Westport Writers' Workshop

Julie Sarkissian's Writing About Your Life workshop
Christine Pakkala's workshop
Intermediate Fiction instructor Mike Belanger reads from his debut novel
Our Mini-Conference on Creative Writing and Social Justice, held in partnership with the Westport Library. Pictured (l-r): students Kathleen Sullivan and Mary Beth Hritz, Board Member/outreach leader Linda Waterbury, faculty members Julie Sarkissian and Valerie Ann Leff. Student Adelma Gillespie in back.
Jen Sage-Robison, Sam Pattinson and Jessie Noyes McEntee reading their poetry at the Westport Art's Center
Instructors Susan Ross, Christine Pakkala, Jessica Speart, Liz Matthews and Doug Moser at the 2018 Saugatuck Storyfest

2020 Workshop Sessions

UPDATE: ALL FALL COURSES WILL BE OFFERED VIA ZOOM!!

Fall Session Begins the week of Aug. 31st

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Our Mission:

The Westport Writers’ Workshop is an independent literary arts center offering enriching, supportive creative writing classes, as well as literary readings to the local public. Our organization also provides free writing workshops to underserved populations in their own communities.

Welcome Writers!

At Westport Writers’ Workshop we feel every person is a writer. Here, you will find a safe environment in which to experiment and develop craft. Each limited enrollment workshop focuses on a particular genre or approach allowing participants to learn from our highly talented and accomplished instructors and from each other in a supportive, friendly atmosphere.

We offers over 100 workshops and seminars a year for all genres and skill levels. Whether you are a novice, published or simply curious, you will find a workshop and a community of writers to help you claim yourself as a writer and strengthen your writing voice.

Books and publications by Westport Writers’ Workshop instructors and alumni.

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