Fiction Studio Online

Half the year to focus on your novel

Sep 12, 2026 - Sat Mar 20, 2027, Saturdays, 9am - 11am

Registration: $1,445

Led by Karen Karbo

The strongest fiction comes from writers who are at once adept with the techniques of literary craft and fluent in the language of their particular experience — writers, that is, who understand their voice and how to bring it to the page.

The supportive, focused atmosphere of Fiction Studio encourages writers to hone their skills and embrace their voice, as they create, revise, and prepare to publish their works-in-progress. 

Fiction Studio is open to applications from all writers.

The Studio meets for six months. By joining, writers are committing to sustained, in-depth study of their writing and themselves. 

Each weekly session includes a close-reading and discussion of a selected work of fiction and in-depth critique of several works-in-progress. Over the course of their time in Fiction Studio, writers can expect to read widely and gain deep insight into their own writing, all the while exploring questions of structure, form, narration, truth, memory, influence, and voice. The curriculum shifts year to year, in response to the particular questions and preoccupations of each group.   

To apply to Fiction Studio, please send a writing sample of 20 pages of the novel you're working on and a 250-word statement of purpose.

The next application deadline will be announced in the Attic’s newsletter. Click the link below to be the first to know.

Registration: $1,445.

Registration is due in full prior to the start of the session. Payment plans may be available.

26 Sessions: Sat Sep 12, 2026 - Sat Mar 20, 2027, 9am - 11am

** Depending on the number of accepted students, there may be two sessions on Saturdays, additional times TBA.

Two scheduled breaks: 1) Thanksgiving, Nov 28 and 2) Christmas, Decc 26.