When do you stop saying "Happy New Year" and just get on with all those resolutions? We're working on ours - including making TWC the best it can be. We've got some new ideas for 2019 and are improving on our old routines. And we're resolving to work on our own writing through the winter break and beyond!

We hope all your writing goals for 2019 take bud and flower this year.

Since our last newsletter, we've been busy on the blog! First, Laura Romain gathered impressions of our 2018 Autumn Writers Retreat participants - along with some wacky photos - in The Magic of a Writing Retreat.

Judith shared In Praise of Beta-Readers, including some great tips for those of you who have completed a polished draft and need feedback at this critical stage in your writing.

We are delighted to present stories of the first-place winners in our first Creative Writing Contest for Kids and proud of all of the wonderful young writers who submitted their stories.

Summer Creative Writing Intensives intern Rebecca Kilroy tells us in Some Avocados Were Harmed in the Making of this Film sharing the thrill of seeing her screenplay (written at our program last summer) turned into an honest-to-goodness professional short film.  Yes, amazing things really do happen when you join our talented teens at Drew University each summer.

Donna Baier Stein's next book, Scenes from the Heartland, a collection of short stories based on the lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton, will be out in March 2019. TWC is proud to host Donna's launch party in March - watch for more details!

Congratulations to Steph Auteri for being named one of 35 over 35. This annual list  celebrates authors aged 35 and over who published their first book that year. Launched in 2014 as an alternative to the publishing industry’s celebration of wunderkind authors, the list includes debuts from all categories.

Congratulations to Chris Kapp for having work accepted by Gavel and The MacGuffin!

Lisa Romeo, had a new memoir piece, "Hands off the Black Jack" published in The Inquisitive Eater.

Murphy Writing at Stockon University: New Year's Writing Retreat
Join Michelle, Judith, and other wonderful writers at Murphy Writing at Stockon University's New Year's Writing Retreat on January 12-13, 2019 at Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ. But hurry - there's limited room and time! See details here.

Winter Session: Jan. 22 - Apr. 8
See our

FULL LINE-UP of
Adult Workshops
in Fiction, Memoir, Novel Writing,
and much more

and

TONS OF CLASSES FOR
TEENS & KIDS

Register Soon!
Many classes are already full!

Wine & Words

a Creative Writing
Excursion & Wine Tasting
at
Mount Salem Vineyards

Sunday, February 10

2:00-4:00 PM

REGISTER TODAY
for this
very special excursion

Early Bird Pricing – Register before March 1 and SAVE!

If your Teen loves to write, The Writers Circle is the perfect place to hone their craft
in a generous, creative environment.

Week 1: July 22-26
Week 2: July 29-August 2
Week 3: August 5-9

REGISTER TODAY!