Winter Tangerine Writing Workshops

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Winter Tangerine Writing Workshops

Winter Tangerine is holding four-day intensive writing workshops at Poets House in the heart of New York City this Fall & Winter.

We design our workshops for writers who want to challenge themselves and their work. We won’t teach you how to write: instead, we want to collectively build new lenses meant to create dynamic readings and writings. As a student, you’ll engage in daily writing activities, lesson-based writing prompts, & group discussions led by a team of enthusiastic advisors. Together, we will discuss identity & craft, and study a variety of writers, visual artists, and other creators. We favor playfulness over perfection, and we’ll encourage you to experiment with form and style: we want you to find what makes you electric.

Throughout the workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to peruse the Poets House’s 70,000 volumes of poetry, have lunch at the edge of the Hudson River, and work with an intimate group of writers committed to their craft. You’ll write every day & you will give and receive thoughtful feedback every day. The workshop will close out with a reading at Poets House, open to the public, with celebratory cake — and you will have the opportunity to read from the body of work you’ll have created during the workshop.

The workshop will also feature Guest Seminars by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib and other phenomenal writers. These seminars will include a short lecture based off a guided syllabus by the writers, a group-wide discussion, and a Q&A. Past Guest Seminars have included Kaveh Akbar, Fatimah Asghar, Richard Siken, and Danez Smith.

The first session will be from November 6th to the 9th. The second session will be from December 19 to the 22nd. The third session will be from February 21st to the 24th. Our workshops run from 11AM-5PM each day — we know that this means daytime-working writers will find it difficult to join this year, so we hope & plan to offer evening workshops next year. Tuition is $375, and we offer financial aid to those with need. There is no application fee. There is no age minimum or maximum, and no experience is necessary.

Applications close October 20th.

These workshops are made possible through Poets House’s Literary Partners Program.