OUR MISSION

826NYC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around our belief that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.

EN ESPAÑOL

FEATURED STORY

For Some

June 8, 2016 in Bright Blue Sky and Gray Silence

If I Could Do Anything

The Museum Monsters

Mexico Food

4/20/2016

A Puppy

February 24, 2016

Being a King and a Beast

November 2015

The Monster and the Girl

October 6, 2015

Keep Cool for Summer Days

June 29, 2015

Fish Holiday

June 19, 2015

Protest of a Young Man

June 11, 2015

NEWS

The 826NYC Review, Issue 7

The best new stories, poems, and essays from the creative minds of young New Yorkers. ...

David Zwirner Books & 826NYC Literary Prize

September 6th, 2016

826NYC and David Zwirner books are partnering to launch an annual literary prize for high schoolers ages 16+ in New York City. The prize will include ...

Meet our August Volunteer of the Month: Crystal Worrell

August 1, 2016

Meet our volunteer of the month, Crystal! Crystal began volunteering with us only two months ago, but already she has volunteered nearly 200 hours of ...

Meet our July Volunteer of the Month: Nora Pelizzari

July 6, 2016

Meet our volunteer of the month, Nora! When she's not volunteering with our Sunday workshops and serving as an integral editor for our publicatio...

Sabrina Alli, the 826NYC Writers’ Room Coordinator

June 15, 2016

Meet 826NYC's newest staff member...

Spring 2016 Young Authors Book Release

June 9, 2016

Celebrating over 150 published young authors...

Meet our June Volunteer of the Month: Rachel Spurrier

6/3/2016

Ever since Rachel found her way to 826NYC two years ago, she's been helping us out behind the scenes as an editor for our student publications, i...

Bright Blue Sky and Gray Silence

June 1, 2016

Written by the students of High School of Fashion Industries...

Super Kids, Serious Authors

May 24, 2016

Published authors read 826NYC students' work at Warby Parker on 5/17....

Meet May’s Volunteer of the Month: Alli Dunn

May 5, 2016

With a long history supporting students in the NYC school system, it only makes sense that Alli would be a superstar tutor at 826NYC's Park Slope...

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Halei A.

AGE 16

FEATURED STORY

For Some

While for some kids coming out as being gay or lesbian to their parents is easy, for me it was much harder. I knew my parents would always accept me as their daughter, but it was the fear of hearing what they had to say. Before telling my parents, I had to actually find myself first. Finding myself ...

Written by Halei A.