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Welcome Budding Writers, Parents, And Lovers of Poetry & Dramatic, Wondrous Tales!

Writers Studio has presented workshops to Montessori schools grades 3 and above, at various Park districts, the Chicago Botanic Gadens and to home-schooled students as well. Over 300 students have been through our workshops and 98 percent return! 60% of our students have been published. Others have won national and international writing competitions. This is our 5th year at it and I've had the pleasure of teaching children with amazing imaginations. Our students include, some barely six years old, others on the verge of teen-dom, and still others young adults! I'll be posting announcements of upcoming workshops here too. Of course, if you know children who'd like to take their creative writing to the next step, I could have a workshop materialize around your dinner table! See you soon!

Select Writers Studio Accomplishments!

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Reflections 2008-'09 District Level Winners: Lilly & Ainsley Soane, 7, Yousuf Khan, 6
Reflections 2008-'09 School Level Winners: Taskeen Khan, Simrah Shaik
River of Words International Poetry Winner 2008,
Published in River of Words Anthology, 2008
1st Prize Winner Glen Ellyn Library Poetry Contest, 2008
Media Coverage: Daily Herald, Glen Ellyn News, Chicago Tribune Local, 2008
Bailey Bystry, 11
"Celebrating Young Poets" Top Ten Winner, 2007
Published in Anthology 2007
Jack Marrinson, 9
Dunham International Memorial Poetry Competition Winner 2007
Published as "Writing We Love" Competition Winner 2007
Taskeen Khan, 9.
Chicago Parent Magazine Writer 2004,
Taskeen Khan, then age 6
Faisal Khurshid, 13TV Show Review, Chicago Tribune 2008
Maura Zindler published six pieces in Amazing Kids and Teen Ink 2008
Sara Bruno published in Teen Ink 2008
Sana Kadir published in Amazing Kids 2008
Misbah Qureshi published in Amazing Kids 2008
Camraan Khan selected to perform poetry at Cafe Finjan, Chicago. 2008
Emaad Qadir selected to perform poetry at Cafe Finjan, Chicago. 2008
Samia Qadir selected to perform poetry at Cafe Finjan, Chicago. 2008

Naazish YarKhan, Founder/ Director

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Ms. Naazish YarKhan is a professional writer with over fifteen years of journalism and writing experience. She has written for more than 30 publications including Chicago Tribune, Chicago Parent and Chicago magazine. Her commentaries have aired on NPR and Chicago Public Radio. Besides being the founder of Writers Studio, now in its fifth year, she is Managaing Editor of Halal Consumer magazine ( circulation 40,000). She has also worked as Editor of a community newspaper (circulation 13,000) and as an Internet Content Strategist with an web consulting company on projects for clients such as Fortune 1000 companies such as GE, Discover Card and SmithKlineBeecham. She has experience as a Publicist for over 4 years and has worked for various non-profits and Groundwood Books, Toronto, / Harper Collins Berkeley, CA. She writes a weekly column for the Oman Observer and blogs for Huffington Post.

She has been interviewed by various newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, Glen Ellyn News, Glen Ellyn Sun and Daily Herald in Chicago.