Writing at
Sarah Lawrence College
Undergraduate
Sarah Lawrence's nationally recognized writing program presents students with dozens of courses in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction taught by a distinguished faculty. The program encourages students to explore an array of distinctive perspectives and techniques that will extend their own writing ability—whatever their preferred genre.
Writing + SLC + NYC (Spring Semester in New York for Undergrads)
Writing + SLC + NYC provides college and university students the opportunity to achieve their full potential as writers by spending spring semester in one of the nation’s legendary writing programs. Participants receive a full semester’s academic credit, choose from offerings in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, and work directly with members of SLC's acclaimed writing faculty.
Summer Seminar for Writers
The Summer Seminar for Writers (June 24-29, 2012) provides published and unpublished adult writers the opportunity to explore their chosen subject matter and deepen their craft. Our faculty of acclaimed writers and poets meet with seminar participants daily in small, intensive, noncompetitive workshops and individual conferences.
Graduate: Masters of Fine Arts
SLC's nationally recognized Graduate Writing Program brings students into close mentoring relationships with active, successful writers. Students concentrate in fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry, developing a personal voice while honing their writing and critical abilities. In addition to small workshops, students benefit from one-on-one biweekly conferences with faculty.
The Writing Institute
Writing Institute classes are offered in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir writing, children's literature, screenwriting, the personal essay, and more. Small classes employ the workshop method and provide interaction with a skilled and sensitive faculty and with other adults for whom the art of writing well is important.
Writing Workshops for High School Students
A variety of programs of different levels offered in the Fall, Spring, and Summer give high school students the experience of writing in a non-competitive, non-judgmental environment.
Discover magazine interviews Dr. W. Ian Lipkin '74, "the world's most celebrated virus hunter" 
Adam Savage of Mythbusters to deliver commencement keynote address on Friday, May 18 
President Karen Lawrence and Meghan Roguschka '12 discuss the value of an SLC education on CBS' Sunday Morning 
