Writing Workshops

inside jokes: a panel on writing and publishing humor and satire with elissa bassist, chris monks, alexandra petri, milly tamarez, and evan waite, thursday, november 5th, 2026

writing the monstrous: fear, the body, and the grotesque in poetry 6-week zoom workshop with bianca alyssa pérez starts on thursday, january 21st, 2027

literary agent series: the rejection autopsy — why agents pass, and how to fix it zoom seminar with mark owen gottlieb on saturday, october 16th, 2027

literary agent series: revising with an agent's eye — the notes i give before we go out zoom seminar with mark owen gottlieb on saturday, august 14th, 2027

literary agent series: the synopsis and sample pages — building the rest of the submission package zoom seminar with mark owen gottlieb on saturday, june 12th, 2027

the unconventional novel: a year of writing and revising support with novelist miranda schmidt starts on tuesday, january 5th, 2027 - apply now!

introduction to short fiction: building a story from scratch, a 5-week fiction writing workshop with jared sayet starts on tuesday, february 16th, 2027

revise without losing yourself: 4-week online novel revision workshop with nicole meier starts tuesday, february 2nd, 2027

narrative thrust: eight tools for pacing, momentum, and fixing the saggy middle 10-week zoom workshop with erin kate ryan starts on monday, march 8th, 2027

writing a novel in verse zoom seminar with meg eden kuyatt on tuesday, april 27th, 2027

mining our obsessions: a generative poetry workshop, a zoom seminar with lauren davis on sunday, december 13th, 2026

reddit as muse: a generative fiction seminar with lauren davis on saturday, november 21st, 2026

the power of point of view 5-week multigenre zoom workshop with kate milliken starts on monday, october 26th, 2026

overwintering: poems for the dark months and what survives 6-week zoom workshop with melanie hyo-in han starts on sunday, december 6th, 2026

from fragments to draft: building a personal essay in four weeks, a zoom workshop with aimee seiff christian starts on tuesday, march 2nd, 2027

ode to joy: writing the praise poem, a live online poetry seminar with sara sturek on tuesday, december 1st, 2026

beyond the agent: how small and university presses buy, build, and sell books, a one-day seminar (zoom) with elise lesage on sunday, december 6th, 2026

don't lose the plot: organization for fiction writers 6-week zoom workshop with arielle burgdorf starts on thursday, march 4th, 2027

building a writing process that works for you: a 3-week nonfiction writing workshop with gg renee hill (zoom) starts on sunday, february 21st, 2027

goodbye to all that: a joan didion masterclass one-day seminar with sophia hembeck on saturday, december 5th, 2026