Support Writopia Lab

Your donations help us change the lives of children and teens from low income backgrounds who want to share their stories. And it's not just about creative writing. Your donation ensures that we can provide all of our youths support with their academic essays and college essays.

Write-to-Recognition

Write-to-Recognition provides over 80 lower, middle, and high school writers from low-income families with free creative workshops throughout the school year. Thirty of those writers attend workshops weekly and receive 30 hours of free private sessions at our lab on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Another 30 middle school writers take weekly Writopia workshops at Goddard Riverside sites, and another 20 take weekly workshops at a Homes for the Homeless family shelter. Many W2R writers each year also attend our two-week sleepaway camp, our summer programs, are selected for productions as part of our off-Broadway annual plays festival, win Scholastic Writing Awards, and receive prestigious scholarships from top choice universities. Write to Recognition has been generously funded by the Pinkerton Foundation since 2016. 

The Pinkerton grant expires May 2025, and Writopia is currently seeking funding to ensure the continuation of this core Writopia program.

Thank You from our Board of Directors

"Thank you so much for supporting the sustainability and accessibility of Writopia Lab’s programs. Our own children, some now in college, grew up in the enchanted and enriching worlds of Writopia and Wricampia. There, they dreamed alongside other eager kids as they embarked on personal journeys through storytelling–crafting tales of dragons and everyday heroes, composing songs that move hearts, penning memoirs that reflected their true selves, and debating ideas that spark change. 

We want *every* child to have the opportunity to share their unique story in a joyful and nurturing literary arts community.

Thank you for being part of this effort with us."

—Jennifer Divina and John Plummer, Fundraising Committee Co-Chairs, Writopia Lab Board of Directors

"Thank you for joining me in supporting Writopia Lab. Writopia is a very special program. My sons learned so much from their teachers about writing and also as role models. The experiences they had at Writopia of writing from their imaginations then editing their own work, free of the format of a school assignment, has stayed with them, something they can rely on in the work they do today, years later. It is beautiful when communities come together to ensure that all children have what they need to thrive. "

—Amy Smith, Writopia Lab, Board of Directors

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