A Letter From the Editor

Hello and welcome to Forty-Two!

I am Sam Baldwin, your editor, and I am so excited to tell you more about our team and our mission.

Forty-Two is a space for young people to tell the stories that matter. We believe in the power of the personal narrative, and wanted to create a platform for these narratives to be developed, valued, and shared. In an era so saturated by social media, sharing an idea can feel like shouting into a void. You throw thoughts into a Facebook or blog post only for them to disappear in the endless flow of content.

Through Forty-Two, your voice can be heard. I want to work alongside you to turn that Facebook post, blog post, or passing idea into an articulate and fully developed narrative. I want to foster a community of writers who not only tell their own stories, but engage with others. Forty-Two is about so much more than content creation, likes, clicks, and shares. It’s about community and conversation. It’s about taking back the microphone.

I believe that everybody has a story to tell, whether it’s groundbreaking, life-altering, or just plain entertaining. All you have to do is tell it. So, come chat with me about life, universe, and everything.

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