The Writing Institute Open House

Learn more about The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, where everyone—from the novice to seasoned writers, pre-teens to retirees—can find a non-credit class where they will explore their talent, engage with a genre, and bring their inner writer to life.

Course offerings at The Writing Institute include traditional writing workshops in fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and poetry, along with specialized classes on topics ranging from screenwriting, the art of humor, and story mapping, to flash fiction and creative writing for teens. Many writers who have studied at The Writing Institute have gone on to publish novels, memoirs, poetry chapbooks, children’s books, young adult novels, and more.