Sackett Street Writers

5,000 creative writers since 2002 in NYC & ONLINE

In-person NYC Class Schedule

COVID-19 UPDATE ON IN-PERSON CLASSES:

All in-person classes, including those currently in-session, will meet online until May 2020. New in-person workshops will begin the week of May 11th and you can APPLY HERE for in-person classes in NYC. 

*DISCOUNTED* ONLINE CLASSES BEGIN WEEK OF APRIL 6TH:

We are offering all ONLINE CLASSES at a discounted rate in order to give writers the support, inspiration and creative community (albeit remotely) needed during this unpredictable time.

Thank you for writing with Sackett Street during this extraordinary time. Together, we can try our best to remain creative, focused and connected when we need it most.

Take care,

Julia Fierro
Director & Founder

Sackett Street workshops are limited to nine writers (8-week classes) and eight writers (6-week classes), and meet in private spaces throughout NYC 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 an application and include a sample of work (1500-2000 words).

All returning writers receive a discount–$25 off 6-week classes; $25 off 8-week classes for writers returning for a second workshop and $50 discount off 8-week classes 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 Master Fiction Workshop – begins week of 7.6.20 – taught by Ted Thompson in Williamsburg

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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: Week of July 6th, 2020
Day/ Time: Weeknight tbd* 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Instructor: Ted Thompson
Location: Williamsburg (Paragraph Space for Writers)
Fee: $625.00

*Please include weeknights (M-Th) that do NOT work for you in your application

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Ted Thompson is the author of The Land of Steady Habits, which was published by Little, Brown in 2014 and was a finalist for the Center for Fiction Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. The novel is being adapted by Nicole Holofcener for a feature film starring Ben Mendelsohn, Edie Falco and Connie Britton, to be released in late 2017. His short stories have been published in Tin House, American Short Fiction, One Teen Story and Best New American Voices, and he’s had fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the MacDowell Colony. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Ted has proudly taught for Sackett for over six years, as well as at Amherst College and in the Brooklyn College MFA program. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.

8-week Master Fiction Workshop – begins week of 7.6.20 – taught by Ted Thompson 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: June 17, 2020
Day/ Time: Wednesdays 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Instructor: Ted Thompson
Location: Park Slope
Fee: $625.00

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Ted Thompson is the author of The Land of Steady Habits, which was published by Little, Brown in 2014 and was a finalist for the Center for Fiction Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. The novel is being adapted by Nicole Holofcener for a feature film starring Ben Mendelsohn, Edie Falco and Connie Britton, to be released in late 2017. His short stories have been published in Tin House, American Short Fiction, One Teen Story and Best New American Voices, and he’s had fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the MacDowell Colony. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Ted has proudly taught for Sackett for over six years, as well as at Amherst College and in the Brooklyn College MFA program. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.

8-week Personal Essay & Memoir Writing I/II – begins week of 7.6.20 – taught by Yahdon Israel in Park Slope

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A writing sample is not required (but welcome) 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: Week of July 6th, 2020
Day/Time:  Weeknight tbd* 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: Park Slope
Fee: $625

*please include weeknights (M-Th) that do NOT work for you in your application

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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.

8-week Personal Essay & Memoir Writing I/II – begins week of 7.6.20 – taught by Piper Weiss in Brooklyn Heights

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A writing sample is not required (but welcome) 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: Piper Weiss
Begins: Week of July 6th, 2020
Day/Time:  Weeknight tbd* 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: Brooklyn Heights
Fee: $625

*please include weeknights (M-Th) that do NOT work for you in your application

APPLY NOW

Piper Weiss is the author of the memoir You All Grow Up and Leave Me, named one of the Best Books of 2018 by Marie-Claire, Town and Country and PopSugar, and listed among the top true crime reads by Buzzfeed, CrimeReads and Elle Australia. She had previously served as an editor at the New York Daily News, and as editorial director at HelloGiggles, in addition to writing for print, TV and film. She was a fellow at VCCA and earned her BA in the Writing Seminars program at Johns Hopkins University. She is also a proud Sackett Street alum.