Drawing a Map of Me
Through painting, collage, drawing, and writing, you’ll merge your favorite places, memories, and daily routes into a layered visual story of what makes you, you.
From Flash to Fiction
We'll wonder about how to bring images to life with our words and sharpen our imaginations by playing in the crosshairs of writing and photography.
All Workshops
Uptown Stories offers workshops for fiction writing, poetry, writing & drawing comic books, and so much more!
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We empower young people to write their own stories.
Every child should experience the joy of writing—with no financial barriers.
5,457
Students
383,735
Hours of instruction
16,892
Pages of Student Work Published
Read Our Stories
Check out our beautiful anthologies, as well as our digital magazine, Uptown Ink, and other fantastic student writing projects. And yes, all our students are published authors and artists!
Meet Our Teaching Artists!
Master teachers and artists are at the core of Uptown Stories. Learn about who they are, and what they love!
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Bring Uptown Stories to Your School or Organization
Join the multitude of educators and PTAs who have
brought our rockstar teaching artists and
fantastic programming to their schools.
brought our rockstar teaching artists and
fantastic programming to their schools.

Join Our Community!
Get information on workshops and events, plus great work from our posse of young writers.




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