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  • Algonkian Novel Workshops

    This program is for authors and playwrights. It offers both in-person and online programs using a “model-and-context pedagogy” focused on preparing authors for traditional publishing. “College MFA programs do not prep a writer for the cold reality of the

    • Course Full Program Length (years): 16-module (online)
    • Course In-Person Locations: New York City; Algonkian Park, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.); St. Augustine, Florida; and Monterey, California.

  • DIY MFA (Do It Yourself MFA)

    DIY MFA is an MFA-like program that writers can tune to their own interests and needs. It offers just two 10-week long courses (prices not available) as well as craft, creativity, and productivity resources, tips on “reading with focus,” and building a co

    • Course Individual Course Length (weeks): 10 weeks
    • Course In-Person Locations: New York City, Online

  • Gotham Writers Workshop

    This program offers a wide variety of courses on fiction, memoir, poetry, blogging, stand-up comedy, and more; a total of 50 offered as of November 2021. Some are held in New York City only; some are also available online and/or via Zoom.The online-only

    • Course Individual Course Cost: $495 to $1,795
    • Course Full Program Costs: $495 to $1,795
    • Course In-Person Locations: New York City, Online

  • The Write Practice

    This program claims to reach five million people per year, have 100 writing pieces posted each week, and have 7,000 alumni who are “now writing beautiful, award winning books and short stories.” The site offers no substantiation for these claims.It offe

  • Writer’s Digest University

    This program is sponsored by Writer’s Digest magazine. It offers (as of November 2021) almost 80 different workshops, on writing in various forms and genres, finding and hiring an agent, building a website, blogging, marketing, and more. It also offers “b

  • The Writers’ Studio

    A New York City-based program that provides online and in-person workshops for adults and teens. In-person classes are held in New York City; Tucson, Arizona; San Francisco, California; and Hudson, New York (upstate New York, south of Albany). A few onlin

    • Course Individual Course Cost: $1,900
    • Course Full Program Costs: $1,900
    • Course Individual Course Length (weeks): 6 - 8 weeks48 weeks
    • Course In-Person Locations: New York City; Tucson, Arizona; San Francisco, California; and Hudson, New York, Rome Italy

  • Writers Village University

    Founded in 1995, it claims to be “the first, the largest, the best online university for writers.” The site offers “over 300 writing courses” with new ones added “regularly.” There are “MFA” or “Certificate” programs—a “Fiction MFA” comprising six 16-week