We empower young people to write their own stories.
An exciting, challenging, and supportive community where young authors thrive
Based in Washington Heights, Uptown Stories offers after-school, weekend, and summer creative writing workshops for children ages 8-18, led by rockstar teachers, who are also professional authors and artists.
Students learn the art and craft of writing, how to revise their work, and how to give and receive constructive feedback. Each workshop ends with a celebratory reading at the Word Up Bookshop in Washington Heights, and the publication of a paperback anthology, so every student leaves our program as a published author.
To ensure our program is accessible to our ethnically and economically diverse community, our tuition is “Pay-What-You-Can.” Uptown Stories creates an exciting, challenging, and supportive community where young authors thrive.
Why Creative Writing?
We believe that writing is an essential tool for:
Xanthe
Student
Gerry
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Elias
Alumnus
Annie
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Kayla
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Lori
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Tallulah
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Nina
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Ready to Join a Workshop?
The purpose of this workshop is to support students writing their personal essay for the high school applications. During this session, students will make as much progress as they can, choosing their topic, brainstorming, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing their personal essays.
Class size is limited to just 14 students to allow for as much personal attention as possible, and is open to current 8th graders who attend public school and live in upper Manhattan.