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—Katie S.

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  • Instructor Cary Groner is delighted to report good news from four of his former students. Kate Keleher went on to earn an MFA from Johns Hopkins and has joined the faculty there as a junior assistant professor. Chelsea Bowlby completed her MFA at Vanderbilt in 2021, and has stories recently published or forthcoming in Story and The Sun. Vanessa Chan earned her MFA at the New School in NYC and will publish her debut novel, The Storm We Made, with Simon & Schuster in January 2024. Finally, Sachiko Ragosta will begin her MFA studies at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop this fall. Congratulations to all!

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  • Student Dorothy O’Donnell‘s The Road to Durango, about intergenerational trauma, mental health, and the love between family members that transcends all, is out now in HerStry.

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  • The poem Long Distance, by instructor Brian Tierney came out in Poetry Magazine. It was the audio poem of the day on May 1, 2023.

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  • Instructor Alison Luterman’s poem Offering came out in the Anacapa Review.

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  • Instructor Andy Touhy’s story Arms was published by Lake Effect in Spring 2023.

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  • The audobook for Looks Good on Paper by instructor Kilby Blades came out March 7, 2023.

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  • Bay Area writer and Writing Salon student Patricia Ljutic published her story Echoes in The Seattle Star.

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  • In February 2023, student Barry Brynjulson self-published his second novel, PAWNS, QUEENS, KINGS…THE ENDGAME. It chronicles six seniors in a senior living facility who seek purpose, esteem, companionship and dignity as they deal with the effects of aging.

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Student Reviews

The Writing Salon
5.0
Based on 36 Reviews
Mysti Z.
Mysti Z.
2016-09-09 15:46:28
I just finished a 9-week course "Fiction Workshop - Build & Refine Your Storytelling Skills" with Cary Groner and here are my thoughts: This course is...
Dulce V.
Dulce V.
2016-04-29 16:56:02
I recently came across the pleasure to sit with Kate Montgomery in her 'Mapping the Story' one day workshop. It was my first class with The Writing Salon...
Kristina G.
Kristina G.
2016-02-21 18:04:16
I have taken many creative writing classes, but have received little instruction on craft. The writing salon gave me the tools to consider craft in my...

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