Nancy Connors, a Writers Studio teacher and student, has won the Pushcart Prize for her poem “To Cigarettes,” which will appear in The Pushcart Prize Volume XLVII (2023 edition), scheduled for publication in November. “To Cigarettes” was originally published in Stonecoast Review Issue 14. Nancy writes fiction and poetry, and is a student in Philip Schultz’s Master Class.
San Francisco Master Class writer, Cécile Barlier, has just won the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, for her manuscript, A Gypsy’s Book of Revelation. Dan Chaon, this year’s Paley Prize judge, begins his comments, saying “This collection has an astonishing range of styles and subject matters—it seems that there’s…
NYC Parks and the Poetry Society of America Launch Park Poems “I Was Never Able to Pray”–a poem written by Edward Hirsch, Writers Studio Advisory Board Member–is featured in the NYC Parks’ Park Poems series. The poems appears at Valentino Pier in Red Hook just in time for National Poetry Month. “NYC Parks and the…
James Lasdun’s new book, “Afternoon of a Faun,” is called “brilliant” by Katy Waldman in “The New Yorker” April 30, 2019 issue. James will discuss his technique with Philip Schultz in the Craft Class on May 7. James is also a longtime member of The Writers Studio Advisory Board.
We are proud to share that Maurya Kerr, poet and Writers Studio San Francisco student, has won the 2022 Tom Howard Poetry Prize! Congratulations, Maurya! Read “Orion,” her prize-winning poem, here.
Cynthia Weiner, Pushcart Prize-winner and assistant director of The Writers Studio, and Therese Eiben, former director of The Writers Studio Hudson Valley, have stories in the anthology “Coolest American Stories 2024.” Congratulations, Therese and Cynthia! To read Cynthia Weiner’s “A Castle in Outer Space” or Therese Eiben’s “Pass the Baby” in “Coolest American Stories 2024”…
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan became the new president of PEN America, taking leadership of the organization of writers as it mobilizes against mounting dangers for free expression rights in the United States and worldwide. PEN America also announced the completion of a planned unification with an existing PEN center in Los Angeles that will…
