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Choose The Writing Barn for your SXSW Destination

Posted on February 16, 2016

SXSW Dates: March 11th – 20th 2016 It’s getting closer to that time of the year when Austin City Streets are flooded with up and coming musicians, artists, tech companies, […]

Austin Author Spotlight with author Katherine Catmull

Posted on February 3, 2016January 27, 2016

This month, The Writing Barn is thrilled to support a Writing Barn regular, author and actor Katherine Catmull, who just released her new YA/Fantasy novel, The Radiant Road, out in […]

Scholarship Available for our Upcoming Advanced Writer Weekend (SCBWI Members ONLY)

Posted on January 6, 2016January 11, 2016

We are thrilled to offer the Funny Friends $500 scholarship sponsored by author Crystal Allen to honor her mentor Donna Gehpart who is teaching with us at The Writing Barn during […]

What My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday, with Author Jen White

Posted on December 9, 2015December 7, 2015

What My Last, First Book Taught Me Wednesday with Author Jen White What my last, first book taught me is that I am really twelve. Okay, I’m […]

What My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday with Author, Nicole Griffin

Posted on November 18, 2015November 4, 2015

What My Last Book Taught Me by Nicole Griffin There’s a quotation that regularly makes the rounds of the internet and Facebook in particular: “Writing is like driving at night […]

Event Recap of Austin author, Paige Schilt’s, Queer Rock Love

Posted on October 12, 2015October 15, 2015

Austin author Paige Schilt workshopped the first three chapters of her new memoir, Queer Rock Love, in Donna Johnson’s memoir class at The Writing Barn. She managed to finish up […]

Austin Author Spotlight with Greg Garrett

Posted on June 10, 2015June 10, 2015

June’s Words and Wine Wednesday featured author is Greg Garrett, whose latest book, Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination, explores the reasons why people tell tales about death and the afterlife. […]

Summer 2015 Retreat Specials

Posted on June 9, 2015June 11, 2015

Calling all Creatives—In and Out of the Lonestar State! It’s summer, which means the kids are home from school, the days are long, and the writing projects get pushed to […]

We Need Diverse Books Meet & Greet at The Writing Barn

Posted on May 14, 2015

Join us Sunday, May 17th, 4:30- 6:00 PM at The Writing Barn for a Meet & Greet with We Need Diverse Books! Mix and mingle with authors who offer diverse […]

Two $300 Scholarships To Be Awarded for the YA, MG & More Full Novel Revision Week May 30th

Posted on April 30, 2015

Thanks to the success of our latest daylong and weekend Write Away Days, The Writing Barn is excited to award two $300 need-based scholarships to any writers interested in attending […]