OUR MISSION

Our mission is to encourage the exploration of endless possibility through the power of writing. To empower students with the skills to write their own paths forward, undefined by circumstance. To support new and exciting approaches to writing and inspire student engagement. And to foster generations of creative writers and thinkers, who together will define a better future.

EN ESPAÑOL

FEATURED STORY

The Melting Headache

September 2018

Home

May 11, 2018

Love

February 2018

My Body

January 2018

How to Get Santa Claus on Camera (This Set-Up Is on X-Mas Eve)

December 2017

The Place in My Mind

October 2017

The Adventures of Nutriman and Junkster

September 2017

I Am From

August 23, 2017

If I Could Transport Anywhere

July 2017

Thunder God

June 2017

NEWS

Book Recommendations from the Brooklyn Public Library

September 14, 2018

We are proud to announce a new partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library! Every month a librarian at the library will present recommendations of wh...

826NYC Statement on Family Separation

July 11, 2018

826NYC stands with families....

Meet Our May Volunteer of the Month: Bob Barber

June 2018

Our June Volunteer of the Month, Bob, joined our Williamsburg after-school tutoring cohort last fall and has since been a consistent positive and supp...

Meet One of Our Educators!

May 8, 2018

Today is Teacher Appreciation Day! To celebrate, we at 826NYC would love to share with you an interview from December with Rebecca Eisenberg, educator...

Meet Our May Volunteer of the Month: Leeann Duggan

May 2018

Our May Volunteer of the Month, Leeann, joined us this year in our Park Slope tutoring program and has already had a huge impact on the program and it...

Meet Our April Volunteer of the Month: Nikki Baldauf

April 2018

Our April Volunteer of the Month, Nikki, is one of our all-star publishing volunteers whose recent work can be seen in How the Earth Got Its Drama and...

A Conversation with Keith and Nancy in the Writers’ Room

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Meet Our May Volunteer of the Month: Leeann Duggan

May 2018

Our May Volunteer of the Month, Leeann, joined us this year in our Park Slope tutoring program and has already had a huge impact on the program and it...

Meet our February Volunteer of the Month: Beth Dukes

January 2018

Our February Volunteer of the Month, Beth, has donated her super skills of voice acting, volunteer training, curriculum writing, and more to 826NYC fo...

High School of Fashion Industries Book Release

January 19, 2018

This fall seniors from the High School of Fashion Industries' "Film and Drama" elective participated in an in-schools residency with 82...

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Jorge F.

AGE 13

FEATURED STORY

The Melting Headache

Jorge lives a tough life. He has to get up with the sun every morning to take on his workingman’s duties at M.S. 88. To get there, he walks thirty long minutes through Brooklyn where his friends all shout, “Hey, Jorge.”

It’s a good life, but sometimes all of the noise in the ...

Written by Jorge F.