JoyBelle Phelan
@writetoshine.bsky.social
Formerly incarcerated. Forever a writer.
Writer Relations @PrisonJournalismProject 📰
Executive Director @UnboundAuthors ✍🏽
Radio host | TEDx San Quentin speaker
We hold space for stories that weren’t supposed to be told.
Writer Relations @PrisonJournalismProject 📰
Executive Director @UnboundAuthors ✍🏽
Radio host | TEDx San Quentin speaker
We hold space for stories that weren’t supposed to be told.
Having a great time!
September 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Having a great time!
@lyneka.bsky.social
Big news! 🎉 So proud to be part of the team! Prison Journalism Project is a finalist for the Online Journalism Awards for our story on extreme heat in prisons.
📖 Read it: prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/19/w...
This is what it means to be changing the storytellers. 💜
Big news! 🎉 So proud to be part of the team! Prison Journalism Project is a finalist for the Online Journalism Awards for our story on extreme heat in prisons.
📖 Read it: prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/19/w...
This is what it means to be changing the storytellers. 💜
Summer Heat in Prison: Just How Hot Are Our Nation’s Prisons?
Prison writers from across the U.S. describe how hot their prisons get in the summer. One prison reached 117 degrees.
prisonjournalismproject.org
August 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@lyneka.bsky.social
Big news! 🎉 So proud to be part of the team! Prison Journalism Project is a finalist for the Online Journalism Awards for our story on extreme heat in prisons.
📖 Read it: prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/19/w...
This is what it means to be changing the storytellers. 💜
Big news! 🎉 So proud to be part of the team! Prison Journalism Project is a finalist for the Online Journalism Awards for our story on extreme heat in prisons.
📖 Read it: prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/19/w...
This is what it means to be changing the storytellers. 💜
A sweet little luck dragon made from paper. One of my writers today made it while crafting his D&D campaign.
June 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A sweet little luck dragon made from paper. One of my writers today made it while crafting his D&D campaign.
✨ First post magic! ✨Hi Bluesky! I’m JoyBelle — writer and co-founder of Unbound Authors, a writing center without walls supporting incarcerated storytellers across Colorado.
We believe in the power of narrative to heal, connect, and liberate.
💜🖋️ #WritingAsResistance #UnboundAuthors
We believe in the power of narrative to heal, connect, and liberate.
💜🖋️ #WritingAsResistance #UnboundAuthors
June 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
✨ First post magic! ✨Hi Bluesky! I’m JoyBelle — writer and co-founder of Unbound Authors, a writing center without walls supporting incarcerated storytellers across Colorado.
We believe in the power of narrative to heal, connect, and liberate.
💜🖋️ #WritingAsResistance #UnboundAuthors
We believe in the power of narrative to heal, connect, and liberate.
💜🖋️ #WritingAsResistance #UnboundAuthors