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

Brooklyn, Like a Friend of Mine: An Anthology by 826NYC Young Poets

March 2019

Last Thursday, our after-school tutoring students published an anthology of place-based poetry called BROOKLYN, LIKE A FRIEND OF MINE with a foreword ...

March Book Recommendations from the Brooklyn Public Library

March 6, 2019

Every month a librarian at the Brooklyn Public library will present recommendations of what to read. ...

Meet Our February Volunteer of the Month: Gio Holmes

February 2019

Gio began as an intern through the CUNYCorps program last year in the East Harlem Writers' Room and loved it so much he stuck around as a volunte...

Januaury Book Recommendations from the Brooklyn Public Library

January 4, 2019

Every month a librarian at the Brooklyn Public library will present recommendations of what to read. ...

Takeaways from our first Justice & Equity Dialogue of the year!

November 28, 2018

Earlier this month, we were lucky to have Chahney Hinds host a conversation and panel with volunteers and community members about the New York City...

November Book Recommendations from the Brooklyn Public Library

November 26, 2018

Every month a librarian at the Brooklyn Public library will present recommendations of what to read each month. ...

Meet Our November Volunteer of the Month: Lara Bergen

November 2018

Lara Bergen may be a relatively new volunteer, but she has already gone above and beyond as a volunteer in our Williamsburg tutoring program and East ...

October Book Recommendations from the Brooklyn Public Library

October 16, 2018

Every month a librarian at the library will present recommendations of what to read each month. ...

Meet Our October Volunteer of the Month: Vanessa Londono

October 2018

Vanessa has been an all-start volunteer for over a year –– volunteering once a week in Park Slope after-school tutoring, translating our chapbooks...

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...

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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.