Young Writers Thrive in Creative Writing Workshops in Greenburgh

Does your child love to read and write stories? Or do you know a child who does?  September 19th is the kickoff date for the fall 2026 series of Saturday morning Kids Short Story Connection workshops. Thirty-three years ago, the first KSSC workshop was held in the Greenburgh Library. Today, the Kids Short Story Connection meets at Greenburgh Town Hall (as well as over the Zoom platform). Young writers are assigned to workshops according to age and writing levels. This separation ensures that young writers meet in our round-table sessions with their appropriate writing peers. The six, two-hour workshops are led by published authors/teachers. Each workshop has no more than 10 participants. This ensure that there is enough time for writing and sharing of work written during the workshop sessions. 

The two in-person workshops for kids between 9 and 14 meet at Greenburgh Town Hall on Saturday mornings from 10 am until 12 noon. The workshop for advanced writers 14 and over meets over the Zoom platform from 1:30 - 3:30 pm.
Every season, new students leave the building smiling - excitedly telling their parents how much they enjoyed their first class. Many young writers join KSSC when they're nine and remain active with the project until they enter college. KSSC teachers marvel at the creative abilities of their young students and take pride in nurturing their growth. A love of writing is the only prerequisite for joining KSSC.  Many participants even have their work published while still in our workshops. As the creator and manager of KSSC, I'm proud of graduates who come back in their 20's and 30's to tell me how KSSC nurtured their writing skills and gave them a community that helped prepared them to pursue careers where good writing matters.

All of our graduates don't go on to pursue professional writing careers. But all of them who stay with KSSC thrive as writers. KSSC's Hall of Fame includes playwrights, songwriters, lawyers, writing teachers, journalists, program directors. The list goes on and on. One graduate, an independent film writer/director, had his third independent film premier at the Cannes Film Festival this past June,

The registration fee is $165 for six two-hour workshops. (For Greenburgh residents, it's $135.)  Contact Sarahbracey.white@gmail.com for more info.