THE METHOD

• Each workshop enrolls a maximum of 6 students and is led by a published, award-winning writer and teacher trained in our workshop method.
• We use an integrated and student-centered approach to teaching writing, allowing lessons to arise organically from the writing our students produce.
• We challenge students to set and achieve writing goals: they are encouraged to complete at least one well-developed, polished piece throughout the course of their workshop.
• We develop students’ facility with technology as they write on our laptops, utilize the internet for research, and store their work on online accounts.
• Through our innovative workshop method, we empower students as peer leaders as they gain skills in writing, editing, analysis, and effective communication.

THE MISSION

"The one change that most needs to happen to make American education realize its potential as an engine of opportunity and economic growth is not better math and science instruction but a writing revolution that puts language and communication in their proper place in the classroom…. More out-of-school time should also be used to encourage writing, and specifically, writing workshops for the students." (National Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges, “The Neglected ‘R’: The Need for a Writing Revolution ‘06.)

Writopia Lab is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to:

• Provide young people with the creative inspiration and intellectual environment that may not be available to them at school.
• Help each student become comfortable with expressing himself on paper and to ultimately cultivate (or maintain) a love of writing in each of them.
• Create and sustain a diverse community of young writers who find commonalities in a shared passion for ideas and expression.
• Offer discounted or waived fees to at least 40% of workshop participants.
• Provide an open, safe, and nurturing space for young people who are highly engaged in creative and intellectual endeavors.
• Provide an open, safe, and nurturing space for young people who struggle with verbal and written expression.
• Identify ways that creative youth who struggle academically can use their gifts to further their academic success.

Our Not-for-Profit Partners:
Scholastic's Art & Wrting Awards
Bryant Park
Starting Artists
Symphony Space

Community Partners
Housing Works Book Store
Just Books
Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village
Barnes & Noble on Broadway
192 Books
Book Culture
Freebird Books & Goods
Children's Book Council

Donating
Please visit our Support Us page. Writopia Lab is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.