Chose Your Genre, On Campus or Online
The four-day Workshop will run on-campus and online. The seminar will include exercises and readings as well as discussion of student work with eye toward revision. Over four days, in groups of no more than twelve, you will work with experienced instructors in daily workshops. Online participants will stream guest writer appearances from New Haven and have unique online activities. You will attend a craft lectures, readings, an open mic, a publishing panel, and participate in student reading and group conference with your instructor. Plus, participate in an experiential writing adventure. It’s an action-packed four days.
[cal] Session II will run from June 11 to June 15, 2025.
In 2025 we are excited to offer four-day on-campus and online workshops. The session offers the same concentration on craft and technical improvement as session I. On-campus and zoom sessions are lively, and connections are forged over the course of the workshop. Online participants will stream guest writer appearances from New Haven and have unique online activities. Over four days, in groups of no more than twelve, you will work with experienced instructors in daily workshops. For a little artistic fun, we will have an ekphrasis writing adventure at Yale’s world-class museums.
We will continue our magazine submission drives for attendees with polished short prose. Three literary magazine editors will attend the week to discuss the genres they publish. Please take time to read the magazines in advance. Each year our writers are published in the guest editor’s magazines.
Each intensive workshop will include exercises and readings as well as discussion of student work. You will attend a craft lectures, readings, an open mic, a publishing panel, and participate in student reading and group conference with your instructor. It’s an action-packed four days.
The 2025 Yale Writers' Workshop application is open.
Workshop Sessions With Your Instructor
- Intensive group writing workshops with the chance for you to showcase your writing and to receive feedback. (You will receive copies of your peers’ work in advance; you are required to submit a manuscript of 3000 words or fewer for critique. And to provide feedback to fellow writer’s work.)
- The chance to learn constructive criticism techniques that support productive feedback.
- Instruction on technique, revision, and submission, along with other tricks of the trade.
[point] Please review both the on-campus and online schedules. Writers will attend one or the other. Consult the workshop schedule for a full listing of activities, instructors, and guest writers.