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Workshop

These are typically generative classes, in which students create new work in class or based on assignments, or students submit work to receive constructive critique from the instructor and fellow students. Workshops are typically (but not always) multi-session classes.

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Upcoming Classes & Workshops

Poetry
9/26

Fierce Writing: Finding Yourself Through Poetry

$
35
/
$
25
For Members
FREE!
With:
Holly Norton
Class Level:
All Levels
When you see the word fierce, do you imagine a wild animal with its fangs bared, maybe blood dripping from them? Fierce Writing is not violent, but it is wild.
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Poetry
9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/16 & 11/23

Poetry Revision - September 2026

$
320
/
$
250
For Members
FREE!
With:
Xan Forest Phillips
Class Level:
Advanced
In this class, we will practice both radical and focused revision strategies while reading and discussing the work of published poets, pre- and post-revision.
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Nonfiction
9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26 & 11/2

Intro to Memoir and Personal Essays - September 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Lara Lillibridge
Class Level:
​Emerging
Everyone has a story to tell. In this 6-week class, we will generate new material as well as learn about the fundamentals of creative nonfiction.
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Poetry
9/29, 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27 & 11/3

Intro to Poetry - September 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Stephanie Ginese
Class Level:
​Emerging
Generate new poems in this six-week class designed to kick your writing into gear.
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Fiction
9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28 & 11/4

Intro to Fiction - September 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Doug Cornett
Class Level:
​Emerging
This class will explore the components of fiction (e.g., voice, dialogue, plot) in a variety of short stories.
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Fiction
10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 & 11/19

Fiction Revision - October 2026 (FULL)

$
320
/
$
240
For Members
FREE!
With:
Meghan Louise Wagner
Class Level:
Advanced
You may have completed a draft, but the story doesn’t end there. In this workshop, learn about the necessary art of revision for fiction projects.
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Fiction
10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3 & 11/10

Creating New Fiction - October 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Meg Toth
Class Level:
All Levels
Are you writing a novel? Short stories? Flash fiction? It's all welcome in this six-week generative workshop.
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Writing Process
10/7, 10/14, 10/21 & 10/28

Developing a Writing Habit - October 2026

$
140
/
$
100
For Members
FREE!
With:
Darlene Montonaro
Class Level:
All Levels
Showing up to write isn’t half the battle – it is the battle.
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Nonfiction
10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 & 11/11

Continuing Your Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Writing Practice - October 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Lara Lillibridge
Class Level:
Intermediate
This 6-week intermediate level class is geared towards writers who have already completed an intro class.
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Fiction
10/12, 10/19, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16 & 11/23

Historical Fiction Workshop: Craft, Research & the Art of Time

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Alysandra Dutton
Class Level:
Intermediate
The past is closer than you think—and full of pressures, as writers scramble to become experts in every part of historic life.
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Memoir
10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30 & 12/7

Advanced Memoir Workshop - October 2026

$
320
/
$
250
For Members
FREE!
With:
Judah Leblang
Class Level:
Advanced
This course is designed for advanced memoir writers who want to refine their work, have it critiqued, and to explore the forms of memoir.
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Fiction
10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16 & 11/23

Worldbuilding in Speculative Fiction

$
175
/
$
125
For Members
FREE!
With:
Peter Gelderloos
Class Level:
All Levels
What is the world your characters inhabit and how does it shape them?
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Poetry
11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1 & 12/8

Writing the Collage Poem: Composing Longer Poems

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Philip Terman
Class Level:
All Levels
How do longer poems get written? Often connections between what we write emerge over a period of time. One way is to consider the longer poem is a "collage".
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Writing Process
11/4, 11/11, 11/18 & 11/25

Developing a Writing Habit - November 2026

$
140
/
$
100
For Members
FREE!
With:
Darlene Montonaro
Class Level:
All Levels
Showing up to write isn’t half the battle – it is the battle.
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Poetry
11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2 & 12/9

Focusing on the Smallest Moment Inside of Us: The Art of Micro-Poems

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Meg Thompson
Class Level:
All Levels
Poems that are small in stature inexplicably have the ability to leave the biggest impacts on us.
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Fiction
11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14

Intro to Fiction - November 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Nardine Taleb
Class Level:
​Emerging
This class will explore the components of fiction (e.g., voice, dialogue, plot).Participants will use knowledge and writing exercises to write your own story.
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Fiction
11/18

Developing a Graphic Novel Concept

$
35
/
$
25
For Members
FREE!
With:
Fern Haught
Class Level:
Have an idea for comic or graphic novel but aren't sure where to begin? Join us!
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