The Digital Archives of Literacy Narratives (DALN) is a publicly available archive of literacy narratives in a variety of formats (print, video, audio) that together provide a historical record of the literacy practices and values of U.S. citizens, as these practices and values change. The DALN invites people of all ages, races, communities, backgrounds, and interests to contribute stories about how they learned to read, write, and compose meaning—and how they continue to do so.

We welcome all kinds of texts, both formal and informal: diaries, blogs, poetry, music and musical lyrics, fan 'zines, school papers, videos, sermons, gaming profiles, speeches, chatroom exchanges, text messages, letters, stories, photographs, etc.

We also invite contributors to provide samples of their own writing (papers, letters, 'zines, speeches, etc.) and compositions (music, photographs, videos, sound recordings, etc.).