Helping Writers to Rise and Thrive

Events

Play the ‘Field!

Sunday, Nov. 15, 2-4 p.m.

Featuring Jason Cicci, Director

$25

Calling all theater-lovers: You’re invited to attend “Play the ‘Field,” the Fairfield County Writers’ Studio’s new one-act play series! Have a drink and a snack, get comfortable in our beautiful space, then enjoy fresh, new, short plays read by actors in a fun and accessible format. Sunday, June 9, 2-4 p.m.

Writers on Writing: Ask Me Anything, with Lynne Constantine

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026

Lynne Constantine

2-4 p.m. $20

For Teens: Creating for the Stage and Screen

Mondays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Begins Oct. 19, 2026

Jason Cicci

Eight weeks, $395, Limited to Six Participants.

Dungeons & Dragons Drop-In

Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m.

Bruce Capua

$15/week

Get Accountable

Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Carol Dannhauser

$20 per session (coffee/tea included). $150 for a 10-pack.

Writing the Short Story

Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon EST (in person and on Zoom); OR 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. (in person and on Zoom). Begins Sept. 11, 2026

David Ryan

Seven weeks, $395. Limited to Six Participants.

Writing the Picture Book

Fridays, Starts Sept. 11, 2026; 10 a.m. to noon EST

Victoria Sherrow

Seven weeks, $395. Limited to six participants.

Procedurals: Ask the Detective

Crime, mystery and thriller writers: You asked for a procedural and Detective Jason Takacs will generously oblige!! Detective Takacs brings more than 20 years of crime-fighting expertise to the Studio on September 4 at 7 p.m. when he sits down with mystery writer extraordinaire Tessa Wegert to help unravel the secrets of criminal investigations.

Memoir Master Class with Joyce Maynard

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Joyce Maynard

10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ($125) /10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ($175). See details below.

Fabulous Workshops Starting in September

Now is the perfect time to kick-start your writing and strengthen your skills with our awesome slate of workshops at the Fairfield County Writers’ Studio!! Whether you are a best-selling novelist, a burgeoning blogger, a maybe-memoirist or are completely new to the page, we can help.

Poetry Writing Workshop, Level Two

Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Begins September 17

Elizabeth Onusko

Seven weeks, $385 (Limited to six students)

Extraordinary Launch Party for Karlin Gray

November is National Novel Writing Month

Summer at The Studio

Vanishing Point Launch Party!

Exciting News! FCWritersStudio (FCWS) Partners with Westport Library to offer WestportWRITES

Top Agent Talks Queries

A bookstore’s worth of thanks to top agent Marilyn Allen for hosting our query letter master class at the Fairfield County Writers’ Studio on Saturday, January 30. In this hands-on workshop, Marilyn, author of “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Book Proposals and Query Letters,” and the co-founder of Allen O’Shea Literary Agency, showed participants how to craft a successful query letter for their fiction and non-fiction books.

Kickstart – or maintain – your writing momentum!

Come join the fun as we officially open our doors with a ribbon-cutting at 21 Charles St. in Westport, on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. Stop in for mimosas and hors d’oeuvres, and meet the faculty and fellow writers at the Fairfield County Writers’ Studio! Learn all about our classes here.