Nonfiction Workshop: Writing the New York Times Essay 6-Week Zoom Class, Starts Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

Begins Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 Class will meet weekly on Tuesday nights via Zoom, 7:00PM - 9:15PM Eastern Standard Time. Open to All writers! Any questions about this class? Use the Chat Button (lower left) to talk with us. Taught by Sarah Herrington, a writer and teacher. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Modern Love, Anxiety, Solver Stories and OpEd columns, the LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Tin House, Slice, Nylon, Los Angeles Review of Books, Interview, Poets & Writers, O, The Oprah Magazine, and other publications. She holds an MFA from New York University where she was a Goldwater Fellow, an MFA from Lesley University and teaches writing at Fordham. Read an Interview with Sarah on Writing the New York Times Essay. The New York Times is a powerful place to launch your story into the larger world, but the how-to’s for publication can seem mysterious. This course will demystify and breakdown the process, helping you sense and craft the story only you can tell