Our community of letter writers sends each request at least 30 handwritten, thoughtful letters addressed to the individual’s unique situation. From a bad haircut, to a breakup, to a death in the family, we’ve written letters to it all - no situation is too big or small for The Letter Project community to support.

So, how does it work?

  1. Our requests are now open! Our team reviews requests on a weekly basis and will approve or deny your request. If you’re denied, you’ll hear back within two weeks. If you’re approved, hang tight as we move your request through the process! Note: this can take upwards of 3 months depending on how busy of a season we are in. If your request is urgent AND time sensitive, send us an email at hello@theletterproject.org after submitting via the form.

  2. TRIPLE CHECK the address upon submission. We are not responsible for any letter bundles that do not arrive due to incorrect or incomplete addresses. This is especially important for international requests!

  3. Approved letter requests are made available to our letter writers every week.

  4. Writers sign up for the ones they jive with & put pen to paper with beautiful, kind words of encouragement.

  5. Letters are mailed to TLP HQ for review & packaging - the magic comes together.

  6. TLP mails the bundle of 20+ letters to the requestor (or the recipient, based on the submitted request!) with bright, fun, and kind goodness galore! Tracking information is sent to the requestor unless the individual requested for themselves - we like to keep those a surprise :-)

  7. Requestor gives to recipient - and bam! empowered letter love from us to you.

Note: The entire process from a request being made live to our community & letters being in the hands of the requestor takes 8-10 weeks! It’s well worth the wait and we appreciate your patience.

Please be sure to read about our mission before requesting letters.

P.S.:

  • While we want to support and write to all submitted requests, we’re a small (but growing!) team. If your request is denied at this time, you are welcome to submit again in the future.

  • We do our best to keep you updated on the process, if there are any unexpected delays or problems, and to provide tracking information. That said - we’re human! Feel free to email for any updates if you’re concerned.

  • We often have a waitlist of requests. It’s a very special thing to receive a bundle from The Letter Project!

  • Each bundle costs us ~$30 from start to finish, accounting for the multiple technology pieces involved in the process & the staff work to prepare each bundle. Would you consider donating to support the cost of your bundle?