Odyssey Writing Workshop

This article or section is written like an advertisement. Please help rewrite this article from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for speedy deletion, using {{db-spam}}.

Founded in 1996 by World Fantasy Award winning editor Jeanne Cavelos, the Odyssey Writing Workshop is one of the most highly respected workshops for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. The workshop, held annually on the campus of Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, runs for six weeks, and combines an intensive learning and writing experience with in-depth feedback on students' manuscripts. Guest lecturers come in once a week to add their own unique perspectives and provide feedback to student work. Also, one week of the course is taught by a writer-in-residence. Top authors, editors, and agents have taught at Odyssey, including George R. R. Martin, Harlan Ellison, Jane Yolen, Terry Brooks, Charles de Lint, Ben Bova, Elizabeth Hand, Patricia A. McKillip, John Crowley, Terry Bisson, Ellen Datlow, Donald Maass, Robert J. Sawyer, and Dan Simmons. Talented, enthusiastic students whose work is approaching publication quality come from all over the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. to focus on their writing in a supportive yet challenging environment. Over fifty percent of them go on to be published. Odyssey is the only program of its kind run by an editor. Jeanne Cavelos serves as the primary instructor, guiding students through the six weeks, gaining in-depth knowledge of their work, providing detailed assessments of their strengths and weaknesses, helping them target their weaknesses one by one, and charting their progress.

Class Format

Class meets for four hours in the morning, five days a week. Half of the class time is spent on lectures, writing exercises, and discussions. The lectures provide an advanced, comprehensive curriculum, covering the elements of fiction writing in depth. The other half of class time is spent workshopping student stories. Students are directed to provide honest, concrete, detailed feedback. Students use the afternoons and evenings to write, read each other's work, and complete other class assignments. College credit is available for students that request it.

See also

• Terry Bisson
• Ben Bova
• Terry Brooks
• John Crowley
• Ellen Datlow
• Charles de Lint
• Harlan Ellison
• Elizabeth Hand
• George R. R. Martin
• Patricia A. McKillip
• Robert J. Sawyer
• Dan Simmons
• Jane Yolen
• Center for the Study of Science Fiction

External links

• Official Odyssey website
• Jeanne Cavelos official website
• "Workshopping at Odyssey" article by David J. Schwartz, graduate of the class of '96