Sackett Street Writers

5,000 creative writers since 2002 in NYC & ONLINE

Class Schedule

Sackett Street workshops are limited to nine writers (8-week classes) and eight writers (6-week classes), and meet in private spaces in Brooklyn, in the instructors’ homes NYC-wide, and online. Every class includes the opportunity to have work critiqued in class, written feedback from both the instructor and classmates, and private consultations with the instructor.

A $250 deposit is required to reserve a spot (refundable up to two weeks before the class start date). To register, please complete the application and include a sample of work (1500-2000 words).

All returning writers receive a discount – $25 discount for writers returning for a second workshop and $50 discount for writers returning for a third or more workshop.

Looking for ONLINE CLASSES?

Check out our Online Workshops in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and Novel Intensive!

Not sure what class is right for you?

Submit an application and we’ll let you know!

8-week Writing Workshop: Building an Intentional Community for Writers of Color (open to both fiction & nonfiction writers) – begins 11.4.19 – taught by Khaliah Williams in Park Slope

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A writing sample is not required for this class. Please fill out an application with your contact info. 

Over the course of this workshop, writers will gain skills in fiction and non-fiction writing while engaging in a community of fellow writers of color. During in-class instruction, writers will gain technical skills in character development, language, and style. The combination of an intentional community coupled with thoughtful writing exercises allows participants to immerse themselves in a unique workshop experience.

Through group discussion of student work, plus that of published authors, writers in this workshop will examine the art and craft of both fiction and creative nonfiction. The focus will be on learning to understand and use a full range of literary techniques in order to tell a truly compelling story. 

This workshop is open to writers of color working on fiction (short stories and novels) and creative nonfiction (memoir, personal essays or in-depth journalism).

A private conference with the instructor is included.

Instructor: Khaliah Williams
Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019
Day/Time:  Mondays 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: Park Slope
Fee: $595

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Khaliah Williams is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her fiction has been published in Hawaii Women’s Journal, Frontier Psychiatrist, and Day One, and her non-fiction at Buzzfeed, American Short Fiction and Book Country. She is a current fellow at the Kimbilio Center for African American Fiction and an Instructor and Advisory Board member of Writers in Baltimore School. Originally from Philadelphia, she lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.  She is at work on a novel and collection of short stories.

7-week Creative Nonfiction I/II Workshop – begins 11.11.19 – taught by Yahdon Israel in Park Slope

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A writing sample is not required for this class. Please fill out an application with your contact info.

Through group discussion of student work, plus that of published authors, writers in this workshop will examine the art and craft of creative nonfiction. The focus will be on learning to understand and use a full range of literary techniques in order to tell a truly compelling nonfiction story. Topics such as the use of dialogue, the creation of scene, attention to style and how to craft structure from true events will be discussed. Participants will also spend time talking about the particular responsibilities that come with writing creative nonfiction. In-class writing prompts will be used to inspire and motivate students to produce new work.

This workshop is open to writers working on memoir, personal essays or in-depth journalism.

A private conference with the instructor is included.

Instructor: Yahdon Israel
Begins: November 11, 2019
Day/Time:  Mondays 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: Park Slope
Fee: $545

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 Yahdon Israel is a writer from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn who has written for Avidly, The New Inquiry, Brooklyn Magazine, LitHub, and Poets and Writers. He graduated from the MFA Creative Non-Fiction Writing program at the New School and is the Awards and Membership VP of the National Book Critics Circle. Yahdon runs a popular Instagram page which promotes literature and fashion under the hashtag Literaryswag, and hosts a web show for writers called LIT. Yahdon is the Editor-in-Chief of Brooklyn Magazine.

7-week Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop – begins 11.11.19 – taught by Michele Filgate in Park Slope

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Through group discussion of student work, plus that of published authors, writers in this workshop will examine the art and craft of creative nonfiction. The focus will be on learning to understand and use a full range of literary techniques in order to tell a truly compelling nonfiction story. Topics such as the use of dialogue, the creation of scene, attention to style and how to craft structure from true events will be discussed. Participants will also spend time talking about the particular responsibilities that come with writing creative nonfiction. This workshop is open to writers working on memoir, personal essays or in-depth journalism. Writers should have some writing and writing class experience.

A writing sample is required to register for this class.

A private conference with the instructor is included.

Instructor: Michele Filgate
Begins: November 11, 2019
Day/Time: Mondays 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: Park Slope
Fee: $545

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Michele Filgate is a contributing editor at Literary Hub. Her work has appeared in Longreads, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Refinery29, Slice, The Paris Review Daily, Tin House, Gulf Coast, The Rumpus, Salon, Interview Magazine, Buzzfeed, The Barnes & Noble Review, Poets & Writers, CNN.com, Fine Books & Collections Magazine, DAME Magazine, The Brooklyn Quarterly, Time Out New York, People, The Daily Beast, O, The Oprah Magazine, Men’s Journal, Vulture, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Star Tribune, The Quarterly Conversation, The Brooklyn Rail, and other publications. She is the founder of the Red Ink series. In 2016, Brooklyn Magazine named her one of “The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture.” Michele is currently at work on an anthology called What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster in 2019.

7-week Master Fiction Workshop – begins 11.5.19 – taught by Austin Ratner in Park Slope

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A writing sample is required for this class. Please fill out an application with your contact info, writing experience and a writing sample.

Writers participating in this course will learn to recognize successful techniques in their fiction–what engages the reader, and how that success is achieved. In-class discussions will focus on analyzing student work, particularly the many choices (point-of-view, tone, detail, pacing, etc.) a writer must make concerning structure, character and language. Each writer will have two opportunities to have his or her work critiqued in class (up to 25 pages each time) and will receive typed feedback from both the instructor and his or her classmates.

A private conference with the instructor is included. This course is intended for writers who have extensive writing and workshopping experience.

Begins: November 5, 2019
Day/ Time: Tuesdays 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Instructor: Austin Ratner
Location: Park Slope
Fee: $545.00

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Austin Ratner is the author of the novels In the Land of the Living and The Jump Artist, winner of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. His non-fiction has appeared in The New York Times Magazine andThe Wall Street Journal and his short fiction has been honored with the Missouri Review Editors’ Prize. He attended the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and received his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is co-author of the textbook Concepts in Medical Physiology.

5-week Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop – begins 11.13.19 – taught by Alisson Wood in Park Slope

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Through group discussion of student work, plus that of published authors, writers in this workshop will examine the art and craft of creative nonfiction. The focus will be on learning to understand and use a full range of literary techniques in order to tell a truly compelling nonfiction story. Topics such as the use of dialogue, the creation of scene, attention to style and how to craft structure from true events will be discussed. Participants will also spend time talking about the particular responsibilities that come with writing creative nonfiction. This workshop is open to writers working on memoir, personal essays or in-depth journalism. Writers should have some writing and writing class experience.

A writing sample is required to register for this class.

A private conference with the instructor is included.

Instructor: Alisson Wood
Begins: November 13, 2019
Day/Time: Wednesdays 7:30pm – 9:30pm (*NO CLASS Thanksgiving)
Location: Park Slope
Fee: $445

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Alisson Wood‘s creative nonfiction has been published in places including The New York Times, Catapult, and Epiphany. She won the inaugural Breakout 8 Writers Prize, chosen by Alexander Chee, Hannah Tinti, and Tracy O’Neill on behalf of Epiphany magazine and the Author’s Guild. A graduate of NYU, she is a  Professor of Creative Writing for undergraduates at her alma mater. Alisson has edited award-winning literary magazines including Washington Square Review and Dovetail. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the NYC literary reading series and online prose journal, Pigeon Pages. Her memoir, Being Lolita, is forthcoming from Flatiron Books (Macmillan) in 2019.

5-week Creative Nonfiction Writing – begins 11.19.19 – taught by Brian Gresko in Williamsburg

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A writing sample is not required for this class. Please fill out an application with your contact info.

Through group discussion of student work, plus that of published authors, writers in this workshop will examine the art and craft of creative nonfiction. The focus will be on learning to understand and use a full range of literary techniques in order to tell a truly compelling nonfiction story. Topics such as the use of dialogue, the creation of scene, attention to style and how to craft structure from true events will be discussed. Participants will also spend time talking about the particular responsibilities that come with writing creative nonfiction. In-class writing prompts will be used to inspire and motivate students to produce new work.

This workshop is open to writers working on memoir, personal essays or in-depth journalism.

A private conference with the instructor is included.

Instructor: Brian Gresko
Begins: November 19, 2019
Day/Time:  Tuesdays 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: Williamsburg (Paragraph Space for Writers)
Fee: $445

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Brian Gresko is the editor of When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood. His short fiction has appeared on Joyland Magazine and Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and his essays, interviews, and criticism have appeared in numerous publications, including Salon, The Atlantic, VICE, Guernica Magazine, the Literary Hub, the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Brooklyn Rail, and Poets & Writers Magazine. He runs the “authors in conversation” series for Slice Literary Magazine, and is the co-host of Pete’s Reading Series. Brian received his MFA in Creative Writing from The New School, and studied film and literary theory at Oberlin College.

8-week Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing – begins week of 1.6.20 – Park Slope

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Through group discussion of student work, plus that of published authors, writers in this workshop will examine the art and craft of creative nonfiction. The focus will be on learning to understand and use a full range of literary techniques in order to tell a truly compelling nonfiction story. Topics such as the use of dialogue, the creation of scene, attention to style and how to craft structure from true events will be discussed. Participants will also spend time talking about the particular responsibilities that come with writing creative nonfiction. This workshop is open to writers working on memoir, personal essays or in-depth journalism. Writers should have some writing and writing class experience.

A writing sample is required to register for this class.

A private conference with the instructor is included.

Instructor: TBD
Begins: Week of January 6, 2020
Day/Time: Weeknight TBD (M-Th) 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: Park Slope
Fee: $595

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