Dear Friends, I hope you and your family well and adjusting to the strange new rhythms of this time. With so many new disruptions to our normal routines, we are…

For this week’s quaranTEEN voices, special guest author, J. Courtney Sullivan, joins us to help write and revise our stories through the prompts below! Sullivan, the author of Friends and Strangers: A Novel and The Engagements is a…

We might feel tired of being stuck at home, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make the best of things! For our first writing prompt of the quaranTEEN voices series,…

Hello 826NYC Community, Like everyone, we are feeling the impacts of Covid19 and have had to make changes in order to protect our students, volunteers, families, and team. The safety…

This month we are excited to announce Elise Ingber as the March Volunteer of the Month. Elise talks about her future goal of running a half marathon and connecting her love…

Creative writing serves a fundamental role in the development of our youth, regardless of circumstance. That’s why 826NYC partnered with Passages Academy–Belmont, a school serving students involved with the criminal…

This month we are excited to announce Arty Prakasen as the February Volunteer of the Month. Arty talks super stealth superpowers and fostering creativity in our young authors below! 1.…

1. How did you first get involved with 826NYC and why did you decide to volunteer? In 2015, I packed up my bags in Brooklyn and set out for Ohio…

1. How did you first get involved with 826NYC and why did you decide to volunteer? When I studied abroad in Sydney, I had the opportunity to tutor students from…

1. How did you first get involved with 826NYC and why did you decide to volunteer? I started as an after-school tutor with 826NYC in January 2019 and then started…