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From Film Editing Room to Memoir Stardom: Lisa Cheek's Comedic Writing Journey

From Film Editing Room to Memoir Stardom: Lisa Cheek's Comedic Writing Journey

When Lisa Cheek describes what she enjoyed most about her writing workshop experience, she doesn't talk about craft techniques or...

by Writing Workshops Staff

3 months ago

Celebrating Christina Berke's Flash Nonfiction Publication in The Masters Review

Celebrating Christina Berke's Flash Nonfiction Publication in The Masters Review

3 months ago

Our Writers Are on Fire: 2025 Alumni Achievements

Our Writers Are on Fire: 2025 Alumni Achievements

4 months ago

How Linda Lenhoff Went from "Stuck" to Published—Again

How Linda Lenhoff Went from "Stuck" to Published—Again

4 months ago

From YA Novelist to Pushcart Prize Nominated Poet: Robin Stevens Payes's Transformative Journey

From YA Novelist to Pushcart Prize Nominated Poet: Robin Stevens Payes's Transformative Journey

4 months ago

From Dublin Workshop to Book Deal: Celebrating Anne Hellman's Publishing Success

From Dublin Workshop to Book Deal: Celebrating Anne Hellman's Publishing Success

4 months ago

Celebrating Alumni Success: Erin Entrada Kelly's Haunting New Novel, The Last Resort

Celebrating Alumni Success: Erin Entrada Kelly's Haunting New Novel, The Last Resort We're thrilled to celebrate the publication of The...

by Writing Workshops Staff

4 months ago

How Lisa Johnson Mitchell Turned Workshop Epiphanies into Two Book Deals

How Lisa Johnson Mitchell Turned Workshop Epiphanies into Two Book Deals

4 months ago

From Hesitant to Published: How Ebonya Lia Found Her Voice

From Hesitant to Published: How Ebonya Lia Found Her Voice

4 months ago

Alumni Spotlight: From Novel to Collection - Carol Mitchell's Journey to Akashic Books

Alumni Spotlight: From Novel to Collection - Carol Mitchell's Journey to Akashic Books

4 months ago

Alumni Update: Samantha Silva's Third Novel Sometime This Century Coming from HarperCollins

4 months ago

From Dublin Workshop to New York Times Byline: Celebrating Elizabeth Austin's "Happiness is a Big, Ugly Sofa"

From Dublin Workshop to New York Times Byline: Celebrating Elizabeth Austin's "Happiness is a Big, Ugly Sofa"

4 months ago

Meet our Instructors:

Meet the Teaching Artist: Aimee Seiff Christian on Building a Memoir from the Pages You Already Have

Meet the Teaching Artist: Aimee Seiff Christian on Building a Memoir from the Pages You Already Have

18 hours ago

In Mary Oliver's Footsteps: Finding Poetry in the Pause

In Mary Oliver's Footsteps: Finding Poetry in the Pause

4 days ago

Melanie Hyo-In Han on Building a Poetry Manuscript

Melanie Hyo-In Han on Building a Poetry Manuscript

5 days ago

Adapting Source Material for Film and TV: A Working Writer's Decision Guide

Adapting Source Material for Film and TV: A Working Writer's Decision Guide

A week ago

Student Publication News:

Jennifer Suzukawa-Tseng Goes from Mentorship to Points in Case with a Cerulean Send-Up of The Devil Wears Prada

Jennifer Suzukawa-Tseng Goes from Mentorship to Points in Case with a Cerulean Send-Up of The Devil Wears Prada

3 days ago

Cover Reveal: Anne Hellman's THE INDECIPHERABLES Lands January 19, 2027

Cover Reveal: Anne Hellman's THE INDECIPHERABLES Lands January 19, 2027

6 days ago

Alumni Spotlight: Erin MacNair's Ghost Story Finds Its Right Reader — and Joyce Carol Oates

Alumni Spotlight: Erin MacNair's Ghost Story Finds Its Right Reader — and Joyce Carol Oates

A week ago

From the Burn Barrel to Black Lawrence Press: Celebrating Mickie Kennedy's Worth Burning

From the Burn Barrel to Black Lawrence Press: Celebrating Mickie Kennedy's Worth Burning

A week ago