Summer Programs

WRITERS IN NEW YORK
Four Weeks (June 2-June 26), 8 Undergraduate Credits

Writers in New York offers poets and fiction writers an opportunity to develop their craft while living the writer’s life in Greenwich Village. The NYU Creative Writing Program is housed in a lovely townhouse in the same neighborhood where so many writers—including Mark Twain, E.E. Cummings, James Baldwin, Willa Cather, Marianne Moore, Richard Wright, and Frank O’Hara—have lived and worked. Writing and reading assignments are designed to encourage immersion in the city. Students in the program work intensively to generate new writing, study great literary works by other writers, and participate in a lively series of readings, lectures, literary walking tours, publishing panels, and special events, including The Paris Review Summer Salon.

WRITERS IN PARIS
Four Weeks (June 28-July 26), 8 Undergraduate Credits

Writers in Paris offers poets and fiction writers the opportunity to live the writer's life in Paris. Students participate in daily workshops and craft classes, are mentored by accomplished professional writers, and attend readings and special seminars led by Paris-based writers and editors. Writing and reading assignments are designed to encourage immersion in the city. For example, poets might visit the Louvre to write ekphrastic poems or create Parisian street sonnets by taking a 14-block walk of the St. Denis area where Francois Villon lived and generating a line of poetry per block. Fiction writers might study dialogue by listening for overheard speech at a sidewalk café or learn about description and setting by writing a story set in the neighborhood where Hemingway lived and worked. Students in the program work intensively to generate new writing and also attend a lively series of readings, lectures, literary walking tours, publishing panels, and special events.

ON-CAMPUS WRITING WORKSHOPS
Six Weeks (May 19-June 27 or June 30-August 8), 4 Undergraduate Credits

The Creative Writing Program offers introductory, intermediate, and advanced writing workshops throughout the summer.  Classes are held on NYU's Greenwich Village campus.  Coursework ranges from an introduction to the fundamentals of the craft to more advanced explorations of specific forms, techniques, and genres.  Workshops are open to NYU and Non-NYU students.