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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Summer Camp
Writing Accountability Group
Q&A
Open Mic
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Poetry Slam
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Upcoming Classes & Workshops

Fiction
1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4 & 2/11

Creating New Fiction - January 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Alida Dean
Class Level:
All Levels
It's all welcome in this six-week generative workshop designed to help you create new work or make progress on your project.
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Writing Process
1/7, 1/14, 1/21 & 1/28

Developing a Writing Habit - January 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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Fiction
1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5 & 2/12

Intro to Fiction - January 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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Fiction
1/14 - 6/17

2026 Genre Novel Intensive

$
720
/
$
600
For Members
FREE!
With:
Kyle Winkler
Class Level:
Advanced
Get serious about your genre novel in this six-month intensive.
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Multigenre
1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11 & 2/18

Your Story Matters: The Building Blocks of the Personal Essay

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Gyasi Hall
Class Level:
​Emerging
It is often assumed that only those who have gone through sensational, dramatic experiences have something worth writing personal essays about. I disagree.
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Fiction
1/17 - 6/20

2026 Literary Novel Intensive

$
720
/
$
600
For Members
FREE!
With:
Mary Grimm
Class Level:
Advanced
Get serious about your literary novel in this six-month intensive
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Poetry
1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18 & 2/25

Snakes & Spirals: Using Repetition in Poetry

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Ariana Brown
Class Level:
All Levels
In this generative workshop, we will study and write poems that play with repetition.
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Poetry
1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23 & 3/2

Intro to Poetry - January 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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Nonfiction
1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25 & 3/4

Intro to Nonfiction - January 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
2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3 & 3/10

Intermediate Speculative Fiction

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Johnny Caputo
Class Level:
Intermediate
In this class, we will focus on developing our own short fiction by critically reading the six Nebula finalists in the short story category.
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Writing Process
2/4, 2/11, 2/18 & 2/25

Developing a Writing Habit - February 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
2/17, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17 & 3/24

First You Plant the Seed: From Notebook to Poem - Spring 2026

$
210
/
$
150
For Members
FREE!
With:
Philip Terman
Class Level:
Intermediate
The poet William Stafford has famously said, “lower your standards and keep writing…" Anybody can write.
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Nonfiction
2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 & 3/19

Creating New Nonfiction - February 2026

$
131.25
/
$
93.75
For Members
FREE!
With:
Class Level:
All Levels
There are so many ways to tell your story, and it’s all welcome in this six-week class.
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Fiction
2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7 & 4/14

Fiction Revision - Spring 2026

$
320
/
$
250
For Members
FREE!
With:
Meghan Louise Wagner
Class Level:
Advanced
From the big-picture, structural overhauls to the line-level details, revision is the key to a stronger manuscript.
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Writing Process
3/4, 3/11, 3/18 & 3/25

Developing a Writing Habit - March 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
3/5, 3/12, 3/19 & 3/26

Queer Poetics and Trans/forms - Spring 2026

$
140
/
$
100
For Members
FREE!
With:
Rose Zinnia
Class Level:
Advanced
In this multi-class workshop, we will explore the world of queer poetics and trans forms, practice, write, play, share, and workshop our own poems.
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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

$
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 2026

$
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
4/9, 4/16, 4/23 & 4/30

Advanced Poetry Workshop - Spring 2026

$
180
/
$
120
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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