Writing Innovators
Founded in 1967, Teachers & Writers Collaborative is one of the first writers-in-the-schools programs, with a 50+ year history of delivering innovative creative writing programs that increase access to the arts, build community, and amplify youth voices.
"I don't think arts education is for people turning into artists. I think it's for people turning into people."
Former T&W students chat wih past and current T&W teaching artists about how our programs shaped their lives.
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Writing Workshops
Creative Aging
New York State of Poetry
T&W Magazine
Visit our magazine for lesson plans, interviews and essays on teaching creative writing to people of all ages.
Our Most Recent Article
- What the Sound Wants to Say December 3, 2025An approach to story and memory through rhythm.
Latest News
3rd Annual T&W Homecoming
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 3rd annual Teachers & Writers Collaborative Homecoming celebration! It was an amazing evening with our community in support of our mission to increase access to the arts and uplift youth voices. We honored Steve Schrader for his unwavering support of T&W; heard poetry from the New…
Announcing the 2025-26 NYS Youth Poet Laureate
May 9, 20225 — Vanessa Y. Niu, a high school senior from New York City, was named the 2025-2026 New York State Youth Poet Laureate at the National Youth Poet Laureate Commencement on May 2nd. The runner-up is Aarna Tyagi, a high school junior from Jericho, NY. They were selected among 50 young poets, ages…
T&W at the Guggenheim
May 2025 — Teachers & Writers Collaborative (T&W) is proud to have presented a series of activities in dialogue with the Guggenheim New York’s major solo exhibition Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers. T&W is the first among other community partners to activate the Rotunda Stage installation: a stage designed by the artist on the…