A one-hour semi-private creative writing workshop for two young writers or teens, taught by an award-winning Writopia Lab teacher (and P.S. 84 parent) Catherine Schneider. The workshop has a $190 value!

WHO: Writopia workshops are geared for students aged 7-18. Catherine began teaching at Writopia in 2012, earning Teacher Recognition Awards in 2014 and 2015 from The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and Writopia Lab.

WHAT: A workshop for young writers who are new to Writopia. The class will incorporate original, engaging writing exercises to help any writer—reluctant or enthusiastic—create, edit, and complete a piece of short fiction. The workshop will be tailored to the writers’ interests. Writopia makes writing fun!

WHERE: Writopia’s headquarters on the Upper West Side, a local coffee shop, or some other mutually convenient location.

WHEN: A Saturday or Sunday afternoon before December 31, 2016.

WHY: Writopia benefits both enthusiastic and reluctant writers. In 2015, about 15% of our participants described themselves as reluctant writers — most of whom “hated” writing when they enrolled. By the end of the trimester, 96% of our writers said that they “liked” or “loved” writing. Writopia provides super fun, creative and intellectual engagement and high-level literacy instruction to children and teens from all backgrounds. The impact: our writers of all ages win more writing recognition than any other group of children and teens in the country.