Writopia Westchester/Greenwich, Quick Facts

WELCOME!

Students in our Northern Westchester workshops may register for ten weekly classes during any semester, or for unlimited-access annual membership. Our workshops meet after school or on weekends once-weekly for 1.5 hours. Enrollment is ongoing after a semester begins, and we prorate sessions for those who sign up late. Workshops typically do not meet on school holidays, but because our families come from different schools and faiths, we strive to tailor a specific holiday schedule that makes sense for each individual workshop. And if you don't see a schedule below that fits your needs, please let us know: (914) 401-4159 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Throughout the year, we'll be inviting Writopians and other kids in the community to showcase their work by reading completed pieces of memoir, fiction, or poetry at a local venue. Our inaugural event will be an Open Mic Night at Borders Bookstore in Mt Kisco, NY, at 5:00 PM, Saturday, September 25. Join our mailing list to receive updates on event details.

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PRIVATE TUTORING

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• One-on-one tutoring is available for honing craft and/or college prep.

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PRICING

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School Year:
10 Weekly Writing Workshops: $525

Summer:
Five-Day Daily Intensives: $525

Visit our price menu for further details and payment. WritopiaLab is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to create and sustain a diverse community of young writers; provide an open, safe, and nurturing space for creative and intellectual endeavors; and identify ways that creative youth can use their gifts. Toward those goals, WritopiaLab never turns away students based on their ability to pay, and needs-based fees can be arranged.

Who We Are
Léna Roy
Northern Westchester Branch Manager, Writing Instructor
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Léna has been teaching Writopia workshops in Manhattan since 2009, and began developing Writopia Westchester in the spring of 2010. Léna's first YA novel, Edges, is to be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this year. Her inspiration and touchstone is her late grandmother, author Madeleine L’Engle, who was able to transform the solitary nature of writing into a sacred sense of community where her art and the art of others could flourish. Léna received her BA in English from Barnard College, and her MA in Drama Therapy from NYU. Léna has created two writing workshops for the public education program at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, where she works part-time as an educator. She is also a mentor with Girls Write Now, a non-profit organization serving at-risk high school girls.






Pei-Ling Lue
White Plains Branch Manager, Writing Instructor
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Pei-Ling Lue began teaching creative writing workshops for Writopia Westchester in the spring of 2009. She is also an editor at One Story magazine, an award-winning literary magazine. As part of her quest to save the short story, Pei-Ling also writes for the blog www.savetheshortstory.com. She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from New York University, where she was awarded a Starworks Fellowship to teach creative writing at a program for at-risk children. Pei-Ling has taught fiction and English composition classes at NYU and Iona College, where her students have won awards for their personal essays. Pei-Ling also teaches creative writing and college essay writing classes at the Larchmont & Mamaroneck Center for Continuing Education.



What They're Saying

"I really enjoyed the June 9th-13th Writopia workshop. I loved how we got to write a story and work hard to make it come to life. My favorite part was the little fun exercises which we did like the poem and the supermarket story. I liked the room which we were in because it was extremely cozy and the chairs were very comfortable; they made it seem more special. I also liked how it was not all writing... we also were able to read and comment of each other's stories. Finally, I liked how the group was so small." --Isobel Hepsworth, 14

"At first I was nervous about people reading my writing but at the end of the week I didn't mind. I liked the fun exercises, too, and how we would write for a bit then send the story to each other, and then discuss the things we liked and the things we were confused about." --Immy Hepsworth, 12

"My favorite part of Writopia was that Kat taught me how to think and write in a different way about stories, poems, and short brainstorming. I learned that my most comfortable style is humor, action and dialogue."--Julia Song, 10

"My favorite thing about Writopia was that I got to learn a lot about how I write and just find my own style! Kat taught me that everybody can write because writing comes from somewhere deep inside you that everyone has. But no one has your special unique way of observation."--Anika Narai, 9
"The workshop was amazing! I learned so much about writing short stories, articles and poetry in just two weeks. It was wonderful having this experience and a great time all at once. I'd do it again for sure!"
—Rebecca, 14, A.J. Heschel Middle School, Scholastic Silver Keys Winner in Poetry and Short Story, 2007
"The workshop was an amazing experience! While expressing your creativity and building your skills, you were chilling and laughing the whole time! I am so glad I was a part of it... My work began to transform to art."
—Milana, 14, A.J. Heschel School, Scholastic Regional Gold Keys Winner for two memoirs, 2007
"Rebecca has amazing lingual intuition – she knows how words feel and sound, and this enables her to work with all kinds of writing, from short stories to poems to essays... When she makes a suggestion, she is not offended if you don’t agree. She listens and considers your perspective as the writer. She can give general ideas and overall feedback as well as specific analysis, so that the writer is free to use her ideas but interpret them and write them their own way... Rebecca is an awesome (for lack of a more specific word of praise) editor and writer, and an equally amazing person. The gift of working with her is a double bonus – her amazing skill as a writer and editor, and her warm, smiling, funny, happy, wonderful personality."
—Noa Bendit-Shtull, 15, Bard College High School, Scholastic National Gold Key Winner, 2006. Check out Noa's story on the Scholastic site.