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STORY QUEST is a new audio adventure through the building blocks of creative writing from Story Pirates for 3rd and 4th graders! Your students will embark on an exciting and hilarious outer-space themed adventure while learning Common Core ELA Standards W4.3 (A-E) writing techniques to create their own stories.

Story Quest is brought to you by Story Pirates Changemakers, the nonprofit arm of Story Pirates

If you have any questions about Story Quest, please email Julie Marchiano,
Changemakers Coordinator, at
[email protected]


What Makes Story Quest Unique?


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How Story Quest Works

  1. Classes receive narrative writing lessons in the form of hilarious Story Quest audio plays created by the makers of the Story Pirates Podcast.

  2. Students use our Story Quest graphic organizers and story sheets to outline and write their original stories.

  3. You send your students’ stories to Story Pirates digitally or in a self-addressed and stamped envelope we provide.

  4. We will read and respond to every story we receive and send back a personalized final audio play made just for your school! 

6-8 weeks after we’ve received your student’s stories, you will receive ‘Story Love,’ personalized, constructive notes of encouragement to each author in response to their story. We will also surprise your students with a final audio story, custom-made for each classroom featuring the characters from Story Quest.


To help support programs like Story Quest:

This program is brought to you by funding from the California Arts Council, the New York State Council on the Arts,
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, our corporate Story Love sponsors, and supporters like you!