Join Our Creative
Writing Workshops

Come write the world with US! No matter which class you choose, you’ll become a better writer and communicator, and you’ll hold your head a little higher knowing you’re a published author. This is your space, where your voice will be heard, and you’ll be surrounded by supportive teachers and peers.

If you haven’t experienced an Uptown Stories workshop yet, this is the perfect time to give it a try. Don’t wait, classes fill up fast!

All our workshops are Pay-What-You-Can for every familyno exceptions, no proof of income needed. All you need to do is register before our workshops fill up!

Just a reminder, a payment of $700 covers the full cost of a workshop. We encourage you to contribute as much as you can, helping us ensure our Pay-What-You-Can funds are available to every family.

Spring 2024 Workshops

Select your workshop:

Choose Your Own Adventure

We’re calling on the brave and bold for a writing adventure! This semester, we’ll be writing stories that have multiple choices for the reader - different storylines lead them down alternative paths or to alternative endings.

Romance Unleashed

In Romance Unleashed we’ll teach you how to woo your readers and leave them wanting more. We’ll explore how love and desire drive plot forward, craft characters with greater depth, and make our love stories epic.

The Elements of Fiction

If you can’t wait to turn the page, the writer has succeeded in telling you a great story. What does it take to develop characters, settings, dialogue, and plot elements that have you on the edge of your seat? This workshop answers those questions and more!

Advanced Fiction

There’s always more to learn, fiction writers! Come build on the skills you’ve already got, and dig deeper into the qualities that give all the best stories that extra POP. Whichever genre of fiction you prefer (historical, fantasy, realistic, etc.) is welcome!

Poetry Outside

Do you want to be wild and break out of the limitations that are always being set? Poetry is the answer. We’re strapping on our shoes, grabbing our pens, and meeting at the P.S. 187 school yard to go on a poet’s adventure!

Snobby Poetry

We’re a self-motivated, uber-supportive band of misfits who read, write, and share poems. We love words, rhyme (only when used sparely, thank you), observation, and Walt Whitman (obviously).

Creating Otherworlds

It's time for you to be the master of your universe! Let's explore worlds of your own creation, inhabited by beings that only you can imagine.

Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Mondays
  • 4-6pm
Starts
March 4, 2024
Ages
10-14
178 Bennett Ave., NYC 10040
Romance Unleashed
  • Tuesday
  • 5:30-7:30pm
Starts
March 5, 2024
Ages
12-18
178 Bennett Ave., NYC 10040
The Elements of Fiction
  • Wednesdays
  • 3:30-5:30pm
Starts
March 6, 2024
Ages
8-12
178 Bennett Ave., NYC 10040
Advanced Fiction
  • Wednesdays
  • 5:45-7:45pm
Starts
March 6, 2024
Ages
12-16
178 Bennett Ave., NYC 10040
Poetry Outside
  • Thursdays
  • 4-6pm
Starts
March 7, 2024
Ages
8-13
PS/IS 187, Ft. Tryon
Snobby Poetry
  • Saturdays
  • 1-3pm
Starts
March 9, 2024
Ages
13-18
178 Bennett Ave., NYC 10040
Creating Otherworlds
  • Saturdays
  • 11am-1pm
Starts
March 9, 2024
Ages
8-11
178 Bennett Ave., NYC 10040

Meet Our Teachers

Jane LeCroy

Jane
Fun Facts About Me!

Jane fronts the band The Icebergs and was a part of Sister Spit, the famed west coast women’s poetry troupe!

Stacy Davidowitz

Stacy
Fun Facts About Me!

Stacy once sang the National Anthem solo for a NY Jets game! She was 16 at the time.

Dorkys Ramos

Dorkys
Fun Facts About Me!

When she's not at US, Dorkys spends her time painting and illustrating!

Miss Lasko-Gross

Miss
Fun Facts About Me!

Miss once played a zombie in a low-budget horror movie.

Alejandra Ramos Riera

Alejandra
Fun Facts About Me!

Alejandra achieved a 2021 Emmy nod for Voice Over Actress in La Cucarachita Martina’s Musical Adventure!

Luis Rivera Figueroa

Luis
Fun Facts About Me!

I consider myself a big kid. I love and try to find the fun and to play always!

Writing used to be something that was just work; something we have to do at school. However, now it's a way for me to express different things, and it's much more enjoyable now that there is a place where everyone has the same passion for writing that I do.

Anna

Student

I really appreciate the fact that every every student has a voice in their class. They trust each other and they listen to each other. All of this is happening because Uptown Stories has created a community of learners where everyone learns from each other.

Nina

Parent

I would not be the writer I am today without Uptown Stories.

Elias

Alumnus

Thanks to [Uptown Stories], a passing interest has become a passion.

Gerry

Parent

Uptown Stories has helped my writing in the sense that it allowed me to realize that this is my passion and that I want to pursue it as a career. It opened my eyes to the possibilities that creative writing has to offer. I think that anyone can get something out of attending Uptown Stories.

Graydon

Alumnus

I feel like if I hadn't taken Girls Rising, I wouldn't have become a better writer, and I wouldn't have met some friends who have changed my life.

Xanthe

Student

I love the teachers, love the community, have made SO many new friends. I feel like I can express myself through writing, and I couldn’t do that before. Everyone should be a part of Uptown Stories!

Isabella

Student

When it's Monday, I'm so excited for class to start! Favorite time of the week! Uptown Stories made me like writing even more.

Tallulah

Student