diff --git a/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Pages/CreateTextWidget.php b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Pages/CreateTextWidget.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24451ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Pages/CreateTextWidget.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\Pages;
+
+use App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\TextWidgetResource;
+use Filament\Resources\Pages\CreateRecord;
+
+class CreateTextWidget extends CreateRecord
+{
+    protected static string $resource = TextWidgetResource::class;
+}
diff --git a/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Pages/EditTextWidget.php b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Pages/EditTextWidget.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6328689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Pages/EditTextWidget.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\Pages;
+
+use App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\TextWidgetResource;
+use Filament\Actions\DeleteAction;
+use Filament\Resources\Pages\EditRecord;
+
+class EditTextWidget extends EditRecord
+{
+    protected static string $resource = TextWidgetResource::class;
+
+    protected function getHeaderActions(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            DeleteAction::make(),
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Pages/ListTextWidgets.php b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Pages/ListTextWidgets.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ae9f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Pages/ListTextWidgets.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\Pages;
+
+use App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\TextWidgetResource;
+use Filament\Actions\CreateAction;
+use Filament\Resources\Pages\ListRecords;
+
+class ListTextWidgets extends ListRecords
+{
+    protected static string $resource = TextWidgetResource::class;
+
+    protected function getHeaderActions(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            CreateAction::make(),
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Schemas/TextWidgetForm.php b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Schemas/TextWidgetForm.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a0f530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Schemas/TextWidgetForm.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\Schemas;
+
+use Filament\Forms\Components\Textarea;
+use Filament\Forms\Components\TextInput;
+use Filament\Schemas\Schema;
+
+class TextWidgetForm
+{
+    public static function configure(Schema $schema): Schema
+    {
+        return $schema
+            ->components([
+                TextInput::make('title')
+                    ->required()
+                    ->live(onBlur: true),
+                TextInput::make('description')
+                    ->nullable(),
+                Textarea::make('content')
+                    ->rows(5)
+                    ->columnSpanFull(),
+
+            ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Tables/TextWidgetsTable.php b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Tables/TextWidgetsTable.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc9b034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/Tables/TextWidgetsTable.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\Tables;
+
+use Filament\Actions\BulkActionGroup;
+use Filament\Actions\DeleteBulkAction;
+use Filament\Actions\EditAction;
+use Filament\Tables\Columns\TextColumn;
+use Filament\Tables\Table;
+
+class TextWidgetsTable
+{
+    public static function configure(Table $table): Table
+    {
+        return $table
+            ->columns([
+                TextColumn::make('title')
+                    ->label('Title')
+                    ->sortable()
+                    ->searchable(),
+                TextColumn::make('created_at')
+                    ->label('Created')
+                    ->dateTime('M d, Y H:i')
+                    ->sortable(),
+                TextColumn::make('updated_at')
+                    ->label('Updated')
+                    ->dateTime('M d, Y H:i')
+                    ->sortable(),
+            ])
+            ->filters([
+                //
+            ])
+            ->recordActions([
+                EditAction::make(),
+            ])
+            ->toolbarActions([
+                BulkActionGroup::make([
+                    DeleteBulkAction::make(),
+                ]),
+            ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/TextWidgetResource.php b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/TextWidgetResource.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96092e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Filament/Resources/TextWidgets/TextWidgetResource.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets;
+
+use App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\Pages\CreateTextWidget;
+use App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\Pages\EditTextWidget;
+use App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\Pages\ListTextWidgets;
+use App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\Schemas\TextWidgetForm;
+use App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\Tables\TextWidgetsTable;
+use App\Models\TextWidget;
+use BackedEnum;
+use Filament\Resources\Resource;
+use Filament\Schemas\Schema;
+use Filament\Support\Icons\Heroicon;
+use Filament\Tables\Table;
+
+class TextWidgetResource extends Resource
+{
+    protected static ?string $model = TextWidget::class;
+
+    protected static string|BackedEnum|null $navigationIcon = Heroicon::DocumentText;
+
+    protected static ?string $recordTitleAttribute = 'title';
+
+    public static function form(Schema $schema): Schema
+    {
+        return TextWidgetForm::configure($schema);
+    }
+
+    public static function table(Table $table): Table
+    {
+        return TextWidgetsTable::configure($table);
+    }
+
+    public static function getRelations(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            //
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public static function getPages(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'index' => ListTextWidgets::route('/'),
+            'create' => CreateTextWidget::route('/create'),
+            'edit' => EditTextWidget::route('/{record}/edit'),
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/TextWidgetController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/TextWidgetController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7318464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/TextWidgetController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use App\Models\TextWidget;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
+
+class TextWidgetController extends Controller
+{
+    /**
+     * Display a listing of the resource.
+     */
+    public function index()
+    {
+        return TextWidget::all();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
+     */
+    public function store(Request $request)
+    {
+        $user = Auth::user();
+
+        if (! $user || $user->email !== config('app.admin_email')) {
+            return response()->json(['message' => 'Forbidden'], 403);
+        }
+
+        $validated = $request->validate([
+            'title' => 'required|string|max:255',
+            'description' => 'nullable|string',
+            'content' => 'required|string',
+        ]);
+
+        return TextWidget::create($validated);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Display the specified resource.
+     */
+    public function show(TextWidget $textWidget)
+    {
+        return $textWidget;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the specified resource in storage.
+     */
+    public function update(Request $request, TextWidget $textWidget)
+    {
+        $validated = $request->validate([
+            'title' => 'sometimes|required|string|max:255',
+            'description' => 'sometimes|nullable|string',
+            'content' => 'sometimes|required|string',
+        ]);
+
+        $textWidget->update($validated);
+
+        return $textWidget;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove the specified resource from storage.
+     */
+    public function destroy(TextWidget $textWidget)
+    {
+        $textWidget->delete();
+
+        return response()->noContent();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Models/TextWidget.php b/app/Models/TextWidget.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7e6991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Models/TextWidget.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class TextWidget extends Model
+{
+    use HasFactory;
+
+    protected $fillable = [
+        'title',
+        'description',
+        'content',
+    ];
+}
diff --git a/cmd/curl_get_text_widget.sh b/cmd/curl_get_text_widget.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..13eb288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/curl_get_text_widget.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# TOKEN="your_api_token_here"
+# ensure to have set TOKEN to a valid value before running
+# ideally add this to an .envrc file and source it
+# tokens need to be created with tinker or similar method
+
+
+URL='http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/text-widgets'
+
+curl -s -X GET \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+     -H "Accept: application/json" \
+     $URL
+
diff --git a/cmd/curl_get_text_widgets_anon.sh b/cmd/curl_get_text_widgets_anon.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4d3e708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/curl_get_text_widgets_anon.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# this should fail, no token provided
+# users need to be authenticated and have been
+# granted access to view text widgets by being given
+# a token
+
+URL='http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/text-widgets'
+
+curl -s -X GET \
+     -H "Accept: application/json" \
+     $URL
+
diff --git a/cmd/curl_post_text_widget.sh b/cmd/curl_post_text_widget.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..24ac0d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/curl_post_text_widget.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# TOKEN="your_api_token_here"
+# ensure to have set TOKEN to a valid value before running
+# ideally add this to an .envrc file and source it
+# only the admin user can create entries so this should
+# fail unless .env has ADMIN_EMAIL set to the user that 
+# the token belongs to
+
+URL='http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/text-widgets'
+
+curl -X POST \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+     -H "Accept: application/json" \
+     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+     -d '{
+           "title": "Yet Another New text widget Title",
+           "content": "This is the content yet again of the new text widget."
+         }' \
+     $URL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/curl_post_text_widget_anon.sh b/cmd/curl_post_text_widget_anon.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8d844ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/curl_post_text_widget_anon.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# this should fail as no token is provided
+# user is not authenticated
+# no token has been granted
+
+URL='http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/text-widgets'
+
+curl -X POST \
+     -H "Accept: application/json" \
+     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+     -d '{
+           "title": "Yet Another New Entry Title",
+           "content": "This is the content yet again of the new entry."
+         }' \
+     $URL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/database/factories/TextWidgetFactory.php b/database/factories/TextWidgetFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83cba21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/factories/TextWidgetFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Database\Factories;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;
+
+/**
+ * @extends \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory<\App\Models\TextWidget>
+ */
+class TextWidgetFactory extends Factory
+{
+    /**
+     * Define the model's default state.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, mixed>
+     */
+    public function definition(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'title' => $this->faker->sentence(),
+            'description' => $this->faker->paragraph(),
+            'content' => $this->faker->text(500),
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_01_08_140636_create_text_widgets_table.php b/database/migrations/2026_01_08_140636_create_text_widgets_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b15d365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_01_08_140636_create_text_widgets_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::create('text_widgets', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->id();
+            $table->string('title');
+            $table->text('description')->nullable();
+            $table->mediumText('content')->nullable();
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::dropIfExists('text_widgets');
+    }
+};
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index fce0a30..07117ff 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use App\Http\Controllers\EntryController;
-use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use App\Http\Controllers\TextWidgetController;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
 Route::middleware('auth:sanctum')->group(function () {
@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@ Route::middleware('auth:sanctum')->group(function () {
     Route::get('/entries/{entry}', [EntryController::class, 'show']);
     Route::put('/entries/{entry}', [EntryController::class, 'update']);
     Route::delete('/entries/{entry}', [EntryController::class, 'destroy']);
+
+    Route::get('/text-widgets', [TextWidgetController::class, 'index']);
+    Route::post('/text-widgets', [TextWidgetController::class, 'store']);
+    Route::get('/text-widgets/{textWidget}', [TextWidgetController::class, 'show']);
+    Route::put('/text-widgets/{textWidget}', [TextWidgetController::class, 'update']);
+    Route::delete('/text-widgets/{textWidget}', [TextWidgetController::class, 'destroy']);
 });
diff --git a/tests/Unit/TextWidgetApiTest.php b/tests/Unit/TextWidgetApiTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7fc422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/TextWidgetApiTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Models\TextWidget;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
+
+uses(RefreshDatabase::class);
+
+test('can list text widgets', function () {
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+    TextWidget::factory()->count(3)->create();
+
+    $response = $this->actingAs($user)->getJson('/api/text-widgets');
+
+    $response->assertOk()
+        ->assertJsonCount(3);
+});
+
+test('can create a text widget', function () {
+    $admin = User::factory()->create(['email' => config('app.admin_email')]);
+
+    $this->actingAs($admin);
+
+    $data = [
+        'title' => 'Sample Title',
+        'content' => 'Sample Content',
+    ];
+
+    $response = $this->postJson('/api/text-widgets', $data);
+
+    $response->assertCreated()
+        ->assertJsonFragment($data);
+});
+
+test('can show a text widget', function () {
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+    $textWidget = TextWidget::factory()->create();
+
+    $response = $this->actingAs($user)->getJson("/api/text-widgets/{$textWidget->id}");
+
+    $response->assertOk()
+        ->assertJsonFragment(['id' => $textWidget->id]);
+});
+
+test('can update a text widget', function () {
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+    $textWidget = TextWidget::factory()->create();
+    $data = ['title' => 'Updated Title'];
+
+    $response = $this->actingAs($user)->putJson("/api/text-widgets/{$textWidget->id}", $data);
+
+    $response->assertOk()
+        ->assertJsonFragment($data);
+});
+
+test('can delete a text widget', function () {
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+    $textWidget = TextWidget::factory()->create();
+
+    $response = $this->actingAs($user)->deleteJson("/api/text-widgets/{$textWidget->id}");
+
+    $response->assertNoContent();
+
+    $this->assertDatabaseMissing('text_widgets', ['id' => $textWidget->id]);
+});
+
+test('only admin can create text widgets', function () {
+    $adminEmail = Config::get('app.admin_email');
+    $user = User::factory()->create(['email' => $adminEmail]);
+
+    $this->actingAs($user)
+        ->postJson('/api/text-widgets', ['title' => 'Test', 'content' => 'Test content'])
+        ->assertCreated();
+
+    $nonAdmin = User::factory()->create(['email' => 'nonadmin@example.com']);
+
+    $this->actingAs($nonAdmin)
+        ->postJson('/api/text-widgets', ['title' => 'Test', 'content' => 'Test content'])
+        ->assertForbidden();
+});
+
+test('authenticated users can read text widgets', function () {
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+
+    $this->actingAs($user)
+        ->getJson('/api/text-widgets')
+        ->assertOk();
+
+    $this->getJson('/api/text-widgets')
+        ->assertOk();
+});
diff --git a/tests/Unit/TextWidgetModelTest.php b/tests/Unit/TextWidgetModelTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dc13f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/TextWidgetModelTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Models\TextWidget;
+
+it('has correct fillable attributes', function () {
+    $expected = [
+        'title',
+        'description',
+        'content',
+    ];
+
+    $entry = new TextWidget;
+
+    expect($entry->getFillable())->toEqual($expected);
+});
diff --git a/tests/Unit/TextWidgetResourceTest.php b/tests/Unit/TextWidgetResourceTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ad5461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/TextWidgetResourceTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Filament\Resources\Entries\EntryResource;
+use App\Filament\Resources\TextWidgets\TextWidgetResource;
+use App\Models\TextWidget;
+use ReflectionClass;
+
+it('references the correct model and record title attribute', function () {
+    $defaults = (new ReflectionClass(TextWidgetResource::class))->getDefaultProperties();
+
+    expect($defaults['model'] ?? null)->toBe(TextWidget::class);
+    expect($defaults['recordTitleAttribute'] ?? null)->toBe('title');
+});
+
+it('defines the expected pages', function () {
+    $pages = EntryResource::getPages();
+
+    expect(array_keys($pages))->toEqual(['index', 'create', 'view', 'edit']);
+});
+
+it('accepts new record when entered via the form schema', function () {
+
+    $data = [
+        'title' => 'Test Entry',
+        'description' => 'This is a test entry.',
+        'content' => '<p>This is the content of the test entry.</p>',
+    ];
+
+    $entry = new TextWidget;
+    $entry->fill($data);
+
+    expect($entry->title)->toBe('Test Entry');
+});
+
+it('deletes a record correctly', function () {
+    $entry = TextWidget::create([
+        'title' => 'Test Entry to Delete',
+        'description' => 'This is a test entry.',
+        'content' => '<p>This is the content of the test entry.</p>',
+    ]);
+
+    $entryId = $entry->id;
+    $entry->delete();
+
+    $deletedEntry = TextWidget::find($entryId);
+    expect($deletedEntry)->toBeNull();
+});