
Joyce Carol Oates

The Appleseed Writing Project, established in 2003, takes its name from its proximity to the burial place of legendary Johnny Appleseed. The AWP provides professional development training on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The IPFW campus serves the broad community of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. As the area's foremost education leader, IPFW continues to establish itself as a center for excellence in writing, and with the Appleseed Writing Project, is committed to developing collaborative partnerships with area schools, both to provide instructional leadership and professional teacher development. The Appleseed Writing Project is one of five Indiana writing projects and affiliated with the National Writing Project, supported in part through federal funding.