Writopia Founder and Executive Director, Rebecca Wallace-Segall, speaks regularly and runs special workshops at schools and events throughout the country. Please contact her at 212-706-1239 or at Rebecca @ WritopiaLab.org (no spaces) if you would like her to speak to students, teachers, or parents on a range of topics including: "How to Inspire Kids to Write" and "Identifying and Participating in Positive Competitions and Festivals." UPCOMING PRIVATE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: Parents' League of New York Thursday, November 13th, 11:00am Topic: Inspire the Writer Within Your Child (PL members only) Bard High School Early College Wednesday, November 19th, 2:30pm Topic: Improving the Quality of Journalism in the School Paper ("The Bardvark") (Bardvark staff Only) Limmud NY January 15th-19th Event: Special writing workshops for kids throughout the weekend UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS: Housing Works Book Store Open House and Open Mic Wednesday, November 19th, 4:00pm-6:30pm Topic: How and What to Submit to the 2009 Scholastic Awards! Bring your writing submissions to this event! (Co-Sponsored by The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards) UPCOMING SCHOLASTIC OUTREACH SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: Beacon High School Monday, November 3rd, 10:00am Topic: How and What to Submit to the 2009 Scholastic Awards (Students in selected classrooms only) School of the Future Thursday, November 6th, 12noon-1:15pm Topic: The Ins and the Outs of the Scholastic Awards' Submissions Process (English faculty only) Dalton School Thursday, November 6th, 2:30pm Topic: The Ins and the Outs of the Scholastic Awards' Submissions Process (English faculty only) Hewitt School Thursday, November 13th, 2:30pm Topic: The Ins and the Outs of the Scholastic Awards' Submissions Process (Hewitt faculty only) The Geneva School Friday, November 21st, 1:00pm Topic: The Ins and the Outs of the Scholastic Awards' Submissions Process (Geneva School faculty only) The Birch Wathen Lenox School Friday, December 5th, 8:15am-12:55pm Topic: The Ins and the Outs of the Scholastic Awards' Submissions Process (Students in selected classrooms only) FALL READINGS! Writopia's summer writers read their original work at: Housing Works Bookstore: 126 Crosby Street Tuesday, September 16th at 7:00pm Just Books: 28 Arcadia Road, Old Greenwich, CT Sunday, October 5th, 4:00pm Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village: 396 Avenue of the Americas Tuesday, October 14th at 7:00pm. Barnes & Noble, 1972 Broadway (at 66th street) Friday, November 7th, 5:00pm Book Culture, 536 W. 112th Street Monday, November 17th at 6:30pm Book Culture, 536 W. 112th Street Tuesday, December 9th at 6:30pm