Let’s give a warm welcome to our summer interns! These five students are part of our Teen Writers’ Collective during the year, and over six weeks, they’ll support our summer…

We’re excited to introduce you to our July Volunteer of the Month, Barbara Furman! Barbara started volunteering with us in 2018, and currently works with some of our youngest students…

We’re excited to introduce you to our July Author of the Month, Jamar S.! What is your favorite thing you’ve written recently? Tell us a bit about it! The favorite…

During the spring 2023 semester, 826NYC teaching artist Jaydra Johnson worked with four classes at I.S. 171 Abraham Lincoln Middle School in Cypress Hills in the far reaches of Brooklyn.…

It is March of 2023, in classroom 444 at The Academy For Young Writers in Brooklyn, New York, and students are tasked with writing a poem. Write about peace, write…

We’re excited to introduce you to our June Volunteer of the Month, Mike Wolf! Mike joined 826NYC back in 2005, making him our longest tenured volunteer! Mike predominantly supports Write…

We’re excited to introduce you to our June Author of the Month, Poppy S.! What is your favorite thing you’ve written recently? Tell us a bit about it! Probably “Weird…

Back to the Future hoverboards. Basquiat paint splatter. Monster vignettes. Black Panther battles. 9th and 12th graders at the Academy for Young Writers imagined our world in new dimensions: What…

In the early weeks of 2023, four classes of seventh graders at MS 839 in Kensington, Brooklyn, dug deep in their creative reserves and personal stories, and created the works…

It was a great and delicious thrill to bring food writing to the voracious young authors at P.S. 316 in Brooklyn. This year, classes started at 8:30AM on Mondays and…