Join the New York City Writing Project for an evening of poetry and prose with our 2016 Fall Writers in Residence on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 from 7-9 pm! Each Resident will read a short selection of their work aloud at the historic KGB Bar’s Reading Series to culminate the work […]
Once monthly, the New York City Writing Project celebrates the teacher-as-writer by publishing works of poetry and prose written by its teachers. If you are interested in submitting your work to NYCWP Voices, please read the submissions guidelines and submit your work by email to voices@nycwritingproject.org. A MID-TOUR POEM […]
Once monthly, the New York City Writing Project celebrates the teacher-as-writer by publishing works of poetry and prose written by its teachers. If you are interested in submitting your work to NYCWP Voices, please read the submissions guidelines and submit your work by email to voices@nycwritingproject.org. The Route -Peter DeMarco […]
It is with enormous sadness that we announce the passing of Nancy Mintz, dear friend, respected colleague, and former Director of the New York City Writing Project, after a valiant battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends, but also to Nancy […]
Once monthly, the New York City Writing Project celebrates the teacher-as-writer by publishing works of poetry and prose written by its teachers. If you are interested in submitting your work to NYCWP Voices, please read the submissions guidelines and submit your work by email to voices@nycwritingproject.org. I BE … I […]
On Friday, October 7th, Sondra Perl, Founder and former Director of the New York City Writing Project, will be honored at the CUNY Graduate Center on the occasion of her retirement. The collective voices of those who have felt her influence and impact–including current and former students and colleagues–will gather […]
Letters to the Next President 2.0 is a reboot of the large scale youth participation project sponsored by the National Writing Project and Google during the 2008 election. In 2008 over 10,000 young people from across 800 schools took up the challenge of identifying, researching, and writing publicly about issues […]
Once monthly, the New York City Writing Project celebrates the teacher-as-writer by publishing works of poetry and prose written by its teachers. If you are interested in submitting your work to NYCWP Voices, please read the submissions guidelines and submit your work by email to voices@nycwritingproject.org. The Power in Memoir […]
This July, the NYCWP offered its first-ever Writers’ Residency, modeled after programs like those offered at Bread Loaf and Yaddo, to foster the teacher-as-writer. The capstone of the two-week Residency was another NYCWP first: a nighttime reading series to celebrate the work of the Residency. On Friday, July 29th, the […]
August, 2016 Dear NYCWP Community, For many reasons, 2016 was another great summer at the NYCWP. This July saw a shift in thinking about how we structure our summer programming and what we offer teachers; I continue to be amazed not only by the flexibility of this community, […]