In Class | Messiah, a private Christian University in PA

The Mission of the Young Writers Workshop at Messiah University:

To enable students to become better writers in a safe and positive learning environment
To develop a community of writers that is established during the week and endures beyond the week.
To give students a foretaste of university experience and university level thinking and writing.
To introduce students to Messiah University in a way that will encourage them to think about Messiah as a future academic home.
To encourage students to understand the value of the humanities.

What You Will Learn

Students will read and extensively discuss works of short fiction and poetry by Dickinson, Whitman, Chekov, and Dostoevsky and others.
Students will learn to write original works of short fiction and poetry.
Students will learn to read and respond to each other’s work effectively.
Students will learn how to revise their work in response to their peers.
Students will produce a portfolio of their own work and present a reading.

Learning Outcomes

Students will learn to live together in a supportive academic community.
Students will learn more about what it is like to work in a university environment.
Students will learn about the mission and values of Messiah University.

"This is so much more than a workshop. For the last four years, the workshop has consistently inspired me and led me to grow as a writer and as a person. The relationships I formed with peers and mentors alike are irreplaceable. No matter where my writing takes me in the future, I am so grateful to this workshop for reminding me why I started writing in the first place"

Young Writers Workshop Graduate