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Drop-in weekly workshop! NYWC Creative Writing @ 80 Arts

Join us for writing and sharing work in a supportive and respectful environment. Writers of all genres and levels of experience are welcome. Led by NY Writers Coalition workshop leaders Kimberly Shelby-Szyszko and Patrick Mathieu. Starting January 18, workshop meets … Continue reading

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INSIGHT OUT launched!

On Saturday, December 3rd,  we celebrated the launch of INSIGHT OUT, our latest chapbook. This slim volume of poetry and prose is packed with wonders, from NYWC’s writing workshop at the Center for the Independence of the Disabled–New York. The … Continue reading

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The Seventh Annual Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival: Brooklyn All-Stars shine under a bright sun

It has become a literary tradition in a neighborhood with an abundance of literary tradition. A crowd of over 200 gathered at the foot of the Prison Martyr’s monument in beautiful Fort Greene Park for the seventh annual Fort Greene … Continue reading

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Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival featured on WNYC

Check out this lovely piece about our upcoming Lit Fest, featuring some of our young writers reading their work!

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NYWC’s Alex Samets talks about her work at SAGE

This June, we at NYWC are honoring the LGBT community’s contribution to literature as part of Pride Month. In addition to a reading, a chapbook, and a special installment of our online literary journal Dig Deep, we are excited to … Continue reading

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