NEWS ARCHIVE
April Volunteer of the Month: Lauren Stefaniak
April 5, 2021
March Volunteer of the Month: Mokutima Ekong
March 5, 2021
826NYC Announces Write the Future 2021 Honorees: Neil Gaiman and Elizabeth Acevedo
December 4, 2020
February Volunteer of the Month: Nancy Lambert
February 1, 2021
January Volunteer of the Month: Joe Iovino
January 7, 2021
Meet Naomi Solomon, 826NYC’s New Director of Education
December 8, 2020
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: ‘Getting Specific’
04/16/2021
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: ‘Unexpected Inspiration’
03/19/2021
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: ‘Obsession’
03/08/2021
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: ‘Beautiful and Strange’
02/22/2021
2021
January Volunteer of the Month: Joe Iovino
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'What Makes a Person?'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Setting as a Character'
February Volunteer of the Month: Nancy Lambert
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Beautiful and Strange'
March Volunteer of the Month: Mokutima Ekong
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Obsession'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Unexpected Inspiration'
April Volunteer of the Month: Lauren Stefaniak
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Getting Specific'
2020
January Volunteer of the Month: Peter Diller
February Volunteer of the Month: Arty Prakasen
Passages Academy-Belmont EVERYTHING I BEEN THROUGH Book Release
March Volunteer of the Month: Elise Ingber
How Is 826NYC Responding To Covid19?
quaranTEEN voices 'Quarantine Silver Linings' Writing Prompt
quaranTEEN voices 'Accessing Your Memories' Writing Prompt
Our Young Authors Continue To Write Their Paths Forward
quaranTEEN voices 'Small Details' Writing Prompt
quaranTEEN voices 'Objects & Habits' Writing Prompt
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Last Times'
May Volunteer of the Month: Noah Parks
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Screenwriting'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Taboo Emotions'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Getting Into Character'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Playing With Words'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Release'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Making Conversation'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Social Movements'
June Volunteer of the Month: Meghan Dixon
quaranTEEN voices Spring 2020 Archives
July Volunteer of the Month: Lala Jackson
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Reimagining Stories'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Playing with Timelines'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Where I'm From'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Where It's At'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Using Your Senses'
August Volunteer of the Month: Jessica Mayer-Jones
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Something True'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Writing With Feeling'
Bridge the Digital Divide
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'The Beast'
Happy 826 Day!
quaranTEEN voices Summer 2020 Archives
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Personal Narratives'
October Volunteer of the Month: Kerry Wimley
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Ghost Stories'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Perspective'
November Volunteer of the Month: Azka Anwar
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Elevate Your Voice'
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Location, Location, Location'
826NYC Announces Write the Future 2021 Honorees: Neil Gaiman and Elizabeth Acevedo
December Volunteer of the Month: Kelsey Aijala
quaranTEEN voices Writing Prompt: 'Memories of Home'
Meet Naomi Solomon, 826NYC's New Director of Education
2019
Januaury Book Recommendations from the Brooklyn Public Library
Meet Our February Volunteer of the Month: Gio Holmes
March Book Recommendations from the Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, Like a Friend of Mine: An Anthology by 826NYC Young Poets
Jenny Holzer Installation For 7 World Trade
September Volunteer of the Month: Freya Forstall
Jenny Holzer Installation Student Poems
October Volunteer of the Month: Chris Jacobs
November Volunteer of the Month: Vincent Huang
2018
Meet our January Volunteer of the Month: Susan Pelzer
High School of Fashion Industries Book Release
Meet our February Volunteer of the Month: Beth Dukes
Meet Our May Volunteer of the Month: Leeann Duggan
A Conversation with Keith and Nancy in the Writers' Room
Meet Our April Volunteer of the Month: Nikki Baldauf
Meet Our May Volunteer of the Month: Leeann Duggan
Meet One of Our Educators!
Meet Our May Volunteer of the Month: Bob Barber
826NYC Statement on Family Separation
Book Recommendations from the Brooklyn Public Library
Meet Our October Volunteer of the Month: Vanessa Londono
October Book Recommendations from the Brooklyn Public Library
Meet Our November Volunteer of the Month: Lara Bergen
November Book Recommendations from the Brooklyn Public Library
Takeaways from our first Justice & Equity Dialogue of the year!
2017
Meet Our January Volunteer of the Month: Nancy Binns
Meet our March Volunteer of the Month: Dorothy Desmond
Meet our April Volunteer of the Month: Kate Brennan
We're hiring! 826NYC seeks Development Coordinator
Meet Our May Volunteer of the Month: Bob Makela
Super Kids, Serious Authors 2017
Science Fiction and Food Justice from 826NYC
David Zwirner Books x 826NYC Literary Prize
William Peter Blatty Award
Meet Our Volunteer Committee!
David Zwirner Books x 826NYC Literary Prize Reading
826NYC Welcomes Our First-Ever Teaching Artist Cohort
Welcome Our CUNY Service Corps Members!
Meet our October Volunteer of the Month: Joanne Ramadani!
Back to School in the Writers' Room
Meet our November Volunteer of the Month: Carol Goldberg
Moussa F. Receives The William Peter Blatty Award
2016
Meet our January Volunteer of the Month: Danielle Sinay
Interview with Giulia Rozzi, comedian, writer, and 826NYC volunteer
The 826NYC Review, Issue No. 6
Thank You AT&T for supporting the Young Authors Book Project
Meet our February Volunteer of the Month: Gili Malinsky
Tutor South Williamsburg's Youngest Writers
Meet our March Volunteers of the Month: Ned & Ben!
The 826NYC Writers' Room at MS 7 and Global Tech Prep
Meet our April Volunteer of the Month: Sam Greenhoe
Scrabble for Cheaters: The X-Tiles & Owen Corrigan!
Scrabble for Cheaters: The Tile Fondlers & Josh Spiro
Meet May's Volunteer of the Month: Alli Dunn
Super Kids, Serious Authors
Bright Blue Sky and Gray Silence
Meet our June Volunteer of the Month: Rachel Spurrier
Spring 2016 Young Authors Book Release
Sabrina Alli, the 826NYC Writers' Room Coordinator
Meet our July Volunteer of the Month: Nora Pelizzari
Meet our August Volunteer of the Month: Crystal Worrell
David Zwirner Books & 826NYC Literary Prize
The 826NYC Review, Issue 7
826NYC's Third Annual Personal Statement Weekend
Meet our October Volunteer of the Month: Tatiana Felder!
A Huge Thank You to our Twenty-Hour Volunteers!
Personal Statement Weekend 2016
Meet Our November Volunteer of the Month: Kyra Sturgill
Meet Jenny: Our December Volunteer of the Month
Many Thanks to the New Members of the 20 Volunteer Hours Club!
2015
Volunteer of the Month: Chris Eckert
Volunteer of the Month: Nathaniel Bisson
Meet our Spring Interns!
Meet Mariama: Our Director of Education
Meet Anna: Our Workshops & Publications Intern
Kid President and Our Students Are Awesome!
Volunteer of the Month: Bean
Calling all NYC Students: Submit Your Writing to the 826NYC Review
Meet Kyra: Our Volunteer Outreach & Support Intern
Volunteer of the Month: Bree
Volunteer of the Month: Ciara
Featured Field Trip Story: No One Buys Artisanal Lampshades
Volunteer of the Month: Esther
End of Year Chapbook and Broadsides
826NYC families, volunteers, and staff celebrate Field Day
New Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. Website!
Meet our Summer Interns
826NYC/Brooklyn Superhero Supply Closed 6/23-6/26
Volunteers of the month: Camille & Joshua
Summer Filmmakers: 826 Summer Workshop
High School Writers Boot Camp: 826 Summer Workshop
STEM and Writing: From Crop to Poop: 826 Summer Workshop
Meet our August Volunteer of the Month: Rose Connelly
$826 for 826 by 8/26
Meet our September Volunteer of the Month: Nolan Boomer
Meet Volunteers of the Month: Valerie Courtney & Lindsay Neff!
Meet our November Volunteer of the Month: Alyse Wexler
Meet our December Volunteer of the Month: Michele Somerville
2014
Nerdist Comics Panel, Part 2 of 2
Nerdist Comics Panel, Part 1 of 2
Dead Authors Podcast Live with Paul F. Tompkins at New York Super Week benefiting 826NYC
Tales of Two Cities: Book Launch with O/R Books
Zombie Apocalypse STEM and Writing Workshop
Warby Parker x 826 = Creativity Squared
Introducing: the League of SuperHumans
A Successful First Personal Statement Weekend!
Announcing a New Partnership with Con Edison
Volunteers of the Month: Allie & Natalie