As our 2025–2026 session comes to an end, we’re dedicating our final meeting of the year to PEER REVIEW! ✍️✨

This special session will give you extra time to revise your work, receive thoughtful 1:1 feedback from fellow members, and fine-tune your writing in a supportive group setting. We’ll be focusing on polishing pieces for submission to our literary magazine, LUNA.

Workshopping will be available in person only. Virtual options will not be available at this time.

Join us for Meeting No. 10 of the 2025-2026 workshop!

This week we’ll be exploring how symbolism and metaphor allow us to transform emotional experiences into vivid, tangible imagery. Through close reading and guided writing, we’ll examine how objects, memories, and small details can carry deeper meaning.

📚 Mandatory readings:
Cyrus & the Snakes by Ada Limón
(Members have access to all readings for the year. Click here to become a member!)

Date: Sunday, April 26, 2026
Time: 1:00pm (Doors open at 12:45. Grace period ends at 1:15 — no late entry after that!)
Location: 131 Spring Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY
RSVP below — spots are limited!

PEER REVIEW SESSION!

Join us for Meeting No. 9 of the 2025-2026 workshop!

This week we’ll explore how repetition can shape emotional rhythm, deepen meaning, and transform memory into story. Through anaphora and epiphora, we’ll examine how repeating a phrase at the beginning or end of lines can create humor, nostalgia, insistence, or quiet reflection.

📚 Mandatory readings:
“Ode to Autocorrect” by Monica Silano
“I Remember” by Joe Brainard
(Members have access to all readings for the year. Click here to become a member!)

Date: Sunday, March 22, 2026
Time: 1:00pm (Doors open at 12:45. Grace period ends at 1:15 — no late entry after that!)
Location: 131 Spring Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY
RSVP below — spots are limited!

PEER REVIEW SESSION!

Join us for Meeting No. 8 of the 2025-2026 workshop!

This week, we’re examining how figurative language helps us tell the truth of our emotions. Through close reading and guided writing, we’ll explore how simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole can turn heartbreak, joy, jealousy, and anxiety into imagery that feels alive on the page.

Together, we’ll read and discuss “And What Good Will Your Vanity Be When the Rapture Comes” by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib as a mentor text, studying how internal emotion becomes landscape, color, movement, and memory. Then, writers will craft their own emotion-driven pieces using figurative language.

📚 Mandatory reading: “And What Good Will Your Vanity Be When the Rapture Comes” by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
(Members have access to all readings for the year. Click here to become a member!)

📅 Date: Sunday, March 8, 2026
🕐 Time: 1:00pm (Doors open at 12:45. Grace period ends at 1:15 — no late entry after that!)
📍 Location: 131 Spring Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY
🎟️ RSVP below — spots are limited!

PEER REVIEW SESSION!

The first FIVE members to submit their work via email will have the opportunity to have their piece peer-reviewed during this session. Workshopping will be available at our in-person meetings only. Virtual options are not available at this time.

We hope to see you there <3

💘 Join us for special Valentine’s Day weekend event!

This special session brings writers together for an afternoon of warmth and creativity featuring a hot cocoa bar, interactive literary games, and readings of Japanese love haiku to inspire our own poetry writing and sharing. Writers will also team up for playful writing challenges, with a prize awarded to the winning group.

Bring someone you love, grab a mug, and write with us! 💌

Join us for Meeting No. 6 of the 2025–2026 workshop!

This week, we’re exploring how sound lives inside our stories, guiding emotion and memory through rhythm, repetition, and the music of language itself.

📚 Mandatory reading: Ceremony by Christopher Arksey
(Members have access to all readings for the year. Click here to become a member!)

PEER REVIEW SESSION!

We’ll be workshopping member submissions for peer review (limit 5 readers max).

We are only accepting work that aligns with this year’s theme: Storytelling. We welcome poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, personal essays, and short scripts. Please keep all submissions to three pages or fewer.

Workshopping will be available at our in-person meetings only. Virtual options are not available at this time.

Join us for Meeting No. 5 of the 2025–2026 workshop!

This week, we’re exploring how titles act as an anchor for theme, emotion, and reader expectation; and how the right title can shape the entire direction of your story.

📚 Mandatory reading: How to Triumph Like a Girl by Ada Limón
(Members have access to all readings for the year. Click here to become a member!)

PEER REVIEW SESSION!

We’ll begin workshopping member submissions for peer review (limit 5 readers max).

We are only accepting work that aligns with this year’s theme: Storytelling. We welcome poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, personal essays, and short scripts. Please keep all submissions to three pages or fewer.

Once you RSVP, email your piece to writerswithattitudenyc@gmail.com with a subject line that includes your name, date, and title. An RSVP is required before submitting your work.

Workshopping will be available at our in-person meetings only. Virtual options are not available at this time.

Join us for Meeting No. 4 of the 2025–2026 workshop!

This week, we’re exploring Setting as Character. We’ll examine how place can hold emotional memory and drive a story forward. Instead of serving as a simple backdrop, setting becomes a living, breathing presence that shapes mood, tension, and transformation.

We’ll begin workshopping member submissions for peer review (limit 5 readers max).

📚 Mandatory Reading:
“The Killing Spree” by Jolie Graham
“At the End, There Is Always a House” by Sara Eliza Johnson
(Members have access to all readings for the year. Click here to become a member!)

We will also begin workshopping our writing this meeting! The first FIVE members to submit their work via email will have the opportunity to have their piece peer-reviewed during the session.

We’re reviewing these submissions as potential selections for the upcoming issue of our literary magazine, LUNA, and we are only accepting work that aligns with this year’s theme: Storytelling. We welcome poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, personal essays, and short scripts. Please keep all submissions to three pages or fewer.

Once you RSVP, email your piece to writerswithattitudenyc@gmail.com with a subject line that includes your name, date, and title. An RSVP is required before submitting your work.

Workshopping will be available at our in-person meetings only. Virtual options are not available at this time.

Join us for Meeting No. 3 of the 2025-2026 workshop!

This week, we’re diving into theme and symbolism, and how meaning hides beneath the surface and how the stories we tell reveal (and conceal) who we really are. We’ll explore the idea of “masks” in writing: what we show, what we hide, and how those choices shape our voice on the page.

📚 Mandatory Reading: “Self-Portrait as Kendrick Lamar, Laughing to the Bank” by Ashanti Anderson
(Members have access to all readings for the year. Click here to become a member!)

Join us for Meeting No. 2 of the 2025–2026 workshop!

We’re diving into mood and tone, exploring how emotion shapes atmosphere and how language transforms feeling into story. Let’s discover how music, imagery, and emotion influence the way we write.

📚 Mandatory Reading: “summer, somewhere” by Danez Smith
(Members have access to all readings for the year. Click here to become a member!)

Hey Writers!

Join us for our first meeting of the 2025-2026 workshop!

This year, our theme is storytelling. During this meeting, we will explore how sensory details and imagery make writing more vivid and memorable.

📚 Mandatory reading: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Stetson (Members have access to all readings for the year. Click here to become a member!)

Join Us for W.W.A’s 5th Annual Meet & Greet!

2025-2026 Session Kickoff

We’re excited to welcome new and returning members to another inspiring year with Writers With Attitude!

Our cofounders will host a special panel presentation exploring:

• The origin story of W.W.A

• What we’ll be diving into with this year’s theme

• What our meetings look like

• Our literary magazine

• ...and more!

After the panel: Stick around for a brief Q&A and a casual mixer with music and light refreshments.

This is the perfect opportunity to learn about our plans for the year and connect with fellow creatives. ALL WRITERS WELCOME (21+)! Whether you journal, write fan-fiction, publish poetry, or just want to explore your voice, you have a space here to learn, grow, and thrive.

📅 Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025

🕐 Time: 1:00 PM (Doors open at 12:45 — panel starts promptly)

📍 Location: 131 Spring Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY

🎟️ RSVP here – Limited seating available!

We can't wait to see you!

Writers & Lit Lovers!

Join us to celebrate the release of LUNA MAG Vol. 3—our latest issue of our literary magazine—on Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 2:00-5:00 PM in Harlem!

🎉 Why should you join us?

• Support our talented writers, artists and writing workshop

• Snag your first edition copy of LUNA Vol. 3 and avoid shipping costs!

• Mingle and network with fellow creatives

• Get early access to our latest merch 🤫

• Great vibes ✅ unlimited mimosas ✅

📚 Preorders for our lit mag and merch are now OPEN! Click here to shop. No purchases will be made in person! All proceeds go to funding of Writers With Attitude workshop.

Bring your friends and family, and let's celebrate this incredible achievement together!

Writers! Join us for the last meeting of our literary year, a special Farewell Brunch! Together, we’ll reflect on all we've learned from bell hooks’ All About Love and revisit one of our favorite activities – Found Poetry! ✍️✨

📅 Date: April 13, 2025

🕒 Time: 1pm-3pm

📍 Location: 131 Spring Street, Manhattan

Mimosas 🥂 & pastries 🥐 will be served. We can't wait to see you there to wrap up an incredible year!

Writers, 

Just TWO meetings left!  Join us for our BONUS MEETING which we’re dedicating solely to peer review! During this meeting, we will have more time to edit our own work and get 1:1 feedback from our members.

 We’ll work in groups to fine tune our writing for submission to our literary magazine, LUNA. The deadline for submissions to LUNA is April 5th, so please take this opportunity to revise and polish your writing before submitting!

Workshopping will be available at our in-person meetings only. Virtual options are not available at this time.

We hope to see you there <3

Join us for great performances, good music, food, drinks (including alcoholic beverages for purchase), and more! We’ll also be raffling up to 3 pieces of new merch ;)

EACH TICKET comes with (1) free drink and entry to the raffle. Please choose between PERFORMER or GENERAL ADMISSION tickets. We have 20 slots for people to share their writing (no musical, theatrical or stand-up performances, please!)

Hey Writers!

Join us for our eighth meeting, “Love is to Celebrate Life" on Sunday, March 9, 2025 from 1:00-3:00pm at our new location at 131 Spring Street! We will discuss what bell hooks’ means when she says people “worship death” and explore the ways bell hooks’ says we can have a love of life. After our discussion, we'll write and/or workshop our writing. Workshopping is available at our in-person meeting only.

Hey Writers!

Join us for our seventh meeting, “Romance vs. Love" on Sunday, February 23, 2025 from 1:00-3:00pm at our new location at 131 Spring Street! We will explore hooks’ notion of loving with intention and the acts of choosing love over romance. After our discussion, we'll write and/or workshop our writing.

Hey Writers!

LOVE AWAITS!!!

Writers With Attitude is so excited to present a special meeting we’re calling Cupid’s Course! This Valentine’s Day season, we’re bringing back one of our favorite poetry activities: Found (love) Poetry.

Found poetry is the literary version of a collage. The poems are made up of words taken from a printed documents such as a newspaper article, a speech, a menu, junk mail, or even another poem. Members will select words from the document and rearrange them to create a poem.

We’ve had so much fun in the past with this exercise and it’s always a marvel to see what our members end up with. For this meeting, we’ve got the added challenge of making it about love!

*There is no mandatory reading for this meeting*

Supplies and special V-Day treats will be provided!

We will also be workshopping our writing this meeting! If you would like to participate, please select one piece you would like to submit for peer review. We’ll be reviewing these pieces as potential submissions for our upcoming issue of our lit mag, LUNA. We are only accepting submissions that reflect this year’s theme of Love. We will workshop poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, personal essays and short scripts. Submissions should not surpass three pages in length. After you RSVP, email your piece to us at writerswithattitudenyc@gmail.com. The subject must include your name, date & title. An RSVP is mandatory before submission.

Workshopping will be available at our in-person meetings only. Virtual options are not available at this time.

Members will have access to a free digital copy of bell hooks', All About Love as well as other supplemental readings! If you're interested in joining us, learn more here: https://writerswithattitude.com/membership1

All our love,

Cofounders, Krystalina and Jordanne

Hey Writers!

Join us for our sixth meeting, “Real Love, No Mary J Blige” on Sunday, January 26, 2025 from 1:00-3:00pm at our new location at 131 Spring Street! We will examine the effects of love in romantic relationships and the different dynamics for men and women. We will also reflect on our experiences of love in romantic relationships and make comparisons to bell hooks’ way of loving. After our discussion, we'll write and/or workshop our writing.

Mandatory reading: Chapter 9 of bell hooks, All About Love

We will also begin workshopping our writing this meeting! Please collect a few pieces you would like to submit for peer review. We’ll be reviewing these pieces as potential submissions for our upcoming issue of our lit mag, LUNA. We are only accepting submissions that reflect this year’s theme of Love. We will workshop poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, personal essays and short scripts. All bodies of work must not surpass three pages in length. Once you RSVP, email your pieces to us at writerswithattitudenyc@gmail.com. The subject must include your name, date & title. An RSVP is mandatory before emailing your pieces to us.

Workshopping will be available at our in-person meetings only. Virtual options are not available at this time.

Members will have access to a free digital copy of bell hooks', All About Love as well as other supplemental readings! If you're interested in joining us, learn more here: https://writerswithattitude.com/membership1

All our love,

Cofounders, Krystalina and Jordanne

Hey Writers!

Join us for our fifth and final meeting of 2024, “Family Ties,” on Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 1:30-3:30pm at Powered by Us studio. We will examine the importance of familial love and friendships as catalysts to fostering a loving community. We will explore how the love ethic attributes to creating a strong foundation for community love. Furthermore, we will challenge ourselves by creating characters and stories that find loving community within friends and family.

As a treat, we will chat and write around a “campfire” and make smores. ;)

Mandatory reading: Chapter 8 of bell hooks, All About Love 

Think about: 

What type of family dynamic do you have?

Why are forgiveness and sacrifice important in creating a loving community?

Why are friendships important to creating a loving community?

We will also begin workshopping our writing this meeting! Please collect a few pieces you would like to submit for peer review. We’ll be reviewing these pieces as potential submissions for our upcoming issue of our lit mag, LUNA. We are only accepting submissions that reflect this year’s theme of Love. We will workshop poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, personal essays and short scripts. All bodies of work must not surpass three pages in length. Once you RSVP, email your pieces to us at writerswithattitudenyc@gmail.com. The subject must include your name, date & title. An RSVP is mandatory before emailing your pieces to us.

Workshopping will be available at our in-person meetings only. Virtual options are not available at this time. 

Members will have access to a free digital copy of bell hooks', All About Love as well as other supplemental readings! If you're interested in joining us, learn more here: https://writerswithattitude.com/membership1

All our love,

Cofounders, Krystalina and Jordanne

Hey Writers! Join us for our fourth meeting this year on Sunday, November 24, 2024 from 1-3pm at Powered by Us studio. We will examine how cultural norms and societal expectations influence our understanding and experience of love. We will also discuss ways we see love depicted in literature, film and media.

Mandatory reading:  Chapters 6-7 of bell hooks, All About Love 

Think about:

How does the media affect the way we see love? 

Do you think as a society we can rise above the patriarchy and experience love? 

How does fear play a part in how we love as a society?

What does literature and media show us about love through its stories?

We will also begin workshopping our writing in DECEMBER! Please begin gathering potential pieces that you want workshopped. We will workshop pieces that reflect our annual theme of Love. We will workshop poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays and screenplays. All bodies of work shouldn’t surpass three pages in length and must include a name, date & title. Works must be approved to workshop a week prior. We will discuss this in detail at our next meeting on 11/24.

Members will have access to a free digital copy of bell hooks', All About Love as well as other supplemental readings! If you're interested in joining us, learn more here: https://writerswithattitude.com/membership1

All our love,

Krystalina and Jordanne

Hey Writers!

Join us for our third meeting this year on Sunday, November 10, 2024 from 1-3pm at Powered by Us studio. We will examine and write about the importance of self-love, healing from past traumas and fostering emotional well being, including spirituality.

Mandatory reading: Chapters 4-5 of bell hooks, All About Love

Think about:

• What are ways we can love ourselves better? 

• According to bell hooks, how does spirituality allow us to put love into practice? 

• Do your characters have a good sense of self-love? In what ways do they show it?

• How can we make self-love/the love ethic symbolic in poetry?

Members will have access to a free digital copy of bell hooks', All About Love as well as other supplemental readings! Join here: https://writerswithattitude.com/membership1

RSVP to attend our third meeting, “Love in Practice” below.

Limited seats available.

21+

Light refreshments provided

Hey Writers!

Join us for our second meeting this year on Sunday, October 27, 2024 from 1-3pm at Powered by Us studio. We will examine and write how love is taught in childhood and how it affects our adulthood. 

Mandatory reading:  Chapters 2-3 of bell hooks, All About Love 

Think about:

What are ways you were shown love as a child? What were you taught about lying? 

Do the characters in my story have a similar childhood upbringing? How might it differ? 

How can I paint a picture through poetry to show children and/or adults exhibiting love or hindering love? 

Members will have access to a free digital copy of bell hooks', All About Love as well as other supplemental readings! Join here: https://writerswithattitude.com/membership1

RSVP to attend our meeting, “Growing Pains” below.

Limited seats available.

21+

Light refreshments provided

“Writers, the time has come!! Join us for our first meeting this year on Sunday, October 13, 2024 from 1-3pm. We will discuss the overview of bell hooks’ definition of love and her critique of pop culture’s portrayal of love, and begin to explore our own definitions of love.

Mandatory reading: “Introduction” & “Chapter 1” of bell hooks, All About Love 

Members will have access to a free digital copy of bell hooks', All About Love as well as other supplemental readings! Join here: https://writerswithattitude.com/membership1

RSVP to attend our meeting, “Introduction to bell hooks, “Theory of Love.”

Limited seats available.

21+

Light refreshments provided

Join us at our Meet & Greet for W.W.A’s, “Navigating Love in Verse, Prose, and Narration” workshop this year! Our cofounders will host a panel presentation about the creation of Writers With Attitude, what our meetings look like, our events, our literary magazine, and more. Afterwards, there will be a brief Q&A and mixer with music and light refreshments.

This is a great opportunity to learn about our plans for the year and meet new & returning members. We encourage everyone to come, whether you’re an experienced or amateur writer, a writer that just likes to journal, a writer that writes fan-fiction, a writer with imposter syndrome, or a creative who wants to try something new– you have a space to learn and grow here.

Be there on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 1:00pm at Powered by Us headquarters in the Bronx. Be sure to arrive ten minutes prior since the panel will begin promptly.

RSVP below. Limited seats available!

Hello Writers!

On Saturday, June 12, 2021, we will host our third workshop on Setting and Metaphor in poetry! We will focus on the use of temporal, environmental and individual setting in poetry while examining the use of metaphor used to capture these settings. We’ll examine works from various poets from the nineteenth century to contemporary poetry. 

The readings will be distributed via email by Friday, June 4th.

ALL WRITERS AND WRITING STYLES WELCOME! 18+

This event is FREE with a reservation. RSVP below.

Grab a pen (and a drink) and let’s talk!

Hello Writers!

On Saturday, April 24, 2021, we will host our second workshop of the year on P.O.V in poetry! We will focus on the less common points of view including second person, personification and the unreliable narrator. We’ll examine works from various poets from the nineteenth century to contemporary poetry. 

The readings will be distributed via email by Friday, April 16th.

ALL WRITERS AND WRITING STYLES WELCOME! 18+

This event is FREE and requires an RSVP via Eventbrite.

Grab a pen (and a drink) and let’s talk!

Hello Writers!

On Saturday, March 27, 2021, we will host our first workshop of the year on writing femininity in poetry! We will focus on femininity through the lenses of self, symbolism, and sexuality. We’ll examine works from classic writers such as Maya Angelou and Pablo Neruda, as well as contemporary poetry and spoken word pieces from LGBTQIA+ and international poets.

The readings will be distributed via email by Friday, March 26th.

ALL WRITERS AND WRITING STYLES WELCOME! 18+

This event is FREE and requires an RSVP via Eventbrite. Link below.

Grab a pen (and a drink) and let’s talk!