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's largest adult-education writing school. It was founded in New York City in 1993 by writers Jeff Fligelman and David Grae. It was one of the first schools to offer online education, launching its online creative writing classes in 1997. The workshop offers courses in most of the major genres including fiction and novel writing, screenwriting and television, poetry, and several forms of creative nonfiction, including essay writing and memoir. It also runs fiction and screenwriting classes in partnership with '' Zoetrope: All Story'', the literary magazine founded by

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and Adrienne Brodeur and edited by Michael Ray. Gotham Writers Workshop has produced three books, edited by school President Alexander Steele: ''Writing Fiction'', ''Fiction Gallery'', and ''Writing Movies''. They have also been translated and published in several languages. The workshop also publishes a monthly newsletter with writing articles by its faculty and others. Gotham Writers Workshop has two classroom locations in New York: 1450 Broadway and 555 8th Avenue.

Faculty

Gotham faculty are all working writers, published in their fields and experienced teachers. Recent faculty include: novelist and

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managing editor

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Student body

Students who began work on successful projects at Gotham include memoirist Annette Berkovits, (''In The Unlikeliest Of Places'', Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2014); essayist Chloe Caldwell (''Legs Get Led Astray'', Future Tense Books, 2012 and ''Women'', Future Tense Books, 2015); middle-grade novelist Josh Farrar, (''Rules to Rock By'' and ''A Song For Bijou'', both Bloomsbury USA, 2013 and 2014, respectively); TV Writer Wendy Riss; fiction writer Chris Tarry, (''How To Carry Bigfoot Home'', forthcoming by Red Hen Press); and screenwriter Kelly Winsa, (''Hi Honey'', 2012).Letters To Gotham
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Books

"Grammar Lessons"
, with instructor Stephanie Paterik. Howcast and Gotham Writers
"Gotham Class in Bryant Park"

"Gotham Writers Stand-Up Comedy Students Perform in NYC Nightclub"
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"A Life Condensed"
(about Gotham's popular annual 91-Word Memoir Contest), ''The Dish''. * Olson, Elizabeth

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"New Year State of Mind"
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"Don't Be A Lousy Gift Giver"
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"Behind the Scenes of Teenage Writing Competitions"
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