Applications are now open for our July 2026 Writing Workshop in Paris. Whether you're a fiction writer, poet, memoirist, or working across genres, you'll spend an intensive week in the heart of literary Paris with award-winning faculty who know what it takes to publish meaningful work.

This isn't a vacation with a workshop attached. Each genre workshop is capped at just 10 participants, ensuring intimate, rigorous feedback on your work. Here's what you can expect:

For Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction Writers: You'll submit two manuscripts before arriving in Paris. One piece will be workshopped by your cohort and instructor with detailed written critiques. Your second manuscript becomes the focus of a one-on-one conference with your instructor—private, in-depth feedback on your work and your path forward.

All participants attend daily craft talks on the art and business of writing, led by faculty and program staff. Our mission is clear: to bring your writing out of the wilderness and into community, and to help you forge a path toward publication.

The faculty:

Kelly Luce leads our fiction workshop. Editor of Electric Literature's Commuter and author of Pull Me Under(Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Kelly was selected as an Elle Best Book of the Year and served as a fellow at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Her viral digital story "Between the Lines" demonstrates her range and contemporary voice.

Joan Kwon Glass guides our poetry workshop—a new addition for 2026. A Paterson Poetry Prize winner and finalist for the Balcones Poetry Prize, Joan's collection Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms won multiple awards including the Perugia Press Poetry Prize and an IPPY Gold Medal. Her poems have been featured on NPR, Best American Poetry, and in Poetry magazine.

Elissa Bassist leads our nonfiction workshop. Author of Hysterical (a Thurber Prize semi-finalist), Elissa teaches humor writing at The New School, and her forthcoming craft book Inside Jokes (co-written with Caitlin Kunkel) publishes in 2026 with Grand Central Publishing.