Teachers & Writers Collaborative

Teachers & Writers Collaborative 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.

"It's a luxury being a writer because all you ever think about is life." —Amy Tan
05/28/2026

"It's a luxury being a writer because all you ever think about is life." —Amy Tan

“In a digital age where social media is the epitome of fragmentation, I thought perhaps collage—and its intrinsic link t...
05/26/2026

“In a digital age where social media is the epitome of fragmentation, I thought perhaps collage—and its intrinsic link to poetry—could be just the thing the next generation needs.”

New in the magazine: Drawing on Dadaist influences of found materials and chance, Anna Schwartzman shows her students that writing poetry is an act of discovery by teaching them to make their own collage poems. Read “Out of Ashes / Creating / the / Atmosphere: Teaching Found Poetry in the Age of Attention” in the magazine: https://teachersandwritersmagazine.org/out-of-ashes-creating-the-atmosphere/

Join us for an online reading on Wednesday, May 27th at 8pm ET, featuring 2026-27 New York State Youth Poet Laureate Han...
05/22/2026

Join us for an online reading on Wednesday, May 27th at 8pm ET, featuring 2026-27 New York State Youth Poet Laureate Hana Tsai and former NYS Youth Poets Laureate Vanessa Y. Niu, OlaRose Ndubuisi, and Stephanie Pacheco. Register for this FREE, virtual event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fPlY-qwHTeGJ-8GrXaljVA #/registration

"I am writing because they told me to never start a sentence with because. But I wasn't trying to make a sentence—I was ...
05/21/2026

"I am writing because they told me to never start a sentence with because. But I wasn't trying to make a sentence—I was trying to break free. Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey." — Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Congratulations to all of the students across New York State who participated in New York State of Poetry this year! We ...
05/20/2026

Congratulations to all of the students across New York State who participated in New York State of Poetry this year! We are grateful to have had the chance to share this program with you and to celebrate your poems, and we look forward to returning next year!

Thank you also to all of the student poets, guest poets, and speakers who joined us for our celebration readings at and .

For anyone interested in reading excellent poetry by these students, the 2026 New York State of Poetry Anthology is now available to read online:https://twc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/NYSP-2026-Statewide-Anthology.pdf

(📸: Photos 6-9 courtesy of Guggenheim New York)

“Orwell’s world was one in which language was wobbly, the meaning of words often reversed to make contradictory concepts...
05/19/2026

“Orwell’s world was one in which language was wobbly, the meaning of words often reversed to make contradictory concepts both appear true. It was a world where even private thought carried danger.”

New in the magazine: As a biology major assigned to read and respond to George Orwell’s 1984, Jhazzel Timothy Dumlao thought the dystopian novel would confirm what he already knew about how the world works. Instead, through an unexpected creative writing assignment, he learned about the power of language and how freedom is lived. Read “Living Inside the Questions: Writing About Freedom When Language Is Under Watch” in the magazine: https://teachersandwritersmagazine.org/living-inside-the-questions/

We're excited to celebrate New York State of Poetry in Albany tomorrow! Joing us at The New York State Museum on May 16t...
05/15/2026

We're excited to celebrate New York State of Poetry in Albany tomorrow! Joing us at The New York State Museum on May 16th for a special reading with student poets from high schools across the region and guest poets, Joan Murray and Dawn Lundy Martin. Mary Panza will MC the event. Guests are invited to stay for a reception following the reading. This reading is free and open to the public. We hope you’ll join us! Learn more and RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-york-state-of-poetry-reading-albany-tickets-1985452277208?aff=oddtdtcreator
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"Maybe I am staring into a piece of paper like it is a pond, hoping one day that what looks back is not my own reflectio...
05/14/2026

"Maybe I am staring into a piece of paper like it is a pond, hoping one day that what looks back is not my own reflection, but my great-grandmother's face. Maybe poetry is the distance between my face and her face." — Victoria Chang, Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence and Grief

Congratulations to T&W teaching artist Nkosi Nkululeko on the publication of his new chapbook CORRESPONDING SQUARES, out...
05/12/2026

Congratulations to T&W teaching artist Nkosi Nkululeko on the publication of his new chapbook CORRESPONDING SQUARES, out now with Brooklyn and Queens-based press Nothing to Say!

“In his latest chapbook, Nkosi Nkululeko finds unexpected harmony between chess and poetry. His square poems, which read both left-to-right and top-to-bottom, are breathtaking feats of ingenuity—yet despite their technical brilliance, they never lose sight of the poetry that matters most. You don’t need to be a chess player to find Corresponding Squares worth reading, reading, and reading again.”

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