Snail Mail My Email is a community art project where volunteers transform strangers’ emails into handwritten letters, free of charge.

Over the course of the project, more than 2,000 volunteers artistically interpreted and collectively sent just under 30,000 letters to 80 countries. 

Press:

• CNN “Call it technology in reverse”

• The Wall Street Journal “The pen is mightier”

• Los Angeles Times “Sends old-school handwritten letters for free”

• Forbes “Using Tech to Reverse Tech”

• Gizmodo “Get the Thoughtfulness of Snail Mail With None of the Effort”

• PostSecret “How heartfelt emails become works of art”

• USPS “From Pixels to Postage”

• GOOD “Marries Romance of Analog with Convenience of Digital”

• CREATIVITY “Fall back in love with letters”

• Engadget “Outsources your emotions to foreign hands”

Results:

• Published as Hardcover Book

• Webby Nominee

Credit:

Founded by Ivan Cash
Full list of credits: Snailmailmyemail.org