The Writing Center
Academic Year Hours
Sunday: noon-6pm
Monday: 9am-5pm
Tuesday-Thursday: 9am-8pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: closed
Find us on Facebook 
or on Twitter @ACWritingCenter.Amherst College is a community of writers. Though conversations about our writing happen spontaneously all over campus, the Writing Center at Amherst College is designed to facilitate such conversations. Whether you are a student working on a paper for a class, a novelist giving a public reading of your most recent work, a professor seeking to design an effective writing assignment, we are eager to talk to you.
For Students
We offer a wide variety of services for students:
- Individual Appointments: One-on-one conversations about a specific writing project, including class assignments, honors theses, creative writing, and job/school applications; sustained instruction on different aspects of the writing process; ESL instruction; and writing counseling to address mental obstacles to effective writing.
- Writing Workshops: Group discussions of different aspects of the writing process
- Thesis Support: Guidance, support, and feedback throughout the research and writing process
For Faculty
And we also offer services for faculty:
- A seminar on the teaching of writing
- Conversations about different aspects of writing pedagogy
- In-class workshops designed to meet the writing needs of your students
Contact us
We're located at 101 Charles Pratt Hall.
Phone: (413) 542-2139
Email: writing@amherst.edu
Campus Mail: AC Box #2262
- View our web calendar to schedule an appointment.
- View our staff directory.