Workshops

We hold an annual free writing workshop for neighborhood residents. The workshop runs for 8 sessions over 16 weeks in the spring, on Saturdays. Each workshop session is two hours long, initially focusing more on discussion than writing as participants share stories, concerns, questions, and dreams about the neighborhood. By the third session, participants write and workshop drafts, getting feedback from project coaches and other community members. After each workshop series ends, editors continue to work with writers in a period of revision and editing. Manuscripts then undergo copyediting and proofing. Our photographers conduct shoots with each writer, creating documentary photography of the locations and stories discussed in the written piece. All participants are invited to work with us through to the final publication of their work, which is celebrated twice a year at author readings held at Greenlight Bookstore.

We invite any community member with an interest in telling a story about their experience here to join a workshop. We welcome writers of any level, including those who have little to no comfort with writing. Information about how to sign up, and other ways to participate in Voices of Lefferts, can be found here.