The First Annual Open City Summer Writing Workshop offers writers of fiction and nonfiction from all over the country the opportunity to develop their craft with help from the prominent, groundbreaking authors whose work has graced the pages of Open City Magazine & Books. This weekend-long intensive includes individual manuscript consultations, seminars, panels, and readings in a beautiful and historic Greenwich Village setting—a neighborhood teeming with a vibrant literary past and present.
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The Open City Summer Writing Workshop
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House at New York University
58 West 10th Street, New York City
Friday, July 23 through Sunday, July 25, 2010
(Hours: Friday 6pm–8pm, Saturday 10am–8pm, Sunday 10am–8pm)
• Workshops
• Individual Manuscript Consultations
• Readings
• Seminars
• Panels
Faculty:
Thomas Beller
Jason Brown
Martha McPhee
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Visiting Writers:
David Berman
Mary Gaitskill
Rivka Galchen
David Goodwillie
James Lasdun
Sam Lipsyte
Phillip Lopate
Lara Vapnyar
Edmund White
Tuition is $750. Click here for an application.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email
or call 212.625.9048.
