WritopiaLab is an award-winning not-for-profit organization that seeks to:

1) Provide young people with the creative inspiration and intellectual environment that may not be available to them at school.

2) To help each student become comfortable with expressing himself on paper and to ultimately cultivate (or maintain) a love of writing in each of them.

3) Create and sustain a diverse community of young writers who find commonalities in a shared passion for ideas and expression.

4) Offer discounted or waived fees to at least 40% of workshop participants.

5) Provide an open, safe, and nurturing space for young people who are highly engaged in creative and intellectual endeavors.

6) Provide an open, safe, and nurturing space for young people who struggle with verbal and written expression.

7) Identify ways that creative youth who struggle academically can use their gifts to further their academic success.