Could Vulnerability Be a Writer’s Greatest Strength?
Listen to Writers Studio founder and director Philip Schultz discuss his new book, Comforts of the Abyss, on Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon!
Give the Gift of Writing
Give a writing class or tutorial as a gift to a parent, young adult, or any loved or liked one. Please write to Liz at liz@writerstudio.com or call (212) 255-7075 for personal, thoughtful gift-giving. Check out available classes here. Send a copy of Comforts of the Abyss, by founder and director Philip Schultz, which tells the…
Random House Publishes Student’s Debut Novel
“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…
Nancy Connors Awarded 2023 Pushcart Prize
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…
Publishers Weekly Praises Writers Studio Method
“Poet Schultz delves into the written expression of real emotion in this eloquent guide to ‘persona writing,’ or developing a narrative voice and viewpoint different from one’s own. Doing so, he writes, makes it possible to articulate difficult feelings and can provide a shield from the ‘shitbird,’ Schultz’s term for one’s sense of doubt and…
Edward Hirsch’s 100 Poems to Break Your Heart Celebration
Sunday, November 7 at 7 pm (EST) Join a star-studded lineup of poets, including Joy Harjo, Garrett Hongo, Yusef Komunyakaa, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, and Natasha Trethewey, to celebrate award-winning poet and advocate Edward Hirsch’s newly published 100 Poems to Break Your Heart. In this inspiring anthology, Hirsch selects some of the most moving…
Introducing The Writers Studio Italia
The Writers Studio Italia offers ongoing creative writing workshops entirely in Italian in Rome and Online using the tried and true method developed by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Philip Schultz since he founded the school in 1987. The idea for The Writers Studio Italia originated in 2016 at the Festivaletteratura in Mantua, when Stas’ Gawronski,…
The Ralph Dickey Scholarship — The Results Are In
The Writers Studio is pleased to offer the Ralph Dickey Scholarship to Black aspiring writers. The scholarship is named in honor of Ralph Dickey, African American poet and dear friend of Writers Studio founder/director and Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Philip Schultz. Full tuition will be covered for beginning and more advanced students who successfully progress…
SF Student Cecile Barlier Wins Grace Paley Prize For Short Fiction
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…
The New Yorker Reviews Craft Class Teacher
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.