Who We Are: Writopia Lab is an award-winning 501(c)3 nonprofit that runs the country's best creative writing workshops for kids ages 7 to 18. Our mission is to foster joy, literacy, and critical thinking in children and teens from all backgrounds through creative writing. We create a safe and engaging space for writers at all stages of the writing process, and we aim to provide the creative inspiration, individual attention, and intellectual environment that may not be available to them at school.  Our Workshops: In workshop our writers explore the creative writing genre of their choice (fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, memoir, scripts, comics, graphic novels, humor, etc.) or college essay writing. Our instructors are published authors who are deeply invested in the well-being and development of Writopia writers. They help our writers complete one piece of writing by the end of each workshop. Participants are then invited to read their writing at a local book store, and may also publish their pieces online at Writopia’s own literary magazines, The PARENTHETICAL or The ELLIPSIS. Visit http://www.writopialab.org/writopia-los-angeles.html to view our workshop schedule, and contact jan@writopialab.org to sign up for the workshop location and time of your choosing.