Workshops (ages 8-18) are divided into small, age-based groups.
Our LA fall, winter, and spring workshops meet weekly for 10 1.5 hour after-school sessions, or for 5 3-hour weekend sessions (on either Saturday or Sunday).
Enrollment is ongoing - we'll prorate students who join mid-session.
Participants who complete a piece can submit their work to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and for publication at teen literary magazines. They are also invited to read their writing at a local bookstore during the year.
Participants can choose between our scheduled classes (see below) or private workshops - your schedule, your location. We’ll come to you! (Perfect for home-schoolers and groups of 3-6 friends.)
2010 Workshop Sessions
Locations
Santa Monica
Writopia Lab LA at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica 1220 Second Street Santa Monica, CA 90401
One block from the Third Street Promenade!
West Hollywood
Since our West Hollywood workshops are so small, we are able to tailor the schedule and location to meet the needs of our families. Please call Rebecca at 212-222-4088 for more information.
Homes and Community Partners Throughout Great Los Angeles
Can’t make it to Santa Monica or West Hollywood after school? We are happy to host private workshops in homes or select community partner sites throughout Los Angeles. We can schedule after-school or weekend workshops, with negotiable dates and times. Email
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to ask Writopia Lab to come to you!
Cindy Guidry joined Writopia the spring of 2010. She is the author of The Last Single Woman in America (Dutton, 2008), a collection of personal essays, and has also written for television. Cindy began working with kids as a volunteer at 826 LA. She has participated in numerous in-school and out-of-school creative writing projects throughout Los Angeles, including a workshop that resulted in a time-travel prison movie about a man whose deadly peanut allergy landed him in the slammer. A former film executive, Cindy has also worked extensively with "grown-up" screenwriters. She is now working on various writing projects of her own. Her BFF is a 100 yr. old cat. Eloise is her role model.
Julia Glassman Writing Instructor
Julia joined Writopia L.A. the spring of 2009. She has also taught creative writing at 826 Valencia and the University of Iowa, where she earned her MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her short stories and essays have appeared in several journals and magazines, including The Missouri Review, make/shift, Kitchen Sink, and Monkeybicycle, and she writes semimonthly book reviews for Feministe.us. She has served on the editorial board at Blue Barnhouse Books and currently teaches writing at Long Beach City College.
Pricing
Weekly writing workshops: $525
Sliding Scale Options: | $525 | $385 | $275 | $175 | (A limited number of full scholarships are available as well. Please inquire.)
