WAR HORSE WRITING SEMINARS
Training the next generation of military writers
Past Seminars
Fall 2022
“Among the Most Significant Professional Development Experiences I Have Ever Had”
Past Seminars
October 17-23, 2019
Transformative. Rejuvenating. Inspirational…
Guest Speakers & Mentors
Thank you to each of the generous guest speakers who volunteer their time to inspire and mentor our War Horse Fellows. Explore the thoughtful journalists, authors, educators, agents, and publishers that help to make our writing seminars possible.
Helen Benedict
Award-winning author and Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism
Dr. Jill Biden
First Lady of The United States
Mark Bowden
Award-winning author and bestselling author of Black Hawk Down
Steve Coll
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author and dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism
Kevin Cullen
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times Bestselling author
Jim Dao
New York Times OP/ED editor
David Dunlap
New York Times reporter since 1981 where he serves as the “keeper of Times history”
David Finkel
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and MacArthur Genius
Josh Friedman
Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist and Vice-Chair at The Carey Institute for Global Good
Matt Gallagher
Army veteran, author of Youngblood and Kaboom
Tracy Grant
Deputy Managing Editor of The Washington Post
Tom Jennings
Frontline Producer and NYU Journalism Professor
Phil Klay
Marine veteran author award-winning author of Redeployment
Stuart Krichevsky
Literary agent at SK Agency
Elana Newman
R.M. McFarlin Professor of Psychology at The University of Tulsa
Finbarr O’Reilly
Two-time World Press Photo Winner
Dana Priest
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The Washington Post and New York Times Bestselling author
Nina Rodriguez-Marty
Associate editor at Sentinel imprint of Penguin Books
David Rohde
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and news director at The New Yorker
Robert Rosenthal
Award-winning journalist and former executive director of The Center for Investigative Reporting
Jodi Salamino
Licensed clinical social worker with the Department of Defense
Bruce Shapiro
Executive Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Paula Span
New York Times journalist and professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Karen Stabiner
Author and professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism
Dr. Pamela Wall
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and adjunct professor at Duke University School of Nursing
Chandler Wickers
Literary Agent at SK Agency
Wendy Wolf
Vice President and Associate Publisher of Viking
Lee Woodruff
New York Times Bestselling author of In An Instant
Helen Benedict
Award-winning author and Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism
Mark Bowden
Award-winning author and bestselling author of Black Hawk Down
Steve Coll
Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winning author and dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism
Kevin Cullen
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and NYT Bestselling author
Jim Dao
New York Times OP/ED editor
David Dunlap
New York Times reporter since 1981 where he serves as the “keeper of Times history”
Josh Friedman
Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Vice-Chair at The Carey Institute for Global Good
Matt Gallagher
Army veteran, author of Youngblood and Kaboom
Tracy Grant
Deputy Managing Editor of The Washington Post
Phil Klay
Marine veteran author award-winning author of Redeployment
Stuart Krichevsky
Literary agent at SK Agency
Elana Newman
R.M. McFarlin Professor of Psychology at The University of Tulsa
Finbarr O’Reilly
World Press Photo Winner
Dana Priest
Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winning journalist at The Washington Post and NYT Bestselling author
Nina Rodriguez-Marty
Associate Editor at Sentinel imprint at Penguin Books
David Rohde
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and news director at The New Yorker
Robert Rosenthal
Award-winning journalist and former executive director of The Center for Investigative Reporting
Bruce Shapiro
Executive Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Paula Span
New York Times journalist and professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Karen Stabiner
Author and professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism
Wendy Wolf
Vice President and Associate Publisher of Viking
Lee Woodruff
New York Times Bestselling author of In An Instant
