Above: 2026 Paris Writing Workshop Advanced Travel Memoir participants, pictured here at Square du Vert-Galant, near Pont Neuf: Back row: Joshua Seyda, Julia Atkinson, Marek Garcia, Kristi Evans, Everett O’Flaherty, Leo Coelho, Conner McBee, Rob Campbell, Daniel Winter. Front row: Sameer Srivastav, Alia Sabino, Kiki Bush, Rolf Potts, Chris Barclay, Julie Pesano, Sarah O’Keefe. Not […]
Above: 2026 Paris Writing Workshop Beginner Travel Memoir participants, pictured here at the Louvre in central Paris: Back row: Sam Rose, John McKenzie, Bob Schmidt, Bob Wynn, Michael Moore, Julie Pesano. Front row: David Martinez, Rina Langer, Christina Rose, Austin Adesso. Not pictured: Rolf Potts, Kiki Bush, Michelle Carfagna, Will Hewes.
Above: 2026 Paris Writing Workshop Screenwriting participants, pictured here in the Second Arrondissement classroom: Paris Burris, Marta Zannoner, Maria Baltazzi, Kim Krizan, Fernando Rubio, Alec Cutter, Roy Koshy, Devi Jags, Marc Woodworth, Jakob Smith, Julie Pesano, Jocelyn Connors, Ethan Castillo, Idil Hermansen.
Three Paris Writing Workshops students were honored in the latest BEST WOMEN’S TRAVEL WRITING anthology, including 2023 Advanced student Emma Morrell, whose Qatar essay “Shifting Sands” was a main selection, appearing alongside such writers as Susan Orlean, Roxane Gay, and Marcia DeSanctis. Two Paris-themed essays that were workshopped in our Paris class appeared in the […]
2025 Paris Writing Workshop Beginner students Marek Garcia and Julia Atkinson swept the top two prizes in the “Travel Memoir” category of the 2026 Solas Awards. The Solas Awards, now in their 21st year, honor excellence in travel writing. Garcia’s Namibia essay “My Crazy Idea” won Gold in the Travel Memoir category, and Atkinson’s Nepal […]
Above: 2025 Paris Writing Workshop Advanced Travel Memoir participants, pictured here at Square du Vert-Galant, near Pont Neuf: Back row: Steven Brichant, Tommy Beard, Rolf Potts, Everett O’Flaherty, Travis Collier. Front row: Chris Barclay, Julie Pesano, Kiki Bush, Pamm McFadden, Karen Pearson, Erin Henk, Xylia Buros, Jon DeHart. [Not pictured: Julie Callahan, Mike Fong, Mark […]
Above: 2025 Paris Writing Workshop Screenwriting participants, pictured here in the Louvois classroom: Back row: Kiki Bush, Rolf Potts, Jason Ley, Xylia Buros, Andrew Tzembelicos, Mike Fong, Ali Shadjareh. Middle row: Rasa Gundersen, Cathleen Freedman, Kim Krizan, Marian Wymore, Sarah Dubrovsky, Sophie Fohrafellner. Front row: Jonathan Santiago (foreground), Nicole Foley, Rebecca Benoit, Iris Johnson, Julie […]
Above: 2025 Paris Writing Workshop Beginner Travel Memoir participants, pictured here in the Tuileries Garden of central Paris: Back row: Conner McBee, Sarah Okeefe, Jonathan Gray, Leonardo Coelho, Rob Campbell, Rolf Potts, Victor Chen, Marek Garcia, Julia Atkinson, Stephanie Andrews; Front row: Julie Pesano, Zahabiya Nuruddin, Julie Miller, Alia Sabino, Kiki Bush, Helen Farrell, Oliver […]
Above: 2024 Paris Writing Workshop reunion class Travel Memoir participants, pictured here at Quai Saint-Bernard, on the Seine River: Back row: Everett O’Flaherty, Jack Baker, Rolf Potts, JJ Damin, Jasmine Richardson, Tom Folinus, Julie D’Angelo; Front row: Kelly Hickler, Dave Sims, Audrey Sims, Steven Doerhoff, Julie Pesano, Kiki Bush, Chris Englert, Pamm McFadden.
Above: 2024 Paris Writing Workshop “reunion” Travel Memoir participants, pictured here in the Palais-Royal: Rolf Potts, Kiki Bush, Renee Ozburn, Dan Winter, Karen Pearson, Matt Savino, Joe Donlevy, Erin Henk, Sean Lawlor, Eddy L. Harris, Xylia Buros, Stephen Brichant.