Class Types

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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Retreat
Summer Camp
Writing Accountability Group
Q&A
Open Mic
Writing Club
Poetry Slam
Conference
Reader Series
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Upcoming Classes & Workshops

Fiction
3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15

Creating New Fiction - March 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 designed to help you create new work.
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Poetry
3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9 & 4/16

Elements of Poetry: Exploring Themes & Tools of Poetry Writing - March 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Nadav Linial
Class Level:
Intermediate
This six-session workshop invites poets—emerging and experienced alike—to deepen their craft through close reading, discussion, and guided writing exercises.
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Memoir
3/17, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14 & 4/21

Writing Memoir: Emerging From the Muddle in the Middle (FULL)

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Kelly Boyer Sagert
Class Level:
Intermediate
The goal is to help nurture a memoir manuscipt in the middle stages to something closer to a finished work.
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Poetry
3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7

Poetry Revision - March (FULL)

$
320
/
$
250
For Members
FREE!
With:
Conor James Bracken
Class Level:
Advanced
Randall Jarrell once said that being a poet is standing in a field waiting to get struck by lightning
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Fiction
3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23 & 4/30

Intro to Fiction - March 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Nardine Taleb
Class Level:
​Emerging
Each week we will focus on a different element of fiction such as voice, dialogue, plot, character, and setting, through brief lectures and short stories.
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Poetry
4/6 - 9/28

2026 Poetry Intensive

$
720
/
$
600
For Members
FREE!
With:
Dave Lucas
Class Level:
Advanced
This class is designed to advance your knowledge, make significant progress on your manuscript and gain momentum toward its completion.
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Writing Process
4/8, 4/15, 4/22 & 4/29

Developing a Writing Habit - April 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
4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11 & 5/18

Advanced Poetry Workshop - Spring 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Meg Thompson
Class Level:
Advanced
An advanced poetry workshop composed mostly of workshopping with an eye towards publication.
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Multigenre
4/9, 4/16, 4/23 & 4/30

Death is the Style

$
140
/
$
100
For Members
FREE!
With:
Geramee Hensley
Class Level:
All Levels
“Kill your darlings” is the anthem of the bored, exhausted writer.
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Poetry
4/14, 5/12, 6/9 & 7/14

Reading Poets into Writing Poetry

$
140
/
$
100
For Members
FREE!
With:
Philip Terman
Class Level:
All Levels
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Nonfiction
4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20 & 5/27

Intro to Nonfiction - April 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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Fiction
4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/31

Advanced Novel Revision

$
300
/
$
240
For Members
FREE!
With:
Eman Quotah
Class Level:
Advanced
Congratulations! You’ve finished a draft of your novel—or you’re sooo close. That’s a really big deal. Now what? It’s time to revise!
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Memoir
5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16 & 6/23

Advanced Memoir Workshop - May 2026

$
320
/
$
250
For Members
FREE!
With:
Judah Leblang
Class Level:
Advanced
This course is designed for writers who want to refine their work, have it critiqued, and to explore the forms of memoir vignettes and personal essays.
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