Join a Workshop

In addition to the numerous free creative writing workshops we provide to unheard New Yorkers, NYWC offers a limited number of For Pay workshops open to the general public. Funds raised through these workshops support the rest of our programming.

Fort Greene, Brooklyn Workshop
Tuesday night workshop led by Aaron Zimmerman (read bio)

Winter Session: Ten Tuesdays, 7:15 PM to 9:30
March 2 - May 4
$400

Workshops take place at NYWC’s offices in Fort Greene, 80 Hanson Place. To register, calling 718-398-2883 or email aaron@nywriterscoalition.org. Space is limited and advance registration is required.

Gramercy Park Workshop
Tuesday night workshop led by Margaret Lubalin

Winter Session: Eight Tuesdays, 7:15 PM to 9:30 PM
February 16 - April 6
$320

Workshops take place at the home of Margaret Lubalin in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan. To register, call 212-689-5525 or email Margaret at mlubalin@nyc.rr.com. Space is limited and advance registration is required.

Margaret Lubalin has been a copywriter and advertising Creative Director for over 20 years. She is also a poet, book artist and general life observer. Margaret has taught writing and book-making classes at the Society of Scribes, The Ink Pad and in the Reading Program at P.S. 96. For the past two years she’s lead a NYWC writing workshop at Inwood House, a residence for pregnant teens. Margaret studied creative writing at The New School, in a variety of writers groups and at the New York Writers Coalition. She has authored and self-published two books of poetry, “Openings” and “Harvest” and has had several of her poems published by Plum Biscuit, the NYWC online literary magazine. She also has the rare distinction of inventing the “poem mobile.”

About the Workshops

Join us for writing and sharing work in a supportive and respectful environment. Writers of all genres and levels of experience welcome.  No prior writing experience is necessary.  The workshop method is designed to reduce competition amongst writers and allows writers of all backgrounds, ages, experience levels and genres to work together to grow as writers. Workshop size is limited to ensure that each member receives enough time and attention.

Workshop participants write during the workshop and receive positive, supportive feedback. We do not critique brand new writing, because the writer has not yet had a chance to read or revise it. In addition, it is assumed that all writing done in the workshop is fictional. Workshop leaders also write as part of the group, providing a model for taking risks and showing vulnerability in a group setting. These guidelines ensure that participants feel safe to write and read aloud even the riskiest material.

Writers are given the freedom to find and strengthen their individual and unique voices as well as to experiment with form, style and new genres. In addition, the workshop provides a structure for writers to produce new work on a regular basis.