Turning Points

"Turning Points" is the product of a grand challenge to the members of Off Campus Writers' Workshop: spend a year working together to create the best writing of your life. Forty-three authors answered the challenge—some had never been published before, some bearing gaudy resumes of literary accomplishments, many in between those extremes. "Turning Points" is the unique product of their labors, and a celebration of 75 years of Off Campus Writers' Workshop.

"Turning Points" is the product of a grand challenge to the members of Off Campus Writers' Workshop: spend a year working together to create the best writing of your life. Forty-three authors answered the challenge—some had never been published before, some bearing gaudy resumes of literary accomplishments, many in between those extremes. "Turning Points" is the unique product of their labors, and a celebration of 75 years of Off Campus Writers' Workshop.

Off Campus Writers' Workshop is a member-managed non-profit organization that has helped thousands of aspiring writers learn the art and craft of creative writing. Our anthology project started in the autumn of 2019, with a session on the elements of short story writing led by Patricia McNair, an accomplished short story writer and gifted university educator. Since that time, our authors have written first drafts, subjected them to the rigors of critique group analysis, then worked with OCWW editors to refine and revise their works. Our combined works represent a full spectrum of OCWW members, from those engaged in creative writing for the first time in their lives to established authors with many publishing credits to their names. What we have in common is a passion for creative writing and an eagerness to work together to make each person's writing better.