Writopia Westchester/Greenwich

Writopia Westchester/Greenwich, Quick Facts

 

WHITE PLAINS CONTACT: Pei-Ling at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 914-269-4474

MOUNT KISCO CONTACT: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 914-401-4159

Westchester workshops (ages 8-18) are divided into small, age-based groups that meet for five- or 10-day workshops throughout the summer in White Plains and Mount Kisco, New York. Since our workshops are so small, we are able to tailor the schedule to meet the needs of our families.

 

  • Participants can also enter their polished writing into prestigious writing contents or submit them for publication.

  • Writopia kids garnered more national awards from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in 2008 and 2009 than did any other group of students in the country!

  • Westchester workshops culminate in a public reading at a local bookstore and participants may also take part in Writopia NYC events in Bryant Park.

    WINTER/SPRING WORKSHOPS
    We regularly run private workshops throughout the school year for small groups of friends hosted at private homes. Call Rebecca for more information!

    • SUMMER WORKSHOPS

    June 28th to July 2nd

    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 8 to 9
    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 10 to 11
    • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Ages 12 to 13
    • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Ages 14 to 18

     

    July 5th to July 9th

    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 8 to 9
    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 10 to 11
    • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Ages 12 to 13
    • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Ages 14 to 18

     

    July 12th to July 16th

    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 8 to 9
    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 10 to 11
    • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Ages 12 to 13
    • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Ages 14 to 18

     

    July 19th to July 23rd

    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 8 to 9
    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 10 to 11
    • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Ages 12 to 13
    • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Ages 14 to 18

     

    July 26th to July 30th

    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 8 to 9
    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 10 to 11
    • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Ages 12 to 13
    • 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Ages 14 to 18


    • August 2nd to August 6th
    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 8 to 9
    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 10 to 11
    • 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Ages 12 to 13
    • 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Ages 14 to 18

    August 9th to August 13th

    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 8 to 9
    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 10 to 11
    • 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Ages 12 to 13
    • 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Ages 14 to 18

    August 16th to August 20th

    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 8 to 9
    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 10 to 11
    • 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Ages 12 to 13
    • 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Ages 14 to 18

    August 23rd to August 27th

    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 8 to 9
    • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Ages 10 to 11
    • 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Ages 12 to 13
    • 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Ages 14 to 18

     

    Five-Day Workshop Fee
    • $525



    Who We Are

    lena2Léna Roy
    Northern Westchester Branch Manager, Writing Instructor
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    Léna has been teaching Writopia workshops in Manhattan since 2009, and began developing Writopia Westchester in the spring of 2010. Léna's first YA novel, Edges, is to be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this year. Her inspiration and touchstone is her late grandmother, author Madeleine L’Engle, who was able to transform the solitary nature of writing into a sacred sense of community where her art and the art of others could flourish. Léna received her BA in English from Barnard College, and her MA in Drama Therapy from NYU. Léna has  created two writing workshops for the public education program at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, where she works part-time as an educator. She is also a mentor with Girls Write Now, a non-profit organization serving at-risk high school girls.

     

     





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    Pei-Ling Lue
    White Plains Branch Manager, Writing Instructor
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    Pei-Ling Lue began teaching creative writing workshops for Writopia Westchester in the spring of 2009. She is also an editor at One Story magazine, an award-winning literary magazine. As part of her quest to save the short story, Pei-Ling also writes for the blog www.savetheshortstory.com. She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from New York University, where she was awarded a Starworks Fellowship to teach creative writing at a program for at-risk children. Pei-Ling has taught fiction and English composition classes at NYU and Iona College, where her students have won awards for their personal essays. Pei-Ling also teaches creative writing and college essay writing classes at the Larchmont & Mamaroneck Center for Continuing Education.



    What They're Saying

    "I really enjoyed the June 9th-13th Writopia workshop. I loved how we got to write a story and work hard to make it come to life. My favorite part was the little fun exercises which we did like the poem and the supermarket story. I liked the room which we were in because it was extremely cozy and the chairs were very comfortable; they made it seem more special. I also liked how it was not all writing... we also were able to read and comment of each other's stories. Finally, I liked how the group was so small." --Isobel Hepsworth, 14

    "At first I was nervous about people reading my writing but at the end of the week I didn't mind. I liked the fun exercises, too, and how we would write for a bit then send the story to each other, and then discuss the things we liked and the things we were confused about." --Immy Hepsworth, 12

    "My favorite part of Writopia was that Kat taught me how to think and write in a different way about stories, poems, and short brainstorming. I learned that my most comfortable style is humor, action and dialogue."--Julia Song, 10

    "My favorite thing about Writopia was that I got to learn a lot about how I write and just find my own style! Kat taught me that everybody can write because writing comes from somewhere deep inside you that everyone has. But no one has your special unique way of observation."--Anika Narai, 9

    "The workshop was amazing! I learned so much about writing short stories, articles and poetry in just two weeks. It was wonderful having this experience and a great time all at once. I'd do it again for sure!"
    —Rebecca, 14, A.J. Heschel Middle School, Scholastic Silver Keys Winner in Poetry and Short Story, 2007

    "The workshop was an amazing experience! While expressing your creativity and building your skills, you were chilling and laughing the whole time! I am so glad I was a part of it... My work began to transform to art."
    —Milana, 14, A.J. Heschel School, Scholastic Regional Gold Keys Winner for two memoirs, 2007

    "Rebecca has amazing lingual intuition – she knows how words feel and sound, and this enables her to work with all kinds of writing, from short stories to poems to essays... When she makes a suggestion, she is not offended if you don’t agree. She listens and considers your perspective as the writer. She can give general ideas and overall feedback as well as specific analysis, so that the writer is free to use her ideas but interpret them and write them their own way... Rebecca is an awesome (for lack of a more specific word of praise) editor and writer, and an equally amazing person. The gift of working with her is a double bonus – her amazing skill as a writer and editor, and her warm, smiling, funny, happy, wonderful personality."
    —Noa Bendit-Shtull, 15, Bard College High School, Scholastic National Gold Key Winner, 2006. Check out Noa's story on the Scholastic site.