Yes, an all ages event at the Old Stone House brought to you by Brooklyn Reading Works. In fact, it’s the first BRW event of the season. So come one, come all. It should be great.

On September 23rd at 7PM BRW presents the second annual Young Writers Night, fiction, poetry and song by New York City teenagers. “In planning this event, I looked for artists with fresh insight, candor and guts.” writes curator Jill Eisenstadt, author of From Rockaway and Kiss Out. Young Writers should be an exciting night and a preview into the next generation of published writers.

Young Writers is an all ages event at the Old Stone House. Third Street and Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. Suggested donation of $5 includes refreshments.

Readers include Hananh Frishberg, Maria Robis-Somerville, Noah Miller, Banks Harris Lily Konigsberg, Luca Balser, Charlie Dore-Young, Gussie Roc and more or their bios click on “read more.”

Hannah Frishberg is a Sophmore at Bard High School Early College.  She loves New York City, and spends a good deal of my time working with kids, on the F train, or making jewelry out of household objects.  This is her second year participating in Young Writers Night at the Old Stone House, and she is excited to be back!

Maria Robins-Somerville is a Sophmore at the Beacon School. She is happyto be participating in the Brooklyn Reading Works for the second year in a row. Other than writing, she enjoys theater, cooking, and spending time with friends.

Noah Miller is a Freshman a Hunter College High School. He is the winner of a Scholastic Young Artists Award and will be published in BEST TEEN WRITING OF 2010

Gussie Roc is a sophomore at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn.  She’s been studying poetry since she was in kindergarten. Her favorite author is Harper Lee . Her dream, to move to Paris and/or make an Academy Award winning film about an issue that really matters to her.

Banks Harris is currently attending the Eugene Lang College the New School for Liberal Arts. She has been published in Best Teen Writing 2008 and has received numerous awards for her short stories.

Lily Konigsberg has been a fixture on the youth music scene in Brooklyn since she was 14.  She has made her name as a singer songwriter on the acoustic circuit and the writer, lead-singer and rhythm guitarist of the band, Macon Dead.  In the past two years, Lily has performed at all ages venues across New York City, including the Cake Shop and the Tank in Manhattan and  Dead Herring and Goodbye Blue Monday in Brooklyn.