words from our students

Novel in a Year provided a constructive space to explore my first novel. It felt tailored especially for me: a post-MFA writer with a full-time job in need of a supportive community and structure... By the time we reached the full manuscript review, I’d already discovered the strengths and weaknesses in my work-in-progress. – Sahar Mustafah, The Beauty of Your Face, forthingcoming 2020 (W.W. Norton)

StoryStudio is such a wonderful community, and all the classes and workshops have really helped push me to try new things and put myself out there. —Maddie Reynolds, Of Love and Illusions (Entangled Teen, 2018)

Novel in a Year is both how I became a writer and where I developed a writing community. Every time I see the call for applications, I am tempted to do it all over again because it was one of the best decisions of my life. – Amelia Brunskill, The Window (Delacorte Press, 2018)

I pitched my debut novel to its eventual publisher at StoryStudio's Writers Fest. Pitching is incredibly daunting, but the camaraderie I felt at the Fest comforted me, supported me, and absolutely allowed the best version of myself to represent the book I'd worked so hard to write. – Adam Shafer, debut novel forthcoming 2020 (Allium Press)