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Founded in 1967 and still innovating!

Teachers & Writers Collaborative offers creative writing & arts programs for New Yorkers of all ages, plus books and an online magazine with resources for teaching creative writing.

10/29/2026

“Rather than restricting my students to different languages at different times, we would put them all together to build confidence.”

New in the magazine: Seeking to embrace the native language and dialects of her students, Joanna Szeto introduced translanguaging to her Chinese- and English-speaking classroom. In her essay, Szeto shares picture book recommendations along with classroom exercises for exploring identity, every-day communication, and storytelling. Read “Translanguaging and Writing Multilingual Stories” in the magazine: https://teachersandwritersmagazine.org/translanguaging-and-writing-multilingual-stories/

10/28/2026

Listen live or in-person TONIGHT, 6-7:30pm: El Puente Poetry Ambassadors will be at FMFM Rodeo Radio, a community hub, herbal apothecary + radio station broadcasting from Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The young poets will read works created in a T&W school residency, and there will be a broadcast of the Signal Hill documentary “What’s Inside the Moon,” a moving conversation with adults who had been children in an early T&W program in 1970 with poet Kenneth Koch. Bring a tissue! .rodeo https://fmfm.rodeo/

10/27/2026

“When I was given my own creative writing class, I wanted to do things differently.”

New in the magazine: Wanting to veer away from the cone-of-silence workshop model, Kanchi Sharma created an assignment that allows her creative writing students to develop their own ideas about their writing and share this with their peers via artist statements. Read how Sharma introduced this practice as well as broadened her classroom’s relationship to the canon in “Co-Authoring the Classroom” in the magazine: https://teachersandwritersmagazine.org/co-authoring-the-classroom/

10/19/2026

“That level of trust between students, and the level of trust between students and me, doesn’t just magically happen. It takes work. . . .”

New in the magazine: Confronted with heavy emotions in his high school students’ writing workshop, Jeffrey Kass develops a “Feel of the Day” exercise where students weave together their internal and external experiences and emotions. To develop trust among his students, Kass participates as well. Read “Feel of the Day” in the magazine: https://teachersandwritersmagazine.org/feel-of-the-day/

10/13/2026

“When we frame writing as the natural evolution of play, we help students see writing as a tool to govern the beautiful chaos of their imagination.”

New in the magazine: When Josh Weiss-Roessler’s 9-year-old daughter asked if she could start a YouTube channel, his first reaction may have been tinged with parental anxiety. Ultimately, Weiss-Roessler and his wife allowed it—with some established constraints. Rather than stifle their daughter’s creativity, these constraints proved to be a creative catalyst. Read “Entering Storytelling Through the Side Door” in the magazine: https://teachersandwritersmagazine.org/entering-storytelling-through-the-side-door/

10/05/2026

“Students need the experience of seeing that their opinions can affect the listener, that their words matter. It’s one way they learn that they matter, and that they can have an impact on their world.”

New in the magazine: In response to an act of hate, Paso Robles High School student journalists used their voices to affect inclusive change for their LGBTQ+ community members. Sue Granzella reflects on the power of these students’ voices and how we can teach students that their voices matter. Read “The Power of Student Voice” in the magazine: https://teachersandwritersmagazine.org/the-power-of-student-voice/

10/01/2026

Submissions to the 2027 Bechtel Prize are now open! Awarded annually for an essay describing an activity, lesson, or teaching experience showing innovation in creative writing instruction, the winner of the Bechtel Prize receives a $1,000 honorarium and publication of their essay in Teachers & Writers Magazine. This year's prize will be judged by novelist and short story-writer Luis Jaramillo. ⁠Additionally, prizes may also be awarded to a runner-up ($500) and an honorable mention ($250) at the discresion of the judge, and all submissions will be considered for publication.
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The deadline is January 10, 2027.⁠ Learn more about the Bechtel Prize and how to submit here: https://twc.submittable.com/submit/369258/2027-bechtel-prize

09/28/2026

“Does art matter when the world is falling apart?”

New in the magazine: T&W editor India Choquette prefers to respond to the above question by showing rather than telling. In her Introduction to Creative Writing class, Choquette’s students read and respond to poems that immigrants carved into the walls of the U.S. Immigration Station on Angel Island during the Chinese Exclusion Act. Read “The Poetry of Angel Island” in the magazine: https://teachersandwritersmagazine.org/the-poetry-of-angel-island/

09/23/2026

Earlier this month, Teachers & Writers Collaborative helped Pen Parentis kick off its 2026-27 Building Writer-Parent Community salon series. The Salon featured writers engaged and involved with Teachers & Writers Collaborative who read their work and shared their experiences as parents and writers, exploring topics like work-life balance, creative practice, and writing craft. Featured writers included Bruce Morrow, Jane LeCroy, and Alba Delia Hernandez. The event was moderated by M. M. De Voe and Marina Aris.

Watch a recording of the event at our website: https://twc.org/pen-parentis-in-community-teachers-writers-collaborative

09/22/2026

Happy pubday to friend of T&W Dave Abramsom, whose new book YOUR TIME IS NOW: THE SAMMY PETRILLO STORY is released today with Feral House!

"Your Time Is Now: The Sammy Petrillo Story is the first full-scale biography of the legendary Jerry Lewis look-alike whose strange, funny, and often heartbreaking life unfolded in the long shadow of one of America’s most famous comedians. With a foreword by award-winning screenwriter Scott Alexander, this deeply researched work of comedy history delivers a rare dual portrait: a parallel biography of Sammy Petrillo and Jerry Lewis, two performers bound together by imitation, rivalry, resentment, and an uneasy mutual awareness that lasted decades. Drawing on original interviews with Petrillo, Lewis, family members, show-business insiders, and surviving mid-century comedy figures, the book reconstructs the improbable life of a journeyman comic who both benefited from and was trapped by his uncanny resemblance to a superstar.

"Blending biography, film history, and cultural criticism, Your Time Is Now explores the strange ecosystem of postwar show business—from live television and burlesque stages to poverty-row film studios and cult movie houses. Readers discover the bizarre making and afterlife of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, Petrillo’s complicated relationship with Jerry Lewis, and previously untold connections to figures such as Barbara Loden and the early development of television comedy culture. The result is a richly detailed, often darkly comic examination of identity, fame, imitation, and failure in American entertainment."

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