Writopia Lab

Writopia Lab is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in New York City in April of 2007. We run creative writing workshops for kids ages 6 to 18. All of our workshops have a maximum of seven students and are led by a published author or produced playwright who has been fully trained in our time-tested methodology. In each of the past six years, our students have won more recognition for their writing than any other group of students in the nation. (Recent honors include: the most regional and national medals from the Scholastic Writing Awards in the nation; the nation’s top 2012 and 2013 Scholastic Awards Scholarships for Gold Medal Portfolioists; the 2012 and 2013 NYC Teen Literary Honor from New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; a 2013 YoungArts Scholar Award.)

Writopia Lab fosters joy, literacy, and critical thinking in children and teens from all backgrounds through creative writing. We do this by:

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