Columbia Writers House

Writers House is a group of 10 undergraduate students at Columbia University who live together to develop our creative writing practices. We host weekly in-house workshops and regular literary events for the broader community.

Read our 2023-2024 collection!
Current Members (2025-26)

Abigail Rebordão
she/her | CC ‘26
Major: Sustainable Development & Portuguese Studies
Elie Keller (House Leader)
they/them | CC ‘27
Major: Linguistics & Creative Writing
Jake Richards
he/him | CC ‘26
Major: Classics & Applied Math 
Calixto Herrera
he/him | CC ‘26
Major: Political Science & Classics
Davis Green
he/him | CC ‘26
Major: Biology
Erin Stoeckig (House Leader)
she/her | CC ‘26
Major: Creative Writing & English
Valerie Yang (House Leader)
she/her | CC ‘27
Major: History
Esmé Young (Editor in Chief)
they/them | CC ‘27 
Major: Creative Writing & Business Management
Claire He
she/her | CC ‘28
Major: Economics and Philosophy
Imani Bragg
she/her | CC ‘27
Major: Creative Writing
Ines Jia Lee
she/her | SEAS ‘28
Major: 

Previous Houses

2023-2024
Emily Fernandez (house leader)
Theo Taplitz (house leader)
Aiden Cloud
Davis Green
Calixto Herrera
Josselyn Ortiz
Jordan Pettiford
Abigail Rebordão
Jake Richards
Erin Stoeckig
2024-2025
Abigail Rebordão (house leader)
Calixto Herrera  (house leader)
Jake Richards (house leader)
Aiden Cloud
Davis Green
Elie Keller
Jordan Pettiford
Erin Stoeckig
Theo Taplitz
Valerie Yang