Mathew Mendoza's chapbook DIY Prison Project inspired a means for other incarcerated individuals to get their work published: https://eveningstreetpress.com/diy-prison-project/ DIY Prison Project is Mathew Mendoza’s first book of poems. His poems and stories have appeared in Atlanta Review, Big Muddy, Comstock Review, Apalachee Review, Muse, Tacenda Literary Review, and Evening Street Review. Matthew was a finalist for The Insider Prize and has won prizes from PEN merica. His plays have been performed at festivals in NYC and Lexington, KY. You can listen to the podcasts at Open-Door Playhouse. Matthew’s play "What's Prison Like?" was a Webby Award Honoree in the Crime and Justice category. and even though he finished 4th in the voting (out of 5) he is proud to be one of the first inmates ever nominated for a Webby award. Recently, PEN America interviewed Matthew as part of their PEN Ten interview series. https://pen.org/?s=matthew+mendoza https://eveningstreetpress.com/book-author/matthew-mendoza/