Summer Workshops

Registration opens May 29th, 2020

All of our workshops are currently offered via ZOOM. Please visit our Zoom tutorial pages to learn more
or contact us at: exec@westportwriters.org with any questions!

• Intermediate/Advanced Fiction Jessica Noyes McEntee
  6 Mondays, 10am-12:30pm | June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27
• Intro to Creative Writing: Beginner-Intermediate Adele Annesi
  6 Mondays, 10am-12:30pm | June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27
• FILLED: Advanced Screenwriting for Movies & Television Alana Sanko
  3 Mondays, 10:30am-1:30pm | June 15, 29, July 13
• Advanced Fiction Adele Annesi
  6 Mondays, 1:30pm-4pm | June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27
• Writing About Your Life: Memoir (Beginner-Intermediate) Christine Pakkala
  6 Mondays, 7pm-9pm | June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27
• Intro/Intermediate Fiction Liz Matthews
  6 Mondays, 7pm-9pm | June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27
• FILLED: Advanced Memoir Christine Pakkala
  6 Tuesdays, 10am-12:30pm | June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28
• FILLED: Writing from Memory & Imagination – An AWA Workshop Jen Sage-Robison
  6 Tuesdays, 10am-1pm | June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28
• Read Like A Writer: Personal Essay Suzanne Farrell Smith
  6 Tuesdays, 7-9pm | June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28
• FILLED: Writing Thriller & Mystery, Intermediate & Advanced MS Jessica Speart
  8 Tuesdays, 7pm-9pm | June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 11
• Workshop in Poetry (all levels) MS Charles Rafferty
  6 Tuesdays, 7pm-9pm | June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28
• FILLED: Upper Level Fiction Jessica Speart
  8 Wednesdays, 10am-12:30pm | June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug 5, 12
• FILLED: Summer Writing Camp Julie Sarkissian
  6 Wednesdays, 10am-12:30pm | June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug 5, 12
• Beginner/Intermediate Screenwriting for Movies & Television Alana Sanko
  3 Wednesdays, 10:30am-1:30pm | June 10, 24, July 8
• Writing for Teens Amanda Parrish Morgan
  6 Wednesdays, 4pm-6pm | June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
• Everyday Inspirations: Prompts Guaranteed to Get Your Pen Moving Allison Dickens
  4 Wednesdays, 7pm-9pm | June 24, July 1, 8, 15
• Playwriting for Everyone Douglas Moser
  6 Wednesdays, 7pm-9pm | June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
• Advanced Fiction MS Chris Belden
  6 Wednesdays, 7pm-9pm | June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
• Create, Craft and Critique: Intermediate to Advanced Adele Annesi
  6 Thursdays, 3pm-5pm | June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
• Writing About Your Life, Intermediate/Advanced Jessica Speart
  6 Thursdays, 10am-12:30pm | June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
• Beginner & Intermediate Memoir Ellyn Gelman
  6 Thursdays, 10:30am-1pm | June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
• Writing Children’s Literature Christine Pakkala
  6 Thursdays, 7pm-9pm | June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
• Upper Level Fiction MS Chris Belden
  6 Fridays, 10am-12:30pm | June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
• Romance Writing Libby Waterford
  6 Fridays, 1pm-3pm | June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
• Editing Your Young Adult Novel Tara Sullivan
  7 Tuesdays, 3pm to 5pm | May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23
• Guts & Trust: What you need to write your root Kate Gray
  Monday-Friday, 3pm-5pm | June 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
• Weekly Intensive: The Art and Science of Picture Book Writing Valerie Bolling
  10am-1pm | Mon-Fri - July 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• Weekly Intensive: Polish Your Manuscript for Publication Libby Waterford
  1pm-3pm | Tues-Thurs - July 21, 22, 23
• Weekly Intensive: Introduction to Poetry, Prose Poems and Flash Fiction Charles Rafferty
  10am-12noon | Mon-Thurs - August 3, 4, 5, 6
• Weekly Intensive: How to Tackle Your Novel Jessica Speart
  7pm-9:30pm | Mon-Fri - Aug. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21