Advanced Writing Seminar

Advanced Writing Seminar programs are immersive one- or two-week experiences for dedicated teen writers. While most programs have a multi-genre portfolio curriculum, some focus on a single type of writing.

Applications for all 2023 Advanced Writing Seminar programs have closed. Please email teenprograms@writopialab.org for more information.

Advanced Writing Seminar: Full-Day Portfolio

June 26th to June 30th, 2023 (Upper West Side & Tenleytown)

Join us in-person in New York or DC for five weekday sessions, focusing on expanding your writing portfolio led by a published author. This session is open to rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors, and to rising college freshmen.

Advanced Writing Seminar: Residential Program in NYC

July 9th to July 22th, 2023

Join Writopia Lab for an immersive two weeks of writing in the heart of New York City! Our university-based program is located at The New School of Social Research in downtown Manhattan, 301 First Avenue (at 17th Street).

Developed for dedicated teen writers, the Advanced Writing Seminar Overnight Program in NYC features a multi-genre portfolio curriculum, and is open to rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors, and to rising college freshmen.

Writers will spend their mornings in intimate writing workshops led by published authors and produced playwrights. Most afternoons will be spent in Master Classes with experts in genre (screenwriting, speculative fiction, poetry, mystery, etcetera). Afternoons and evenings will be spent expanding their writing horizons and exploring everything a global publishing capital like New York City has to offer!

Advanced Writing Seminar: Half-Day Portfolio (Online)
Advanced Writing Seminar: Half-Day Novel Writing (Online)

July 31st to August 11th, 2023

Join us online for 10 weekday sessions focusing on expanding your writing portfolio led by a published author. Both programs are open to rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors, and to rising college freshmen.