Editing Federal Writers' Project (section)

{{Short description|1935–1945 U.S. government New Deal program}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Federal Writers' Project 
| type = 
| image = American guide week, Nov. 10-16 LCCN92500637.jpg
| image_caption = Poster advertising state-by-state writers projects that "describe America to America"
| formed = July 27, 1935
| dissolved = 1943
| headquarters = [[Washington D.C.]], U.S.
| budget = 
| chief1_name = [[Henry Alsberg]]
| parent_department = [[Works Progress Administration]]
| agency_type = 
| service = To provide work relief for unemployed writers while also creating a "self-portrait of America" through the publication of the American Guide series.
}}

The '''Federal Writers' Project''' ('''FWP''') was a federal government project in the United States created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers and to develop a history and overview of the United States, by state, cities and other jurisdictions. It was launched in 1935 during the [[Great Depression]]. It was part of the [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA), a [[New Deal]] program. It was one of a group of New Deal arts programs known collectively as [[Federal Project Number One]] or Federal One.

FWP employed thousands of people and produced hundreds of publications, including state guides, city guides, local histories, oral histories, [[Ethnography|ethnographies]], and children's books. In addition to writers, the project provided jobs to unemployed librarians, clerks, researchers, editors, and historians.