Various Odyssey students have recorded their experiences at the workshop and their writing efforts since graduation. If you want to know what it's like to attend Odyssey and what effect the workshop has had on those who have attended, you can access their accounts below.

Lane Robins, class of '99, relates her experiences in college creative writing workshops and compares what she learned in them to what she learned at Odyssey.

Barbara Campbell, class of 2000, describes her struggle to get her first novel into publishable shape and how Odyssey helped, in "Odyssey: A Never-Ending Experience."

Novelist Elaine Isaak, who attended Odyssey in 1997, describes how she learned to write short stories at Odyssey, and how the feedback she received eventually led to the publication of her first novel, in "Sculpting with Words: My Odyssey Experience."

David J. Schwartz, class of 1996, describes the workshopping process at Odyssey, to give prospective students a sense of what to expect. If you are applying to Odyssey, you should read this article, whether you have participated in other workshops or not.

James Hall, who attended Odyssey 2001, gives an account of the workshop in a weekly series of articles written for Blue Ear Books.

Laurie Lanzdorf, class of 2000, describes the structure and workload of the workshop in "Odyssey 2000: Experience of a Workshop."

Carl Frederick, class of 2000, describes what he learned from Odyssey, and how his workshop experience helped him become a first-place winner in The Writers of the Future contest.

Carrie Vaughn, Odyssey 1998, reveals the most important thing she learned at the workshop, and how that insight has led to a string of fiction sales.

Morgan Hua, who attended Odyssey 1998 and previously attended the Clarion Writing Workshop, compares the two workshops in an article, "Clarion versus Odyssey," written for Speculations magazine.

Stephen Chambers, class of 1998, describes his experience of the workshop (at the age of 17) and how it helped lead to his two-book deal with Tor (at 18).

Julia Duncan wrote an in-depth article about attending Odyssey in 1998, being critiqued by writer-in-residence Harlan Ellison, and what she learned from it, in "Harlan's Week at Odyssey."

Lynda Rucker, who attended Odyssey's first session in 1996, tells of her progress at the workshop and since then, in both short and long fiction.