School One's Write Rhode Island program is open to young writers from grades 7 to 12

YOUTH WRITERS

Our Write Rhode Island programming is open to young writers in grades 7-12. From our annual flagship creative writing contest, to after-school classes, to an intensive summer program, we offer students the opportunity to find their voice and explore their creativity, while strengthening their writing skills. Classes change regularly, so check back to see what’s on tap next!

Annual Writing Competition

Each Fall, in collaboration with Goat Hill, School One offers a short fiction competition for Rhode Island students, grades 7-12. Write Rhode Island provides students opportunities throughout the state to work with professional writers and to be published in a high-quality print anthology.

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Participating Libraries and Schools

WriteRI in Your Community!

As part of WriteRI's annual creative writing competition, students throughout the state can participate in workshops with professional writers at their local libraries, schools, and community organizations. Look out for workshop announcements each Fall, or contact the institutions below for more information.

Chariho High School Creative Writing Club
Cumberland Public Library
ENRICHri (Homeschool Network)
Kickemuit Middle School
Joseph Jenks Junior High School
Marian J. Mohr Memorial Library (Johnston)
Nathan Bishop Middle School
Newport Art Museum
North Kingstown Public Library
Paul Cuffee Middle School
Rogers Free Library
School One
Segue Instiute for Learning
West Warwick High School
Westerly Public Library

Write Rhode Island Creative Writing Workshops and Classes

Write Rhode Island hosts creative writing workshops for students in grades 7-12 beginning in September and continue through December at locations all around RI.

Students can participate in workshops with professional writers at their local libraries, schools, and community organizations.

Contact the institutions below for more information. Or ask your school to host a Write Rhode Island author!

Barrington Public Library
Chariho High School
Cumberland Public Library
Weaver Library (East Providence)
Marian J. Mohr Memorial Library (Johnston)
Newport Art Museum
School One
Warwick Public Library
West Warwick High School
Westerly Public Library

CURRENT OFFERINGS

Playwriting for Teens

Caitlin Duffy

School One has a new, free playwriting for teens workshop in February. This Saturday class is for students in grades 9-12. Students will create an original ten minute play of their own to be entered into the Write Here Write Now student play festival. If selected the play will be read by professional actors on the Trinity Rep stage.

Grades 9-12 | Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm | Saturday, February 8, 2020 | FREE

For more information, contact Diana Champa at (401) 331-2497 and dianac@school-one.org. For information about Trinity's playwriting competition for high school students, contact Matt T. at Trinity Rep at mtibbs@trinityrep.com.

Lit Lab @ School One

Eve Kerrigan and Maryann Ullmann

Unique to School One, Lit Lab is a casual, drop-in, fun approach to writing. It’s a place for teens to explore, create and edit their creative writing with guided instruction. Lit Lab is ideal for students who have a project they are working on, or an idea they’d like to develop further. Lit Lab @ School One isn’t a class but a project space. Writers in all genres are welcome.

Grades 7-12 | Thursday, 3:30-5pm | January 30 – February 27, 2020 | FREE

NaNoWriMo for Young Writers

Maryann Ullman

As part of School One's Young Writers program this year, students in grades 7-12 can sign up for NaNoWriMo – a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft a novel during the month of November. This free, after school writing program is for students in grades 7-12.

Grades 7-12 | Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00p.m. | October 29 - December 3 | FREE

For more information or to participate, please contact Diana at (401) 331-2497 or dianac@school-one.org.

“The challenge for every writer is to draw her reader fully into the character's experience. Scenes are where the action of a story comes alive and invites the reader in. Scenes are where the story is lived.”
– Hester Kaplan, Author and Goat Hill writer

“Writing is like detective work: to reveal the story, you pull at the threads which will force the story to reveal itself. My goal as a teacher is to help you understand how to spot the clues.”

– Mark Fogarty, Writer and GrubStreet Instructor

“We turn to fiction to be transported, thrilled, immersed in the new and strange. Science Fiction and Fantasy takes us to these other worlds, and provides perspective on our own.”

– Amanda Kallis, Writer and School One Faculty

“We’re at a point in the world right now where we need empathy if we’re going to make any kind of progress. This is the best time for theater; it’s the antidote to apathy”.

– Ben Jovilet, Writer and GrubStreet Instructor

“I believe that openness and innovation are integral to teaching. This is certainly reflected in School One’s philosophy.”

– Victor Wildman, Frequency Writers and Creative Writing Instructor

YOUTH WRITERS

Annual Writing Competition

Playwriting for Teens

Lit Lab @ School One

NaNoWriMo for Young Writers

At School One, we teach students to think, write, analyze, and create. As a community, we treat each other with care and respect. We appreciate each other’s differences as people and as learners.