[2] Despite this success, T&W's programs led to pushback from public school faculty and administrators – it wasn't until 1971, through dedicated collaboration with their hosts, that Teachers & Writers became stable and accepted.

[2] In addition to Lopate and its founders, T&W's program and philosophy were shaped by writers like Rosellen Brown, Victor Hernández Cruz, Kenneth Koch, and Robert B. Silvers.

In 2005, T&W hired Amy Swauger as executive director, taking over from Nancy Larson Shapiro, who had served in the position for 26 years.

[6][7][8] T&W moved to Manhattan's Garment District in 2006, opening a new Center for Imaginative Writing which hosted readings, book parties, and workshops.

[citation needed] Other writers who have been a part of T&W over the years include Lennox Raphael, Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, Sam Swope, Matthew Sharpe, Susan Mernit, Meredith Sue Willis, and Bill Zavatsky.

Past board members have included Herbert Kohl, Phillip Lopate, Walter Dean Myers, Ron Padgett, Emily Raboteau, and Robert B. Silvers.