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NEW YORK WRITERS COALITION: FREE ZOOM WRITING WORKSHOPS, OPEN MICS Thursday, May 7th, via Louie b. Free NEW YORK WRITERS…
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NY Writers Coalition Founder & Executive Director Aaron Zimmerman was recently interviewed by Reflections Journal for their Fall/Winter 2018-2019 issue.…
Read more![amNew York: Our Latest Book Launch at Rikers Covered](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/rikers_amNY-150x150.jpg)
This past January we held a book launch and reading for our newest chapbook Can You Feel the Free in…
Read more![Brooklyn Book Beat: Non-Profit Provides Safe Space for NYC Writers](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/52_Group-Photo_LitFest2016-150x150.png)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle's Literary blog, Brooklyn Book Beat wrote about the work we do in providing a safe and supportive…
Read more![Brokelyn: NYWC is One of Four Brooklyn-based Writing Workshops to Oil Your Mind Gears](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/brokelyn_logo-150x117.png)
Webmag, Brokelyn listed us as one of four Brooklyn-based writing workshops that will oil your mind gears. Here's an excerpt:…
Read more![LitHub: The Writing Workshop That Runs Itself](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/picture-from-retreat-1-150x150.jpg)
Author and NYWC Workshop Leader, Ben Dolnick wrote about the workshop he leads at the Central Branch of the Brooklyn…
Read more![BRIC TV: What’s next? NYWC Youth All-Stars featured in 5×10 Talks [VIDEO]](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/5x10_resized-150x150.jpg)
Five Brooklyn innovators gathered to answer one simple question: "What's next?" Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s third annual 5x10 Talks at BRIC featured speakers such…
Read more![The Huffington Post: Unlocking the power and strength of voices shut away](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/HuffPo_Web-150x150.jpg)
Every Thursday By Colleen Pierce Breslin This post is part of a series produced by The Huffington Post and NYC Service,…
Read more![LitFest: Iniko & Anberlin Sing Us A Story [VIDEO]](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Anberlin-Video1-150x150.jpg)
Congratulations to Iniko Thornell, whose poem "Big Brother" was featured on NYWC's Sing Me a Story page and made into a song…
Read more![Brooklyn Exposed: NYWC one of Brooklyn’s best workshops](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/BEphoto21-150x150.jpg)
So, you want to be a writer. You sit in cafes in Park Slope, downing cup after cup of free-refill…
Read more![New York Nonprofit Press: NYWC’s Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival Featured!](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/NYNP-LOGO-150x115.jpg)
"While budget cuts continue to force public schools to cut arts programs from their curriculum, a number of nonprofits throughout…
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"Growth and how to cultivate it could have been the theme of the 9th Annual Fort Greene Park Summer Literary…
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[caption id="attachment_6210" align="alignleft" width="301"] Photo Credit: Paula Vlodkowsky[/caption] After six weeks of writing together in Fort Greene Park, NYWC's youth…
Read more![The Nabe: Locals Get Ready for Lit Fest](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Press-Pic-150x150.jpg)
[caption id="attachment_6207" align="alignleft" width="250"] Photo Credit: Jodi Doff[/caption] One of the rainiest Saturdays this summer was a source of inspiration…
Read more![NY Times: NYWC Takes Over the Subway for NYWC Day](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/NYWC-Day-045.2-150x150.png)
[caption id="attachment_5536" align="alignright" width="225"] Commuters turn into writers on the No. 7 train[/caption] On Friday, May 18, 2012, people gathered…
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On Saturday, some 30 young writers will read poetry and fiction alongside well-known Brooklyn writers at Fort Greene Park's monument.…
Read more![NY Times: Young writers from the 2011 FGP Summer Lit Fest](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/34_Young-Readers_LitFest2016-150x150.png)
The NY Times blog, the Local, is once again featuring writing by our young writers from the Fort Greene Park…
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Our free summer workshops for young people in Fort Greene Park are featured on the NY Times website. About 40…
Read more![The Huffington Post: NY Writers Coalition, Writing Saves Lives](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/huffingtonpostlogo-150x74.jpg)
Workshop leader, Andrea Chalupa wrote about NYWC for The Huffington Post. She highlights the impact our writing workshops have for people of…
Read more![NY Times: 2009 Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival](https://nywriterscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/FORT-GREENE-PARK-SUMMER-YOUTH-PROGRAM-2-150x150.png)
Our workshops for young people in Fort Greene Park are featured on the NY Times website. Check it out here…
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