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We offer free evening and weekend workshops designed to foster creativity, strengthen writing skills, and provide students with a forum for executing projects they might not otherwise have the support to undertake. Workshops range from the playful to the practical, and all are taught by volunteer writers, artists, educators, and publishing professionals.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to increased demand, enrollment for workshops are now determined by lottery. Once you have signed up for a workshop, please look for an email from workshops@826nyc.org, verifying that we have received your request. If you have not heard from us after 48 hours, feel free to call.

Our workshops are limited enrollment and often generate wait lists. With this in mind, please only sign up if you can make every session of a workshop. Thank you!

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Fleas Interest Me So Much: Pretty, Disgusting Poetry

2 Monday sessions: May 17, 24 (2010)

6-7:30pm

Taught by 826NYC

For ages 9-12

Fleas, cockroaches, rats, pigeons, cilantro -- what gives you the willies and the chills? The good news is that the buck stops here. In this two-session workshop, we'll take a close look at some really disgusting things and use poetry to convince the world (and ourselves?) that there's a little bit of beauty in everything out there. Even pigeons.

Surveying Lost Brooklyn: Create Your Own Micro-Nation!

4 Wednesday sessions: May 12, 19, 26, June 2 (2010)

6-7:30pm

Taught by Alexa Wejko

For ages 9-12

826NYC needs your help! This workshop is for any one who has ever wondered what could be hiding behind Prospect Park and Coney Island. During this workshop, students will conduct a survey of the landscape of their imaginations and create an original micro-nation within the boundaries of Brooklyn.

What’s your nation’s emblem? Is your anthem a punk song or a cha-cha-cha? Do the political allegiances lie on one side of the Blue-Red divide or is it something completely different? Take this workshop to find out!

Magazine Magic: Create Your Very Own Zine!

4 Monday sessions: April 19, 26, May 3, 10 (2010)

6-7:30pm

Taught by Lauren Brown

For ages 10-14

They say that print is dead but it's about to come alive in this four week workshop that covers the nuts and bolts of writing and editing your very own magazine. From coming up with a concept to assigning stories to nailing a killer cover - this is your chance to be on the masthead of very own publication. Each session will cover the basics of magazine editing/writing (from brainstorming ideas to interviewing subjects) as each participant joins the staff of a magazine that they'll create from scratch.

Publish the Greatest Story Never Told

8 Tuesday sessions: April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1 (2010)

6-8pm

Taught by 826NYC

For High School Students

New Yorker. High School Student. Published Author? At this eight-week workshop, you can be all three. Working side-by-side with professional writers, you'll explore your voice in an original nonfiction work.

In these eight sessions you'll share your unique perspective on the life of an NYC student, and then see your story printed in a book. A real book. A book with an ISBN, for sale on Amazon. No two stories are alike, and our final product will reflect the diverse experiences of people across the city.

The workshop is free and will meet in eight sessions. Each student must attend all sessions and complete any additional work required.

H. Mildew's Story Factory

2 Sunday sessions: April 11, 18 (2010)

12-1:30pm

Taught by 826NYC

For ages 6-9

Have a story to tell? At this workshop, you'll get a chance to tell it, illustrate it, and bind it into a book of your creation. We'll spend the first of two sessions writing an exciting, original, zany, tragic, funny, adventurous or suspenseful story. Maybe all of the above. Maybe with robots! We'll then illustrate the (mis)adventures of our very own characters for our very own book, hardworking writers on the deadline of the infamous H. Mildew. What will this latest and greatest spectacular story hold? Sign up now to help us churn it out!

Literary Mashups

4 Wednesday sessions: April 7, 14, 21, 28 (2010)

6-7:30pm

Taught by Susan Meyer & Susan Voelker

For ages 10-12

Ever wonder what would happen if a sea monster from the deep showed up on a London city street in the midst of a Sherlock Holmes mystery? Or if robots from the future besieged a town in the old west? Well wonder no more! In this workshop, each writer will "mash up" two literary genres into one thrilling story.

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Summer Workshops

New York City...Starring ME!

6 Monday and Wednesday sessions: July 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 (2010)

4-5:30pm

Taught by 826NYC

Ages 6-9

During this six-session workshop, students will write, illustrate, star in AND publish their very own picture book set in New York City! NYC has been the star of many of our favorite books. We will read several of these books together and then work with one another to write the text and create the illustrations for a brand new story that takes place in our city. Who will be the main character in our story? That's right, we will be! We will use photography, watercolor and collage to illustrate our books. At the end of the workshop, each student will take home his or her very own published picture book, sure to become an instant classic!

Please note: This workshop is now closed for enrollment.

Puppet Mania: In Space, No One Can Hear You Sing...

8 Sunday and Wednesday sessions: July 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, August 1 (2010)

1-4pm

Taught by 826NYC

For ages 6-9

Puppet Mania is back - once more with feeling! If you have a love for musicals, puppets, and science fiction we welcome you to help us create a one of a kind film. In this 8-session workshop, we’ll create a film from start to finish using music, puppets, and the great expanse of science to redefine the rules of these film styles.

Please note: This workshop is now closed for enrollment.

 Go to the Summer Workshops
Some Past Workshops

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All the World's a Stage, February 2005

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The Big Dig, October 2004

Some Past Workshops

Express Yourself!

July 10, 2007

The Meaning of Life

November 27, 2006

SAT Essay Writing

September 21, 2004

Tell Me a (Short) Story

March 14, 2006

A Very, Very, Very Fine House

December 18, 2006