tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91266532033776081222024-03-13T16:15:24.308-04:00Lessons from the Newest Generation of Writers (and Thinkers)Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-36454021281305249292014-07-16T14:05:00.003-04:002014-07-16T14:43:24.182-04:00
Congratulations on an Award-Winning Year!
Scholastic Writing Awards• YoungArts Scholar• Publications and Awards• College Essay Successes•Young Playwrights• Our Instructors• Fundraising • Worldwide Plays Festival •Writopia Awards• New Grants, Programs, and Outreach• New Initiatives• Summer •
Thank You!
Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-58832528269980556072013-07-31T09:43:00.001-04:002013-08-01T09:51:03.136-04:00Congratulations on an Award-Winning Year!
TOP SCHOLARSHIP WON
2013 SCHOLASTIC WRITING AWARDS Of the 25,000 submissions from across the country, our Writopia writer won the top scholarship! Congratulations...
Isabella Giovannini for winning the Scholastic Award's National Gold Medal Portfolio and $10,000 scholarship!
Congratulations to all of Writopia's 2013 National Medalists, grades 7-12: Olivia Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-75532314082606650862013-07-29T15:15:00.004-04:002013-07-29T22:11:46.702-04:00Writopia's NYC Children's Poetry Festival at the 3rd Annual NYC Poetry FestivalBy Lily Gellman
Writopia Lab authors/instructors and interns ferried out to Governor's Island to run the annual children's poetry event on both Saturday and Sunday, and it was an absolute blast! Young adult author Jordana Frankel spun poetry gardens and origami poetry tents and more; it was incredible to be so much a part of the creative magic there.
Sam, Writopia intern, sets up at Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-20169371371851225812013-01-29T15:49:00.000-05:002013-01-29T15:59:22.426-05:00
Write & Perform Slam Poetry withReg E. Gaines
Three Saturdays in February
Two-time Tony Award nominee, Grammy nominee and Bessie Award winner, Reg E. Gaines, has invited Writopia poets to write and perform with him!
1) February 2, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM: Write and rehearse slam poetry with Writopia instructors. Ages 10-18. (Free.)
2) February 9, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM: Write and rehearse slam poetry Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-13978087574454331082012-10-23T18:13:00.001-04:002012-10-23T18:13:46.838-04:00Competition and Scholarships Prizes!
Worldwide Plays Festival Competition
Thank you Worldwide Pants and Playscripts, Inc., who are each offering a $2,500 scholarship to a winner of Writopia's 2013 Worldwide Plays Festival Competition!Writers around the country (and Writopia resident playwrights) are invited to submit their plays! We welcome submissions in our elementary school, middle school, and high school categories. The first Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376839675833557984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-79354861886012496902012-10-11T12:59:00.000-04:002012-10-11T12:59:35.514-04:00A Passionate, Unapologetic Plea for Creative Writing in SchoolsA Passionate, Unapologetic Plea for Creative Writing in Schools
By Rebecca Wallace-Segall 10/4/12 "I'm not sure if eight-year-olds should be permitted to have death or murder references in their short stories," said a New York City public school principal to me at the end of the day today. "But I'll set a meeting with my teachers tomorrow to discuss your views and theirs and see where we Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-72477942778986823242012-07-19T15:05:00.000-04:002012-07-19T21:00:54.569-04:00Graphic Noveling at Writopia
Writopia's full-day summer camps gave our students the opportunity to work with professional graphic novelist and Writopia dad, Steve Ross, and with Mei Kazama, a Writopia grad and art major at La Guardia High School, who will be starting at Williams College in the fall.
Our writers were able to bring their stories to life, and show us their own creative visions. Just look at some of whatRebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-48590586979791757352012-07-18T11:16:00.001-04:002012-07-18T15:34:14.550-04:00Summer at WritopiaFor the first time in its 5-year life, Writopia is offering full-day summer programs for writers and playwrights. Campers spend the morning in workshop, writing and refining their pieces. In the afternoon, writers and playwrights can choose from 13 different electives, including illustrating their stories with a professional graphic novelist, playing outdoor sports like kickball but with a Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-17978652548044324642012-06-21T14:20:00.000-04:002012-06-21T14:20:03.240-04:00
Rachel Moore, our Senior Intern, was awarded a Van Amson Service Fellowship from Columbia University to work at Writopia this summer.
"The fellowship came about in response to a proposal submitted by the Community Impact Student Executive Board
in the spring of 2007. Provost Brinkley, on behalf of Columbia
University, authorized an annualized fund to promote public interest
work and Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-76176804031560499492012-06-08T09:19:00.002-04:002012-06-08T09:19:28.240-04:00In come the Interns!Writopia is so lucky to have so many amazing high-school and college interns this summer, many of them former or current Writopia students themselves. Welcome, Interns!
It's going to be a great summer!Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-62104420725262144792012-06-08T09:14:00.000-04:002012-06-08T09:14:34.226-04:00End of SpringIt's getting warmer out and the kids are almost done with school (if they haven't finished already). Spring is drawing to a close and so is Writopia's 2012 spring session. We had a wonderful time with all of our writers this semester and we're looking forward to seeing many of them this summer, at Writopia's Summer Camp.
Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-27521169096031464472012-06-05T13:55:00.000-04:002012-06-06T09:04:13.430-04:00Writopia's Random House Scholarship Recipients
WRITOPIA'S RANDOM HOUSE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS $2,500 Sofia Johnson, Literature/Fiction & Drama; “Half Moon” $1,000--Michael Gellman, Memoir; “Vignettes on Marriage” $500--Rebecca Hia, Memoir; “The Great Decision”
$500--Nora Miller, Poetry
$500--Angelica Modabber, Poetry
We are so happy that you have won recognition for your honest and powerful writings. XOXRebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-62680918980236049102012-06-05T13:51:00.001-04:002012-06-05T13:51:26.537-04:00Writopia's Young Playwrights Win AgainWe Won Again! We just received Stephen Songheim's YoungPlaywrights Inc
list of the 2012 Best Play! Winners. Congratulations Writopia
Playwrights: ELEMENTARY DIVISION, BEST PLAY (three-way tie for 1st): Benjamin Oestericher: FIGHTING THE IRISH Kimberly Rogers: ADOPTING Gertie-Pearl Zwick-Schachter: HUGO FINALISTS: Alexandra Frank, WISHING ON A PIG; Sylvie Koenigsberg: 6 LITTLE BRATS HONORABLERebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-84826288471562536372012-06-04T11:46:00.000-04:002012-06-04T12:17:46.504-04:00World Science Festival features Writopia
Amazingly fun video of four of our youngest writers telling stories, produced by the World Science Festival...
World Science Festival Video: Tell Me a StoryRebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-66750432482900218562012-06-04T11:38:00.000-04:002012-06-04T11:39:02.519-04:00Writopians at the Scholastic National Awards CeremonyJune 1
Writopia seniors on stage at Carnegie Hall this weekend collecting the nation's most prestigious writing awards. Congratulations Emma Goldberg, Senior Portfolio Gold Medalist; Rachel Berger, Senior Portfolio Silver Medalist with Distinction; Rory Nora Claire Miller, Senior Portfolio Silver Medalist with Distinction; Angelica Graziano, Senior Portfolio Medalist, Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-36032825100983855702012-06-04T11:31:00.000-04:002012-06-04T11:31:36.960-04:00Writopia at PS58May 23
This past school year, Writopia ran an afterschool workshop for students at PS58, culminating in a reading celebration and a published anthology of all the wonderful works produced by these talented young writers.
Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-23074474276296873752012-06-04T10:52:00.004-04:002012-06-04T10:52:50.226-04:00Poem In Your Pocket Day
April 26th
In celebration of National Poetry Month, New York CIty hosted the 10th Aniversary Poem In Your Pocket Day. Writopians took part in a poetry reading in Bryant Park that featured hundreds of young writers from all over the city.Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-19589854432961128312012-06-04T10:38:00.000-04:002012-06-04T10:38:23.506-04:00Young Playwrights FestivalMay 8-20
What happens when a professional theater company produces 85 plays written by playwrights ages 8-18?Plays seriously workshopped at Writopia Lab this school year, and the winning plays from nearly 100 outside submissions, will be professionally produced--performed by professional actors and directed by NY’s elite theater professionals--at the 45th Street Theatre and at 59E59 Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-4430398246945456772012-06-04T10:05:00.001-04:002012-06-04T10:05:32.385-04:00NYC Literary HonorsApril 23
Congratulations to Writopia superstar Angelica Modabber, who was the only student honored by Mayor Bloomberg at the inaugural NYC Literary Honors, along with Paul Auster, Marie Ponsot, Robert Caro, Roz Chast, and Robert Silvers!Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-48169658070934480052012-06-01T15:28:00.002-04:002012-06-06T09:06:07.166-04:00Writopia Turns 5!April 16
Writopia celebrated its 5th birthday this April at the JCC in Manhattan. Along with a fundraiser auction to help grant scholarships to current and future Writopians, the event featured Susan Cain, author of the New York Times Bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, and performances of excerpts from Writopia students’ work. Several Writopia Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-43667511987330338912012-05-31T17:53:00.000-04:002012-06-01T10:49:04.133-04:00
March 2012
Congratulations to everyone who
submitted to the 2012 regional Scholastic Awards! We are proud of you
all, and are so happy for those who won outside recognition this year.
NYC Results: Of the 375 Gold Keys awarded this year, 76 of them went to
Writopians! Of the 303 Silver Keys, 39 of them went to Writopians!
That’s right, Writopians won 115 keys in 2012! Keep thinking, keepRebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-38201659900968045472011-06-13T01:39:00.003-04:002011-06-13T01:44:31.160-04:002011 Stephen Sondheim's YP Results!CongratCongratulations Writopia playwrights and our fabulous playwrighting teacher, Dan Kitrosser! Writopia playwrights took home top prizes in each and every category of Stephen Sondheim’s NYC “Write a Play!” Contest this year!
List of Writopia 2011 YP Winners:
Elementary school division winners:Maya Horn
Benjamin Firester
Middle School division winners:Rachel Calnek-Sugin
Finalist: Jennifer Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-36311504778997226612011-06-07T08:50:00.011-04:002011-06-13T01:50:18.693-04:002011 Writopia Scholastic Results!Writopia writers, once again, won more regional keys and national medals in the Scholastic Writing Awards than any other group of kids in the entire nation! Congratulations to all who submitted to the 2011 Scholastic awards! (Photo below, right: Rebecca Shubert, 17, reading from her National-Winning work at our finale reading at the World Financial Center). We are happy for the following NYC Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-86231172232861089962011-04-22T00:40:00.001-04:002011-04-22T00:43:58.366-04:00Help us Celebrate a Year of Fabulous Writing!Help us celebrate a year of creativity and accomplishment by joining us on June 3rd. Our writers (ages 8-18) will read excerpts from their polished pieces at the Courtyard Gallery at the World Financial Center! All are welcome, and we do not require that you RSVP. But RSVP's to Kathleen@WritopiaLab.org are appreciated, and preferred by May 31st. See you there!
Rebecca Segallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02940276926078312848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126653203377608122.post-61555299448946344472011-04-12T17:19:00.021-04:002011-04-13T11:10:06.866-04:00Creative writing is for everybodyAs Writopia Lab continues to grow in Westchester, our partnerships with local libraries, schools, and bookshops remain crucial to how our writing community fits within the broader network of institutions that advance literacy. Because of this, I'm afforded frequent opportunity to interact with many like-minded kids, educators and authors. They, along with the many enthusiastic librarians WritopiaLabWestchesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00702389529402347672noreply@blogger.com1