Whether this is your first writing class or you’re finishing your next book, The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College helps writers grow and connect with a community of passionate writers. Join us on campus in Bronxville, New York or online. Questions about which class is best for you? Email The Writing Institute at writinginstitute@sarahlawrence.edu. We're here to help.
“On a whim, I took a writing course… within minutes, I knew I had found something I needed to go forth with. Suddenly, my stored experiences and hidden feelings had new meaning, and possibility, which was life-changing.”
—Carla Carlson, author of Love and Oranges
Fall Session Two: October & November 2024
- Building Your Author Website with Chris Steib (Two Days)
October 7 & October 14, 2024
Mondays, 6:00pm to 8:00pm EST, on Zoom - Finding & Activating Your Voice: Fiction Workshop with Ben Purkert (Five Weeks)
October 10 to November 7, 2024
Thursdays, 1:00pm to 3:00pm, On Campus - WI x MFA Craft Weekend
October 12 & October 13, 2024
Saturday (On Campus) & Sunday (On Zoom) - Tending the Writer's Garden: Inspiration with Suzanne Chazin (Five Weeks)
October 16 to November 13, 2024
Wednesdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm EST, On Campus - Learn To Link Your Short Stories & Memoirs Into A Collection with Tessa Smith McGovern (One Day)
Saturday, October 19, 2024
10:00am to 2:00pm EST, On Zoom - Poetry & Memory with Tyler Mills (Five Weeks)
October 24 to November 21, 2024
Thursdays, 11:00am to 1:00pm EST, On Zoom - Travel Writing: The Places We Go with Ines Rodrigues (One Day)
Friday, October 25, 2024
12:00pm to 2:30pm EST, On Campus - Creating Extraordinary Stories from Ordinary Events with Joann Smith (Five Weeks)
October 29 to November 26, 2024
Tuesdays, 6:00pm to 8:00pm EST, On Zoom (Sold Out!) - Poetry Revision: Master Class with Elaine Sexton (One Day)
November 2, 2024
Saturday, 10:00am to 2:00pm EST, On Campus (Sold Out!) - Tap The Senses, Write the Scene with Kathy Curto (Five Weeks)
November 7 to December 12, 2024
Thursdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm EST, On Campus
"Writing by its very nature is solitary, but every writer reaches a point when it becomes critically important to share one’s work. [The Writing Institute] gave me exactly the structure, close reading, and support I needed to see my book through to completion."
—Liane Carter, author of Ketchup is My Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows Up With Autism