Teachers & Writers Collaborative promotes and provides literary arts education by supporting writers and teachers in developing and implementing strategies to enhance students’ interest in and love of literature and writing. T&W disseminates models for literary arts education to local, national, and international audiences and showcases both new and established authors via publications and events.
T&W’s activities include the following:
- WRITING WORKSHOPS: T&W sends professional writers into schools and community sites to teach imaginative writing and conducts professional development workshops for teachers and administrators.
- PUBLICATIONS: T&W has published more than 80 books; publishes Teachers & Writers, an award-winning quarterly magazine on teaching writing; and sponsors the annual Bechtel Prize to honor an exemplary article about writing or teaching.
- CENTER FOR IMAGINATIVE WRITING: A resource library and meeting place for teachers, students, writers, and the general public, the Center is located in T&W’s offices at 520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th Streets), 20th floor, in New York City, and is open between 9 AM and 5 PM, Monday through Friday, and on evenings and weekends for specially scheduled events.
- 2020 VISIONS: T&W’s event series features readings, panel discussions, and book launch parties with both established and emerging authors.
- ONLINE CONVERSATIONS: The Teachers & Writers Discussion Group is an online forum for conversations about the teaching of writing.
- ”EVERYTHING GOES?”: T&W’s literary radio program “Everything Goes?” is broadcast on WNYE-FM (91.5) in New York City.
Upcoming Events at T&W
May 15 – 2020 Visions: DeWitt Henry, Greg Sanders, and Nickole Brown
May 23 – Poetry Reading: Naomi Replansky
May 27 – 2020 Visions: Matthew Sharpe and Elizabeth Hand
May 29 – T&W’s 40th Anniversary: Herbert Kohl and Phillip Lopate
Support T&W
Your donation enables T&W to continue educating the imagination of children and adults in schools and community sites throughout New York City. Your contribution also helps T&W publish and distribute useful resources for teachers, teaching artists, and writers across the country and around the world, and enables us to host literary and education events in our Center for Imaginative Writing.
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