Writopia Lab is a New York City-based national community of young writers, ages 8-18. If you love the idea of developing your first short story or memoir, or if you are already a prolific writer who is thrilled by the idea of polishing exceptional short stories, journalistic pieces, personal essays, poetry, and dramatic or comedic scripts, join our year-round after- school, weekend, and school-break intensive creative writing workshops.

Our students enter at different levels...and leave with at least one piece of polished, original prose!

Why Writopia Lab works: our workshops meet daily in the summer and weekly during the school year; we limit enrollment to a maximum of six participants per workshop; all of our teachers are published writers who have been extensively trained in our workshopping methodology; and we place a strong emphasis on developing, completing and polishing stories, often using exciting events such as the Scholastic Writing Awards to inspire us.

Writopia Lab's 2010 Bestival

“The actors are professional, the director is professional, and the playwrights—well, they’re aspiring professionals. ”
-- New York Times