The Kids Write program is awarded a $10,000 grant
Writers Studio February 28, 2012
Helping writers reach their potential for more than 20 years
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT KIDS WRITE (KW) WAS JUST AWARDED A $10,000 GRANT from The Casement Fund, to teach writing to high school students in Brooklyn. Our non-profit branch, The Writers Studio KW provides after-school workshops and an intensive summer writing camp free of charge in Bedford-Stuyvesant at the Beacon Center inside Middle School 35. The purpose of these workshops is to help high school students discover their personal voices through writing and reading contemporary fiction and poetry.
CONGRATULATIONS TO KW WRITER SHYANNE BENNETT, who has received a Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for two poems and a fiction piece. Shyanne writes: “I really want to thank Kids Write for helping me become a better writer. Today, without even realizing it at first, I began thinking of how I could simulate Jane Austen’s precise language and keen observation of human character in my own writing. It made me realize I had no longer been taking in the novel as just a good reader but I was also taking it in as a good writer. Personally, it was a pivotal moment because this was exactly what KW taught me all this time. The impact was tremendous.”
TUTORIALS AVAILABLE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ADULTS. For more information, contact lisabadner@writerstudio.com.
CONGRATULATIONS TO IROMIE WEERAMANTRY, whose story “Sujitha Underground” will be published in the 2012 issue (to be released in April) of The Alembic, the Literary Journal of Providence College, Rhode Island. Iromie started the story in the Master Class. Read more success stories.
SAVE THE DATE: Our next Writers Studio Reading is FRIDAY, MARCH 16 at 7 PM, featuring faculty members and Master Class writers Lisa Badner, Lesley Dormen, Lisa Bellamy, Yetsuh Frank and Cynthia Weiner. We will also celebrate the publication of Lisa Bellamy’s chapbook, Nectar, published by Encircle/The Aurorean. See you at Greenwich House Music School, located at 46 Barrow St. (between 7th Ave. andBedford St.), NYC. $5 suggested donation.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES REGISTER NOW FOR SPRING CLASSES
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NEW YORK CITY 10-WEEK WORKSHOPS IN FICTION AND POETRY:
NYC Level I, taught by Rebecca Gee begins Wednesday, March 14
TUCSON 10-WEEK WORKSHOPS IN FICTION AND POETRY:
The Tucson Workshop [1], taught by Carli Brosseau, begins Thursday, March 29
SAN FRANCISCO WORKSHOPS IN FICTION AND POETRY:
The San Francisco Workshop [1] (Financial district), taught by Lorraine Babb, begins Tuesday, March 27
AMSTERDAM WORKSHOPS IN FICTION AND POETRY:
The Amsterdam Workshop [1] taught by Sarah Carriger, begins in March
PARIS WORKSHOP IN FICTION AND POETRY:
The Paris Workshop, taught by Shirley Velasquez, begins in March.
THE BEST WAY TO HONE YOUR SKILLS AS A WRITER IS TO TAKE OUR CRAFT CLASS. In this popular 9-week program, you learn to recognize the techniques writers use to achieve their literary goals and how to apply these techniques to your own writing. This session, we are reading works by Dean Young, Pam Houston, Sam Shepard, Wislawa Szymborska, among others. Register now, and you may attend these historic classes, or listen to the podcasts. Current reading list Read more Register Now.
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