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.

Other Class Types

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

Poetry
1/3, 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, & 1/31

Intro to Poetry

$
150
/
$
100
For Members
FREE!
With:
Corey Miller
Class Level:
​Emerging
Discuss form, develop craft, and create new poems
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Fiction
1/4, 1/11, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8 & 2/15

Intro to Fiction: Generative Workshop

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Alida Dean
Class Level:
​Emerging
Generate new writing and learn the building blocks of fiction
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Multigenre
1/2, 1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13 & 2/20

Furthering Your Writing Habit Through Feedback - January 2024 (FULL)

$
280
/
$
200
For Members
FREE!
With:
Katie Daley
Class Level:
Intermediate
Revision can be a blast
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Multigenre
1/10, 1/17, 1/24 & 1/31

Developing a Writing Habit - January 2024

$
120
/
$
80
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
1/22, 1/29 & 2/5

Crafting the Self Through Memoir & Creative Nonfiction (FULL)

$
90
/
$
60
For Members
FREE!
With:
Deirdre Fagan
Class Level:
All Levels
Get started on your memoir or creative nonfiction through personal reflection and writing
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Poetry
2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/4, 3/11 & 3/18

From Oral Stories to Written Poems

$
210
/
$
140
For Members
FREE!
With:
Philip Terman
Class Level:
Intermediate
In this generative class, we'll look at models of story-inspired poems to explore poetic techniques.
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Fiction
2/6, 2/13, 2/20 & 2/27

Start Writing Right Now - February 2024

$
120
/
$
80
For Members
FREE!
With:
Tina Tocco
Class Level:
All Levels
Have you always wanted to try your hand at fiction writing, but never took the leap? Maybe you’ve put down your pen for a while and need a jumpstart.
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Multigenre
2/7, 2/14, 2/21 & 2/28

Developing a Writing Habit - February 2024

$
120
/
$
80
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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Fiction
2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/6 & 3/13

Longer Short Story Workshop

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Michael Credico
Class Level:
All Levels
In this workshop, we will focus on writing and revising a single longer short story—somewhere between 8-12,000 words.
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Poetry
2/10 & 2/17

Verbal Alchemy: Poetry as a Chemical Formula

$
60
/
$
40
For Members
FREE!
With:
Jeremy Jusek
Class Level:
All Levels
This workshop offers participants new perspective by revisiting well-worn structural techniques.
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Nonfiction
2/17, 3/16, 4/20 & 5/18

Within Liminal Spaces

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Jason Harris
Class Level:
All Levels
Over the course of 4 months, we will read three fragmented narratives but – more importantly – generate (or regenerate) our own fragmented narratives.
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Nonfiction
2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25 & 4/1

Intermediate Memoir - February 2024

$
300
/
$
200
For Members
FREE!
With:
Judah Leblang
Class Level:
Intermediate
This course is for students actively engaged in writing a memoir.
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Nonfiction
2/15, 2/22, 2/29, 3/7, 3/14 & 3/21

Writing for the Ear

$
135
/
$
90
For Members
FREE!
With:
Annmarie Kelly
Class Level:
All Levels
In this generative class, we’ll develop short personal pieces for audio publication.
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2/24, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23 & 3/30

Experimenting with Form: Using Different Narrative Forms to Write Your Story

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Nardine Taleb
Class Level:
​Emerging
This generative workshop offers writers the opportunity to experiment with different forms of narrative fiction that deviate away from the classic structures.
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2/27, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 & 4/2

Poetry: Breaking Walls Down

$
135
/
$
90
For Members
FREE!
With:
Laura Grace Weldon
Class Level:
​Emerging
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Nonfiction
3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2 & 4/9

Minding the Gaps, Mapping the Story: The Art of Lyric Essaying

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Zoë Bossiere
Class Level:
All Levels
In this 6-week workshop, Zoë Bossiere will guide writers through approaches to crafting lyric essays.
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Multigenre
3/6, 3/13, 3/20 & 3/27

Developing a Writing Habit - March 2024

$
120
/
$
80
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
3/7, 3/14, 3/21 & 3/28

Hermits and Hybrids

$
60
/
$
40
For Members
FREE!
With:
Lara Lillibridge
Class Level:
All Levels
Reboot or refresh your writing practice with a month of hermit crab essays and other hybrid and experimental forms.
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Fiction
3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, 4/10 & 4/17

Intermediate Speculative Fiction Workshop

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Johnny Caputo
Class Level:
Intermediate
By the end of this class, you will have examined techniques of some of the best writers of short speculative fiction.
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Fiction
3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13 & 4/20

The Devil's in the Detail: Worldbuilding in Prose

$
135
/
$
90
For Members
FREE!
With:
J.L. Scott
Class Level:
All Levels
In this workshop, you will study some of the masters of world building and then practice applying detail-oriented world building.
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Multigenre
4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 & 5/21

Furthering Your Writing Habit Through Feedback - April 2024 (FULL)

$
280
/
$
200
For Members
FREE!
With:
Katie Daley
Class Level:
Intermediate
This class will help you discover ways to see and hear your work more clearly, penetrate it more fully, find the deep-down gems and get them to come forward.
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Multigenre
4/3, 4/10, 4/17 & 4/24

Developing a Writing Habit - April 2024

$
120
/
$
80
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
4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16 & 5/23

Your Story Matters: The Building Blocks of the Personal Essay

$
240
/
$
160
For Members
FREE!
With:
Gyasi Hall
Class Level:
​Emerging
In this class, we will be examining the building blocks of personal essay writing.
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Poetry
4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30 & 5/7

Discovering and Enhancing Your Poetic Temperament

$
200
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Marion Starling Boyer
Class Level:
Intermediate
In this five-session workshop we will examine which temperaments come most naturally to you and play with techniques to broaden your instinctive style.
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Fiction
4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9 & 5/16

The Short Story: A Generative Writing Class & Craft Intensive

$
180
/
$
120
For Members
FREE!
With:
Annell López
Class Level:
​Emerging
In this generative writing intensive, we will delve deep into the art of the short story.
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