Writopia Lab

Apply to be a counselor! Camp runs from August 11th-22nd at . If you’d like to share your passion for writing with art and writing-loving campers in the middle of nature, visit the link in our bio to submit your resume and cover letter 🏕️

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Join us this summer for a fun and engaging reading community! Link in bio to sign up!

As AI becomes more and more integrated into the classroom and our lives... remember, "The act of writing itself can be an act of self-preservation, even one of defiance. That spark of rebellion is our greatest strength, and it’s found nowhere else but within us."

Resist allowing a machine to deaden your mind... and own your story.

Opinion | Sorry, Sam Altman, A.I. Is Not Good at Real Writing When we let computers write our stories, we lose something essential.

We have two online events happening this week for teens! Join us on Wednesday to learn about our Advanced Writing Seminar summer program and on Saturday to learn more about the colleges our alumni went to. Links in bio!

What an incredible time at the DC Scholastic Awards Ceremony hosted by our DC dynamic duo, Rita and Peter! We’re so proud of all the DC writers for putting their voices and their work out there.

This weekend, Malcolm, our Music Program Manager, presented a panel at the Bars, an interdisciplinary conference on mass incarceration held each year at Columbia University. Malcolm was invited to participate in partnership with where he presented a panel/workshop about our recent collaboration working with formerly incarcerated youth on songwriting! He was able to present our work and run a little songwriting session for those in attendance as well.

Join us this Wednesday for an Open House about our college essay programs! Visit the link in our bio to RSVP and while you’re there, check out our book of college essays for inspiration!

Thank you for having Writopia Lab on your podcast, Hart & Hustle!

Why Writing is the Ultimate Leadership Skill with Rebecca Wallace-Segall In this episode of the Hart & Hustle Podcast, we sit down with Rebecca Wallace-Segall, the founder of Writetopia Lab, to explore the power of storytelling, l...

Congratulations to Writopia Lab key winners Gigi Ghatt '26 and Bemnet Yiesak '26! Ghatt received gold key in flash fiction for "The Sea Is Where the Sky Should Be." Yiesak took home a silver key in poetry for "Scents of Home." Amazing, Cadets!

Writopia NYC 8th grade public school parents -- Today is an exciting day. Any high school that welcomes your child to enroll is incredibly lucky to have them! Writopia writers make every school community a warmer, more accepting, more creative and fun place to be.

Check out these submission opportunities for young writers coming up in March! All the links to learn more about and submit to these various opportunities can be found in our bio ✨

❄️We had such a beautiful time at our winter retreat. ☃️The writers who joined us were kind, funny, and productive! Visit the link in our bio to read our Writopia Speaks piece about our 2025 winter retreat and to see some of what they produced over Presidents’ Day weekend :)

Dear community,

This is gala season and, so first, I will start with a huge thank you to our Board of Directors for helping us here at Writopia plan and launch an exciting and meaningful upcoming gala, to be held on April 28th.

For many in our community, it has been such an upsetting time in the US and the world, with some political changes and events impacting many of us personally and professionally. For many adults, every act of social engagement these days requires effort.

We are dedicated to keeping our youth spaces places of hope, healing, and inspiration and we are determined to create the same level of respite for the adults in our community as well.

We hope that those who can, will take a moment to buy tickets to our gala, and invite friends who want to support a good cause, feel joy within a diverse, compassionate, creative community, and have a super fun night out in Manhattan.

The sustainability of our programs depends on our philanthropic supporters. We need you and appreciate you.

AND we can't wait to be together with you to celebrate the power and LIGHT of a creative and kind youth community!

https://writopia-lab.betterworld.org/events/writopia-labs-2025-gala

Warmest regards,

Rebecca

Writopia Lab's 2025 Gala by Writopia Lab Please help us bring our staff members and community partners to this wonderful event! Thank you for making an impact at this crucial time.

Join us for FREE creative writing workshops as part of Teen Arts Week in NYC!

RSVP for the workshop: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfYYQrZ7GdP9uEOc49Pn4uPfnPX6fQIxIlIGSsY6NbDjtfkg/viewform

Join us for FREE creative writing workshops as part of Teen Arts Week in ! Link in bio to RSVP!