About the Workshop

    This course is designed to give fiction writers - both novelists and short story writers - the opportunity to give and receive feedback on work in progress. ​The course offers a model for workshopping in which participants will receive written comments from the group and instructor before their work is discussed in class. Instead of remaining silent, writers will be an active participant in the conversation about their work, with a focus on concrete revision options. Participants will receive craft essays, occasional writing prompts and relevant published short stories or novel excerpts via email that will inform our weekly discussions. For advanced beginner and intermediate writers with a serious commitment to taking their work to the next level. Admission by application, or permission of the instructor. Limited to 8 writers. ​

    About the Instructor


    ​CAROLYN ZAIKOWSKI is the author of the hybrid novels In Dream, I Dance by Myself, and I Collapse and A Child Is Being Killed. Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Denver Quarterly, The Rumpus, PANK, West Branch, DIAGRAM, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics and is an English professor and volunteer death doula. Carolyn teaches in PVWW's Year-Long Manuscript Program and leads both the Year-Long Nonfiction Workshop and the Year-Long Poetry/Hybrid Workshop. She regularly writes, teaches, and publishes in all genres. 
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    When: 8 Weeks: Tuesdays, January 24 - March 14, 2023 ( 6 - 8pm EST) 
    Where: ​Online, via Zoom video conference
    Cost: $400

    Application for 8-Week Adv. Beginner / Intermediate Fiction Workshop 

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    Thank you for your interest in PVWW's workshops! We look forward to reviewing your application and will be in touch soon!

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What People Are Saying About PVWW

"Can't say enough about PVWW, Joy, and her amazing team of teachers! Writing is very much about the ability to sit in your seat for hours and put pen to paper, but coming to PVWW has helped me build a community around my writing, breathe new life into my efforts, and get out of my own head a bit. And beyond that, I've learned lots of practical, nuts-and-bolts techniques that have vastly improved my work."
- Emily Everett, Editor at The Common

Contact Us

Email: joy@pioneervalleywriters.org
Phone: 518-645-1113 
Location: Northampton, MA

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