New York Writers Coalition

Support NYWC’s Justice Writing Program!

208 West 23rd Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues)

Inside Jokes: A NYWC Benefit Comedy Show

Tuesday, June 4

Doors open @ 7:30 p.m.

SHOWTIME @ 8:00 p.m.

NYWC provides free writing workshops inside New York City’s prisons and jails, including three workshops for men and women inside Rikers Island Jail and workshops for hundreds of recently released youth and adults as they work to rebuild their lives. Support NYWC’s Justice Writing Program — and have a few laughs! FEATURING: Host Jimmy Failla, Eddie Brill, Shaina Feinberg, Mark Normand, Mike Vecchione, and Rena Zager!

TICKETS

General Admission: $20 + 2 drink minimum

VIP Tickets: $100, includes top shelf open bar & preferred seating

Make reservations here.

Web Premiere: Voices of NY Writers Coalition

NY Writers Coalition has helped unheard voices be heard for over ten years now by way of our city-wide workshops, reading events, and NY Writers Coalition Press publications. This year, we’re happy to dip our toes into another golden pond with our first film, Voices of NY Writers Coalition.

Here, a few of NYWC’s dedicated workshop leaders and participants discuss the work, share their writing, and remind us of the importance of bringing voice to the voiceless in New York City.

Special thanks to Louise Crawford, Erick Fix, and Marian Fontana for their hard work in making this video happen, as well as to all the writers and workshop leaders who appeared in the film. Enjoy!

NYWC + BKLYN LitCrawl Reading on May 18

NYWC is proud to present Michael Cirelli, Angel Nafis, and Jon Sands: three poets who inspire us. We love them for their poetic bravery and innovation, their dedication to community and honest dialogue, and just being damn fine human beings! Join us on Saturday, May 18 at Urban Folk Gallery (101 Smith Street, Brooklyn) for the third leg of BKLYN LitCrawl 2013.

Hosted by NYWC Executive Director Aaron Zimmerman. Poets hit the stage at 7:15 p.m. Continue reading →

How the Light Gets In: Reading & Reception with Pat Schneider on May 17 at Greenlight Bookstore

Praised as a “fuse lighter” by author Julia Cameron and “the wisest teacher of writing I know” by the celebrated writing guru Peter Elbow, Pat Schneider has lived a life of writing and teaching, passion and compassion.

NY Writers Coalition owes a lot to Schneider — our workshop method and the spirit of all the work we do. She was instrumental in the creation of NYWC, as well as the Women of Color Writers Workshop & Community and hundreds of other writing groups around the world. So, it’s with great pleasure that we invite you to join us in celebration of her most recent work, How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice.

With How the Light Gets In, she delves beyond the typical how-to of writing to gracefully guide readers through the artistic and spiritual questions that life offers to everyone.

Please join NYWC and the Women of Color Writers’Workshop on Friday, May 17 @ 7:30 p.m. at Greenlight Bookstore (686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn) for a reading and signing with Pat Schneider, followed by a wine and cheese reception. Click here for directions and RSVP here.

Dig Deep, NYWC’s online literary journal, is back!

Just in time for spring, Dig Deep, NY Writers Coalition’s online journal, is back! This quarter’s issue showcases prose and poetry in a variety of voices on topics of memory, love, family, and new beginnings. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we enjoyed watching them evolve through the writing process.

This issue, we’ll dig deep with poet Arisa White in a stirring craft essay about finding the voice of her characters and how she ensures those voices remain authentic in her writing, with artwork contributed by Zoe Frederick. Contributing workshops include 14th Street Y, 80 Arts, College & Community Fellowship, Isabella Geriatric Center, and the Osborne Association.

Start reading here!

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