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Upcoming Classes & Workshops

Reader Series
1/6, 2/3, 3/3 & 4/7

Read Like a Writer 2026 - Session One

The best way to improve as a writer is to write. The second best way is to read and analyze classic literature.
Writing Process
1/6

Intro to Developing a Writing Habit - January 2026

We’ll discuss strategies for getting you into your seat, how to combine playfulness with discipline, and discuss the three components necessary for a writing ca
Fiction
1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4 & 2/11

Creating New Fiction - January 2026

It's all welcome in this six-week generative workshop designed to help you create new work or make progress on your project.
Fiction
1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5 & 2/12

Intro to Fiction - January 2026

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.
Reader Series
1/13, 1/27 & 2/10

Reading Contemporary Poetry - January 2026

We hope to encourage reading the work of contemporary poets and foster discussion about ways to approach reading a book of poems by one author.
Fiction
1/14 - 6/17

2026 Genre Novel Intensive

Get serious about your genre novel in this six-month intensive.
Multigenre
1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11 & 2/18

Your Story Matters: The Building Blocks of the Personal Essay

It is often assumed that only those who have gone through sensational, dramatic experiences have something worth writing personal essays about. I disagree.
Fiction
1/17 - 6/20

2026 Literary Novel Intensive

Get serious about your literary novel in this six-month intensive
Poetry
1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18 & 2/25

Snakes & Spirals: Using Repetition in Poetry

In this generative workshop, we will study and write poems that play with repetition.
Poetry
1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23 & 3/2

Intro to Poetry - January 2026

Generate new poems in this six-week class designed to kick your writing into gear
Nonfiction
1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25 & 3/4

Intro to Nonfiction - January 2026

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.
Writing Groups
1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 & 3/19

Click Submit: Submitters Workshop & Accountability Group - Spring 2026

Get serious, connected, and perhaps even published with the guidance, structure, and help of this workshop and accountability group.
Fiction
2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16

Romance Writing Workshop

Romance readers crave passion, connection, and the thrill of falling in love.
Poetry
2/17, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17 & 3/24

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

The poet William Stafford has famously said, “lower your standards and keep writing…" Anybody can write.
Fiction
2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7 & 4/14

Fiction Revision - Spring 2026 (FULL)

From the big-picture, structural overhauls to the line-level details, revision is the key to a stronger manuscript.
Poetry
3/5, 3/12, 3/19 & 3/26

Queer Poetics and Trans/forms - Spring 2026

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.
3/10

Genre and Worldbuilding in Fiction

We will discuss emerging and established iconography of various genres, and ways writers can work within and beyond these existing languages to establish worlds
Memoir
3/17, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14 & 4/21

Writing Memoir: Emerging From the Muddle in the Middle

The goal is to help nurture a memoir manuscipt in the middle stages to something closer to a finished work.
Poetry
3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7

Poetry Revision - March 2026

Randall Jarrell once said that being a poet is standing in a field waiting to get struck by lightning
Fiction
3/25

Making the Grade: Writing Novels for Young Readers

Entering the world of literature as a kid is a wondrous experience, but writing books for kids can be just as rewarding
Fiction
3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23 & 4/30

Intro to Fiction - March 2026

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.
Writing Process
4/1

Intro to Developing a Writing Habit - April 2026

This two-hour lecture will provide the foundational concepts that we’ll work with in the four-week Developing a Writing Habit Class.
Poetry
4/6 - 9/28

2026 Poetry Intensive

This class is designed to advance your knowledge, make significant progress on your manuscript and gain momentum toward its completion.
Poetry
4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11 & 5/18

Advanced Poetry Workshop - Spring 2026

An advanced poetry workshop composed mostly of workshopping with an eye towards publication.
Multigenre
4/9, 4/16, 4/23 & 4/30

Death is the Style

“Kill your darlings” is the anthem of the bored, exhausted writer.
Business of Writing
4/21

Ready, Set, Submit! Getting Your Work Published

This course is designed to help writers navigate the process of getting their short-form work (short stories, creative nonfiction, and poetry) published.