Advanced Workshops & Master Classes

Advanced Workshops in Fiction, Poetry, & Creative Nonfiction
Advanced workshops provide emerging writers with the opportunity to hone their individual voice and experiment with different aesthetical strategies in a genre-specific workshop taught by an eminent writer in the field. The workshops focus on innovative revision techniques, the development of a sustainable writing process, and the broadening of students’ literary knowledge of classical and contemporary masters.  An application and writing sample are required for admission.

Master Classes in Fiction, Poetry, & Creative Nonfiction
These advanced workshops—taught by acclaimed poets and prose writers—are open to select NYU undergraduates. Manuscript submission is required for admission. Master classes are limited to 12 students and provide intensive mentoring and guidance for serious and talented undergraduate writers.

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2009-10 ADVANCED WORKSHOP FACULTY

FICTION                        POETRY                        CREATIVE NONFICTION
Marcelle Clements      Robert Fitterman        Rachel DeWoskin
Fiona Maazel               Matthew Rohrer      
Irini Spanidou             Mark Rudman  
Darin Strauss                   
Chuck Wachtel

2009-10 MASTER CLASS FACULTY

• Anne Carson and R. Currie (Poetry, Fall 09)
• Jennifer Egan (Fiction, Spring 10)
• Susan Orlean (Creative Nonfiction, Spring 10)
  

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Each advanced workshop and master class has a distinct emphasis and area of exploration—students are advised to pay close attention to the course descriptions, which are available online and in the Creative Writing Program Office prior to registration. If you have fulfilled a prerequisite, you may apply for advanced workshops and master classes, though we encourage you to take an intermediate workshop before an advanced workshop, and an advanced workshop before a master class. Application deadlines are posted online and announced via the Creative Writing Program Undergraduate Listserv.

The Spring 2010 advanced workshop & master class schedule and course descriptions can be found on our SP10 Undergraduate Course Schedule page. Rosters for the Spring 2010 advanced workshops and master classes can be found here.

During your undergraduate career, you may take an advanced workshop or master class in the same genre up to three times for credit, though please note:

1. You may only take one section of an advanced workshop per genre, per semester.
2. You may take a maximum of two advanced workshops or master classes taught by the same instructor; if you take a third of either, it must be with a different instructor.