Founded in 2005, Paragraph is a membership organization dedicated to providing a supportive community for writers of all genres.

Our core mission at Paragraph is to provide a space where creativity can flourish.

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Testimonials

Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciated participating in Pitch Wars. No other place gives new writers like me one minute of time with those heavy hitters in the publishing world. It was great feedback.

[Pitch Wars] was such a great experience! Thank you for organizing, facilitating and creating a community such as Paragraph.

RAYMOND TODD

“This place is paradise for writers!”

RAYMOND TODD

REBECCA HART

“I love Paragraph. It’s helped me finish two plays before presentations and I have a one woman show commission coming up first week of May. All things being equal I would just be a member all the time! Looking forward to that day.”

REBECCA HART

JOSHUA MAX FELDMAN

“Paragraph has meant so much to me, and has been a true home for me as a writer. Thank you for creating it and maintaining it through all these ups and downs. It is a wonderful place where wonderful things have been created.”

JOSHUA MAX FELDMAN

GEOFF RODKEY

“I’ve written over a dozen books and several screenplays at Paragraph, have forged several friendships there, and I don’t know what I would’ve done without your space this past decade-plus.”

GEOFF RODKEY

WENDY LU

“Paragraph is such a sacred, beautiful space for all of us.”

WENDY LU

CAROLINE ROTHSTEIN

“My work is as it is because of Paragraph. A space for writers - it changed my life.”

CAROLINE ROTHSTEIN

WILL MCKINLEY

“Without getting maudlin, there has never been a single place on this earth where I have been more productive, so thank you.”

WILL MCKINLEY

JOSIE GLAUSIUSZ

“Paragraph is a marvelous resource for the writing community.”

JOSIE GLAUSIUSZ

GARRETT GARNOS

“Writing is a lonely activity, which makes having a sense of community extremely valuable.”

GARRETT GARNOS

SYDNEY MACINNIS

“Paragraph feeds me in many ways.”

SYDNEY MACINNIS

LINDA LOMBROSO

“Thank you for creating this incredible community- you’ve sustained me and so many other writers through these weird and dark times.”

LINDA LOMBROSO

We are proud of the many works that have gone on to be published, produced, or awarded in many different forms and mediums.

Here is a brief list of many of the works conceived, written, or edited in our space, and the varied publications that our writers have written for.

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PAST READERS

Hannah Tinti Amy Hempel AM Holmes Jenny Xie Chad Harbach Leslie Jamison Ben Purkert George Black Sophie Jaff Matthew Thomas Francine Prose Andrew Sean Greer Sergio De La Pava Hermione Hoby Alan Burdick Amy Brill Dale Peck Darcy Frey Alexander Chee Sunil Yapa Lisa Ko Amy Meng Allison Amend Elyssa East Roxanna Robinson Beth Gutcheon Rick Moody Joshua Furst Jennifer Vanderbes Lauren Belfer Rebecca Donner Idra Novey Patrick Ryan Evan Hughes Adele Waldman

LITERARY AGENTS

Alec Shane (Writers House) Amy Tannenbaum (Jane Rotrosen) Ayesha Pande (Pande Literary) Brianne Johnson (Writers House) Bridget Smith (Dunham Literary) Cameron McClure (Donald Maass) Chris Clemans (Janklow & Nesbit) Claudia Ballard (WME) Daniel Lazar (Writers House) David Dunton (Harvey Klinger) Duvall Osteen (Aragi Inc.) Eddie Schneider (JABBERwocky) Henry Dunow (Dunow, Carlson & Lerner) Emilie Stewart (Emilie Stewart Agency) Emily Forland (Brandt & Hochman) Heather Alexander (Pippin Properties) Joy Tutela (David Black) Julie Barer Katherine Fausset (Curtis Brown) Kathy Schneider (Jane Rotrosen) Noah Ballard (Curtis Brown) Kevin O’Connor (Charlotte Sheedy) Kimberly Brower (Rebecca Friedman) Leah Hamos (Gersh) Lexi Wangler (Massie & McQuilkin) Lindsay Edgecombe (Levine Greenberg) Marilyn Allen (Allen O’Shea) Melissa Flashman (Janklow & Nesbit) Renée Zuckerbrot (Renée Zuckerbrot) Rob McQuilkin (Massie & McQuilkin) Sarah Younger (Nancy Yost) Stephanie Koven (Cullen Stanley) Sylvie Greenberg (Fletcher & Co) Victoria Skurnick (Levine Greenberg) Wendy Levinson (Harvey Klinger) Zoë Pagnamenta (Zoë Pagnamenta Agency)

EDITORS & WORKSHOP LEADERS

Melissa Ragsly (A Public Space) Anna Raff (SCBWI) Patrick Ryan (One Story) Lily Herman Wandy Felicita Ortiz Julie Trelstad Gretchen Crary Myla Goldberg Lisa Selin Davis Jenny Klion Nancy Rawlinson Patricia Mulcahey Judy Sternlight Rose Fox (Publishers Weekly) Wilda Williams (Library Journal)

THE STAFF

+ their top picks

Founded in 2005, Paragraph is a membership organization dedicated to providing a supportive community for writers of all genres.

Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciated participating in Pitch Wars. No other place gives new writers like me one minute of time with those heavy hitters in the publishing world. It was great feedback.

[Pitch Wars] was such a great experience! Thank you for organizing, facilitating and creating a community such as Paragraph.

“This place is paradise for writers!”

“I love Paragraph. It’s helped me finish two plays before presentations and I have a one woman show commission coming up first week of May. All things being equal I would just be a member all the time! Looking forward to that day.”

“Paragraph has meant so much to me, and has been a true home for me as a writer. Thank you for creating it and maintaining it through all these ups and downs. It is a wonderful place where wonderful things have been created.”

“I’ve written over a dozen books and several screenplays at Paragraph, have forged several friendships there, and I don’t know what I would’ve done without your space this past decade-plus.”

“Paragraph is such a sacred, beautiful space for all of us.”

“My work is as it is because of Paragraph. A space for writers - it changed my life.”

“Without getting maudlin, there has never been a single place on this earth where I have been more productive, so thank you.”

“Paragraph is a marvelous resource for the writing community.”

“Writing is a lonely activity, which makes having a sense of community extremely valuable.”

“Paragraph feeds me in many ways.”

“Thank you for creating this incredible community- you’ve sustained me and so many other writers through these weird and dark times.”

PAST READERS

LITERARY AGENTS

EDITORS & WORKSHOP LEADERS

THE STAFF

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