Programs

From field trips to school residency programs, to weekend, and after-school workshops, kids write their paths forward all year long with 826NYC.

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Classes for young writers

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Fall semester begins September 23

Write After School: Grades 2-5

Writing and literacy support combine in our engaging, personalized after-school program where students stretch their literary imagination.

    GRADES

  • 2–5
Fall semester begins September 22

Write After School: The Creative Studio, Grades 6-8

This fall in Creative Studio, students will write, produce, and star in an original play.

    GRADES

  • 6–8
Fall semester begins September 24

Write After School: Writing Workshop, Grades 6-8

In weekly writing workshops, students explore five distinct genres over the course of the school year, from ghost stories to science fiction and fantasy.

    GRADES

  • 6–8
Begins September 25

Teen Writers’ Collective

Motivated young writers from around NYC explore the art of writing and literary citizenship in this year-long program.

    GRADES

  • 9–12
Starts the weekend of Sept. 19

Write Away Workshops: Into the Shadows

This fall, dive into tales of the unknown, from spooky to silly.

    GRADES

  • 1–3
  • 4–5
Starts the weekend of Nov. 7

Write Away Workshops: We Write the Future

Using science fiction as a framework for understanding A.I. and exploring what it means for our stories and ourselves.

    GRADES

  • 1–3
  • 4–5
Starts the weekend of January 9

Write Away Workshops: The Loud Album

Write–and maybe sing?–the soundtrack to your life!

    GRADES

  • 1–3
  • 4–5
Starts the weekend of February 27

Write Away Workshops: These are the Plays of Our Lives

Write a play inspired by your life–but with a dramatic twist!

    GRADES

  • 1–3
  • 4–5
Starts the weekend of May 15

Write Away Workshops: Once Upon a Pigeon

Your fairy tale, your rules–who says it has to end with “happily ever after”?

    GRADES

  • 1–3
  • 4–5
Begins September 20

Dungeons & Dragons & Writers (grades 5-8)

In weekly meetings throughout the year, adventurous authors plot a course — and a plot — through an unknown land with magical creatures and epic quests.

    GRADES

  • 5–8
Next session TBA

Rebellious Phrase: The Shape of a Story

Teen authors turn ideas into completed works in this five-week fiction workshop.

    GRADES

  • 9–12