“The Northway,” a full length collection of poetry and prose poems by Lisa Bellamy, is now available from Terrapin Books. Four poems from this collection have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Read a review in Compulsive Reader here. Purchase the book here. Lisa teaches NYC Level 2. Details here. Read more Writers Studio success stories here.
Maurya Kerr, a student in the Writers Studio San Francisco Master class, has published her first chapbook “Muttology” with Small Harbor Publishing. Congratulations, Maurya! Maurya is a bay area-based writer and artist. Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, appears in multiple journals, including “Magma Poetry” and “Poet Lore,” and is anthologized in “The…
“I had never taken a fiction writing class before. For one of our first class assignments, I wrote a short piece about an older Indian man, recently divorced, who was experimenting with Internet dating, and navigating a complicated relationship with his adult daughter and ex-wife. I have returned many times to that fictional character and his family. In fact, I wrote a…
Cynthia Weiner, Writers Studio Assistant Director, will publish her debut novel “A Gorgeous Excitement” with Crown Publishing. The book was acquired by acclaimed editor Amy Einhorn, who published best-selling titles, like “Big Little Lies.” Congratulations, Cynthia!
This spring Lynn Schmeidler, former Writers Studio student, will publish her debut short story collection “Half-Lives,” winner of Autumn House Press’s Rising Writer Prize. Matt Bell, author of Appleseed, says, “Lynn Schmeidler’s Half-Lives is an extraordinary debut, an endlessly smart, endlessly cool, endlessly moving collection full of evocative desire and wonder.” Congratulations, Lynn! Half-Lives is available for…
We are pleased to share that Lisa Bellamy, a Writers Studio teacher and student, has won her second Pushcart Prize for her poem “Thank You for the Tulips,” which originally appeared in the New Ohio Review and will appear in The Pushcart Prize Volume XLVIII (2024 edition). Congratulations, Lisa! Lisa Bellamy is the author of…
Congratulations to Writers Studio teacher Susan K. Tatiner on the publication of her chapbook Traitor’s Bluff. Susan Tatiner’s poetry has appeared in Artemis, Litchfield Review, Voices Project, Front Porch Review, and other publications. She is currently completing a second manuscript.
