Writopia Lab

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Writopia Lab is a non-profit^[1] creative writing program for kids and teens ages 4–18.

Founded in 2007^[2] by journalist and educator Rebecca Wallace-Segall,^[3] Writopia integrates a student-centered methodology into the workshop, where each student sets his or her own goals with the guidance of the instructor, and is encouraged to finish a full piece of writing by the end of the workshop period. Most Writopia students attend workshops at Writopia's main locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester, Washington DC,^[2] Chicago, and Los Angeles. Workshops held at Writopia's main locations cost a fee on an honor-based sliding scale fee system. Writopia also runs free writing workshops offered throughout the New York Public Library, including the Edenwald branch, the 115th Street branch, the Throg's Neck Library, the Francis Martin branch, and Clason's Point Library. Writopia also runs writing workshops for children who reside at Homes for the Homeless "inns."^[4] In addition, Writopia runs free college essay workshops in partnership with Bryant Park^[5] and with the Office of The Mayor/NYC Service. Writopia Lab serves as a community partner to Scholastic Writing Awards in New York, and Writopia DC^[6] and Writopia Westchester serve as affiliates to the Scholastic Writing Awards in those areas, administering the local recognition programs and ceremonies. Notable authors of Writopia Lab's Advisory Council include Nicole Krauss,^[7] Susan Cain, Steve Young (writer),^[8] and Stephen Dubner.^[9]

Worldwide Plays Festival[]

Writopia also runs the Worldwide Plays Festival each year, funded by David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants. This monthly festival culminates in a week of off-broadway showcases.^{[10][11][12][13]} Each play chosen for production throughout the year was written by a student and then produced, directed and performed by theatre professionals. The festival was initiated by playwright Daniel Kitrosser in 2010 and won financial support from Worldwide Pants in 2011. Worldwide Pants donated $50,000 in 2011,^[14] again in 2012, and $60,000 in 2013.

Founder[]

Wallace-Segall began writing for publications in 1997, becoming a Journalism Fellow at Brandeis University In 1999.^{[citation needed]} She served as Senior Editor at Psychology Today magazine, and won Salon's "Best People Story of the Year Award" for "Love Labor’s Flossed."^[15] and began writing and performing sketch comedy around NYC in 2003. She has contributed opeds about education and writing to the Atlantic Monthly^[16] and the Wall Street Journal,^[17] and thought pieces to ,^[18] the Huffington Post, New York Magazine,^[19] and The Nation,^[20] along with five cover stories (and other pieces) to the Village Voice.^[21]

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Her teaching career started in 2002 as a resident writer in New York Public schools with the Teachers & Writers Collaborative. In 2003, she began establishing the creative writing program at the Abraham Joshua Heschel School in NYC. She has also taught at SUNY Albany, NYU, Katherine Gibbs School and Gotham Writers' Workshop. She was awarded the 2012 Ovation Inspired Teacher Award^[22] by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards^[23] She won their Gold Apple Teacher Award in 2008, 2009 and 2011. Wallace-Segall lectures at schools, parents' organizations, and events, such as TEDx, on "The Case for Uncensored Creative Writing in Schools,"^[24] "How to Inspire the Writer Within Your Child,"^[25] "Writing for High School and College Admittance," and on "Identifying and Participating in Positive Competitions."

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