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
Winter 2025: January & February Classes
- Free Seminar: Write What Must Not Be Forgotten with Cindy Beer-Fouhy
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
7:00pm to 8:00pm EST, on Zoom - Writing Through Self Identification with Janine Annett (One Day)
January 11, 2025
Saturday, 10:00am to 2:00pm EST, on Campus - Start Writing Your Novel with Ines Rodrigues (Ten Weeks)
January 13 to March 24, 2025
Mondays, 1:00pm to 3:00pm EST, on Zoom - Create Extraordinary Stories from Ordinary Events with Joann Smith (Five Weeks)
January 14 to February 11, 2025
Tuesdays, 6:00pm to 8:00pm EST, on Zoom - Poetry as Storytelling with Arriel Vinson (Five Weeks)
January 15 to February 12, 2025
Wednesday, 6:00pm to 8:00pm EST, on Zoom - Start Writing Your Memoir with Amelia Possanza (Five Weeks)
January 28 to March 4, 2025 (No class February 18)
Wednesday, 6:00pm to 8:00pm EST, on Zoom - Windows, Doors & Floors: Writing An Essay with Tyler Mills (Five Weeks)
February 3 to March 10, 2025 (No class February 17)
Mondays, 11:00am to 1:00pm EST, on Zoom - Mastering the Middle: Novel & Memoir with Barbara Josselsohn (Ten Weeks)
February 4 to April 8, 2025
Tuesdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm EST, on Zoom - Advanced Novel & Memoir Manuscript Workshop with Marcia Bradley (Twelve Weeks)
February 5 to April 30, 2025
Wednesdays, 1:00pm to 3:00pm EST, on Zoom - Life Stories: A Writing Workshop for Ages 50+ with Cindy Beer-Fouhy (Ten Weeks)
February 5 to April 9, 2025
Wednesdays, 12:00pm to 3:00pm EST, on Zoom - Writing the Body: Illness, Disability, and Pain with Kuhu Joshi (Five Weeks)
February 5 to March 5, 2025
Wednesdays, 7:00pm to 8:30pm EST, on Zoom - Stories That Stick with Rachel Aydt (Ten Weeks)
February 6 to April 10, 2025
Thursdays, 6:00pm to 8:00pm EST, on Zoom - Learn to Link Your Short Stories or Memoirs into a Collection with Tessa Smith McGovern (One Day)
February 8, 2025
Saturday, 10:00am to 2:00pm EST, on Zoom - Magical Realism & Surrealism in Fiction with Serrana Gay (Five Weeks)
February 27 to March 27, 2025
Thursdays, 6:00pm to 8:00pm EST, on Zoom
Spring 2025: March & April Classes
- Pitching to Bookstores with Chris Steib (One Day)
March 15, 2025
Saturday, 10:00am to 1:00pm EST, on Zoom - Motherhood in Memoir with Terri Linton (Ten Weeks)
March 18 to May 27, 2025
Tuesdays, 6:00pm to 8:00pm EST, on Zoom - Writing the Hybrid Memoir with Margo Steines (Six Weeks)
March 18 to April 29, 2025
Tuesdays, 1:00pm to 3:00pm EST, on Zoom - How to Write Without Fear with Suzanne Chazin (Five Weeks)
March 19 to April 23, 2025
Wednesdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm EST, on Campus - Master Class on Poetry Revision with Elaine Sexton (One Day)
April 26, 2025
Saturday, 10:00am to 2:00pm EST, on Campus - Submitting to Literary Journals with Samantha Steiner (One Day)
April 26, 2025
Saturday, 6:00pm to 8:30pm EST, on Zoom - Our Lives, Our Stories with Jimin Han (Five Weeks)
April 30 to May 28, 2025
Wednesdays, 1:00pm to 3:00pm EST, on Zoom
"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