Weems Ink, LLC
a registered educational services provider
a registered educational services provider
Richard Weems will be offering an in-person class at the New Hartford, NY library this summer and an individualized class online
Questions? Email us at WeemsInk@gmail.com.
Whether you’re a young writer looking for a creative outlet, wanting to expand your writing portfolio, or looking to enter writing contests, Richard Weems can help. Richard Weems is a prize-winning author, and winner of the 2021 US Presidential Scholars Distinguished Teacher award.
Parent testimonial:
"Thank you for this amazing experience. It really was what Hannah needed to continue her joy of writing."
HIGH SCHOOL WRITING PRIZES WON BY STUDENTS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH RICHARD WEEMS:
US Presidential Scholar
Scholastic Gold medals
Winner, YoungArts
Promising Young Writer First Class, National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards In Writing
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize For Young Writers
1st place, NJ Council of Teachers of English High School Writing Contest
1st place, Walt Whitman Student Poetry Contest
1st place, Gannon University National High School Poetry and Fiction Contests
Some notable students of Richard Weems:
Jenny Xie, author of Eye Level and The Rupture Tense, and two-time finalist for the National Book Award
E. Lily Yu, author of On Fragile Waves, Jewel Box and Break, Blow, Burn & Make, winner of the Washington State Book Award For Fiction and the Astounding Award For Best New Writer
Hannah Howard, author of Feast and Plenty
Jane Wong, author of Overpour, How Not To Be Afraid of Everything and Meet Me Tonight In Atlantic City, and a Fulbright Scholar
Ben Purkert, author of For the Love of Endings and The Men Can't Be Saved, one of Vanity Fair's Top 20 Books of 2023
Lauren Aliza Green, author of A Great Dark House and The World After Alice, and on Forbes' 30 Under 30 List of 2024
Daria Lavelle, author of Aftertaste