Write-In NYC
The Write-In NYC is a mixture of writing from prompts and mingling with fellow writers, with food and drink served.
Here’s what happens. The teacher gives an interesting writing prompt. Everyone writes for a while. Volunteers may read their work aloud. You take a break and socialize. Then you go through the process one more time.
No pressure, no critiquing, no angst...
Just untamed creativity.
No matter what type of writing you favor, this is sure to shake up some fresh ideas.
Bring your creativity and we’ll provide snacks and beverages.
I loved the breaks with wine and goodies. It broke the ice and made it easy to have conversation with the other students.
Carmen Estevez
English teacher
Notes
The NYC Write-In is not free, and payment must be made in advance.
In-person Write-Ins are nonrefundable. If you’re unable to attend, we can offer you a $25 credit, good for one year, that can be put toward anything we offer.
If you feel sick, do not attend.
The in-person Write-Ins are not recorded and we are unfortunately unable to Zoom you in. You may, however, attend our Zoom Write-In.
Upcoming Classes
Price
No registration fee
2-Hour
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NYC
In-person
Tuition: $25
Teachers
John Oliver Hodges
John Oliver Hodges is the author of the novel Quizzleboon (Perpetual Motion Machine Press); the short story collections Luv Slaps (Broken Tribe Press), and The Love Box (Livingston Press); and the novella War of the Crazies (Main Street Rag). His short stories have appeared in appeared in Southern Cultures Magazine, American Short Fiction, New World Writing, and Texas Review. He has taught at Florida State University, the University of Mississippi, and the Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference. He holds a BA and an MA in Creative Writing from Florida State University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Mississippi.
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Mary Donnelly
Mary Donnelly has managed, produced and/or edited video, print, and digital projects for such companies and organizations as Arts & Entertainment, Ovation, iNEXT TV, and The Rockefeller University Press, as well as various non-profit clients through Generation Branding and Communication. Her poetry has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Indiana Review, Prairie Schooner, The Literary Review and The Yale Review, and she published the chapbook Mad World Colored Oil (Dancing Girl Press). She is an editor for DMQ Review. She is a visiting faculty member for Sierra Nevada College’s low-residency MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts. She holds a BA in English literature from Columbia University and an MFA in Poetry from Bennington College.
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Miriam Datskovsky
Miriam Datskovsky was a writer for the series Speechless (ABC Television) and a writers' assistant for The Carrie Diaries (The CW). She developed the original pilot Hacked for Bluegrass FanFare at ABC Studios, and worked as a development associate for Silver and Gold Productions. Her pilot Missed Connections made Amazon's Consider List, and other original pilots have been finalists for the Creative World Awards and the Screencraft Pilot Launch awards. Her journalism and essays have appeared in Los Angeles magazine, New York magazine, Condé Nast Portfolio, Brides, and Ravishly. She has taught at the Posse Foundation and volunteered with WriteGirl. She holds a BA from Columbia University.
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Olivia Cheng
Olivia Cheng has published short fiction, essays, and interviews in Guernica, the Threepenny Review, the Georgia Review, the Boston Review, EPOCH, the Rumpus, and Ploughshares, among others. She has taught for the University of Michigan. She holds a BA from Swarthmore College, and an MFA in Fiction from the University of Michigan.
Read moreis the author of the novel Quizzleboon (Perpetual Motion Machine Press); the short story collections Luv Slaps (Broken Tribe Press), and The Love Box (Livingston Press); and the novella War of the Crazies (Main Street Rag). His short stories have appeared in appeared in Southern Cultures Magazine, American Short Fiction, New World Writing, and Texas Review. He has taught at Florida State University, the University of Mississippi, and the Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference. He holds a BA and an MA in Creative Writing from Florida State University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Mississippi.
has managed, produced and/or edited video, print, and digital projects for such companies and organizations as Arts & Entertainment, Ovation, iNEXT TV, and The Rockefeller University Press, as well as various non-profit clients through Generation Branding and Communication. Her poetry has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Indiana Review, Prairie Schooner, The Literary Review and The Yale Review, and she published the chapbook Mad World Colored Oil (Dancing Girl Press). She is an editor for DMQ Review. She is a visiting faculty member for Sierra Nevada College’s low-residency MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts. She holds a BA in English literature from Columbia University and an MFA in Poetry from Bennington College.
was a writer for the series Speechless (ABC Television) and a writers' assistant for The Carrie Diaries (The CW). She developed the original pilot Hacked for Bluegrass FanFare at ABC Studios, and worked as a development associate for Silver and Gold Productions. Her pilot Missed Connections made Amazon's Consider List, and other original pilots have been finalists for the Creative World Awards and the Screencraft Pilot Launch awards. Her journalism and essays have appeared in Los Angeles magazine, New York magazine, Condé Nast Portfolio, Brides, and Ravishly. She has taught at the Posse Foundation and volunteered with WriteGirl. She holds a BA from Columbia University.
has published short fiction, essays, and interviews in Guernica, the Threepenny Review, the Georgia Review, the Boston Review, EPOCH, the Rumpus, and Ploughshares, among others. She has taught for the University of Michigan. She holds a BA from Swarthmore College, and an MFA in Fiction from the University of Michigan.