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Writopia Lab is a non-profit organization that runs year-round writing workshops for highly engaged kids and teens (ages 8-18). Workshops have a maximum of six students, and are all led by a published author or a produced playwright. Students who participate in our workshops read their original writing at local bookstores, see their stories published in our online literary magazine The PARENTHETICAL, and are eligible to have their work produced in Writopia’s annual Worldwide Plays Festival in New York City, sponsored by David Letterman’s production company Worldwide Pants (L.A. student theater and film festival coming soon!).
Please contact Steve Lewis at
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2012-2013 Workshop Schedule
What They're Saying
"Writopia Lab was an unexpected soaring flight and blossoming of our daughter. She found her voice, was excited every week and could not wait to share what she was writing. 'Please read my work, let me read you what I am writing...' This from a normally reticent 9-year-old. Absolutely amazing!"
- Kim, Writopia parent (Fall 2012)
"Writopia has been a blessing for my son. His amazing teacher has connected him to his creative spirit in a way that has never happened before. My 17-year-old son is now proud to call himself a poet and is excited about continuing to learn and write in College."
- Denise, Writopia parent (Fall 2012)
"Our 9-year-old daughter is working with Steve Lewis in Los Angeles. His Writopia classes have provided complete inspiration and focus for her to pursue her creative talents in a learning environment. He has made writing exciting, fun, and rewarding... and her teachers have certainly noticed the impact it’s had on her! I can’t thank you and him enough."
- Terri, Writopia parent (Spring 2013)
Fall (weekly) September 10- December 1
Winter (weekly) December 3- March 4 (March 9 for Saturdays)
Spring (weekly) March 5- June 3 (June 8 for Saturday)
Spring (week-long) June 10- August 30
Workshop enrollment is ongoing. We prorate sessions for those who sign up late. We also begin mid-season sessions on a rolling basis. Students may register for one session or even a ful year! Participants who have completed a piece of memoir, fiction, or poetry by the end of the workshop will be invited to read their writing at a local book store during the year.
If you don't see a workshop that fits your schedule, let us know and we'll try to open a new one!.
Please contact Steve Lewis at
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School Year Schedule
Monday
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: Teens
Tuesday
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: Teens
Wednesday
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: Teens
Thursday
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: Teens
Friday
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM Ages: Teens
Saturday
- 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 10:30 AM to 1200 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM Ages: Teens
Sunday
- 1:30 PM to 12:00 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 1:30 PM to 1200 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 1:30 PM to 12:00 PM Ages: Teens
Vacation Programs
December 17th to December 21st
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: Teens
January 2nd to January 4th
- 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Ages: Teens
March 25th to March 29th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: Teens
April 1st to April 5th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8 to 10
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 11 to 13
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: Teens
Fee: $560
All Workshops held at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
Summer Workshops
Half-Day Workshops
Writopia Lab’s half-day camps meet over the summer, June 10 - August 21. Workshops are offered in the morning (9:30 - 12:30) at three of our Greater Los Angeles locations:
Santa Monica - workshops will meet every week
Silverlake - workshops will meet during select weeks throughout the summer
Encino - workshops will meet during select weeks throughout the summer
Campers may register for multiple weeks throughout the summer, either to offer extended time for one large project or to complete multiple projects. Within these three-hour writing intensives, 3 - 6 young writers will work with a published author on their original pieces. Campers choose to focus on either fiction, memoir, poetry, scripts, or journalism during a workshop, and will leave the camp with a finished piece.
All writers who complete original creative work will be invited to publish their pieces on our online magazine, The Parenthetical, and to participate in a public reading at Barnes and Noble at the end of the summer.
Workshop Cost: $560 Sliding Scale Options: $390 | $290 | $180 We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and operate on an honor-based sliding scale tuition system in order to make our programs accessible to as many young writers as possible, regardless of ability to pay. Learn more about our sliding scale policy here.
SANTA MONICA:
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
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June 10th-14th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 10-11
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
June 17th-21st
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 12-13
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
June 24th-28th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 10-11
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
July 1st-3rd
No Workshop on July 4th or 5th. Workshops this week will be five hours/day.
- 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM Ages: 10-11
- 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM Ages: 12-13
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
July 8th-12th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 12-13
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
July 15th-19th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 10-11
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
July 22nd-26th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 12-13
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 10-11
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
July 29th-August 2nd
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 10-11
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
August 5th-9th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 12-13
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
August 12th-16th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 12-13
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 10-11
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
August 19th-21st
No workshop August 22nd and 23rd as school is back in session. Workshops this week will be 5 hours/ day
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 10-11
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
SILVERLAKE:
Silverlake Community Church
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June 17th-21st
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: 10-11
July 22nd-26th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 12-13
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
August 5th-9th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: 12-13
ENCINO:
Our Lady of Grace Church
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June 24th-28th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 10-11
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: 12-13
July 15th-19th
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: Teens
July 29th-August 2nd
- 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Ages: 8-9
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM Ages: 12-13
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