Writing Workshops

building interiority in characters using fantasies and theories with karen e. bender, a zoom seminar on tuesday, october 27th, 2026

advanced personal essay 6-week online workshop with diana spechler, starting monday, july 13th, 2026

give the gift of writing — workshops, retreats & mentorship

short story & personal essay critique or 2026 mfa application preparation with kelly luce

introduction to personal essay 6-week online workshop with diana spechler, starting monday, july 13th, 2026

the hero's journey for travel writers: structuring exceptional travel narratives with cristina slattery on sunday, december 6th, 2026

writing the body: a 4-week asynchronous poetry workshop with shannon k. winston starts on monday, january 18th, 2027

the course of true love never did run smooth: writing love and desire in fiction 6-week zoom workshop with arielle burgdorf starts on tuesday, february 2nd, 2027

writing about fashion 4-week zoom workshop with elizabeth teets starts on sunday, february 7th, 2027

speculative memoir: you, fantastically amplified one-day writing seminar with sage tyrtle (zoom) on saturday, may 15th, 2027

braiding time: groundhog day and sliding doors 2-day fiction weekend intensive with sage tyrtle (zoom) starts on saturday, march 6th, 2027

messier first drafts: all your ideas belong here, a one-day zoom seminar with sage tyrtle on saturday, january 16th, 2027

funny on a sentence level, a zoom seminar with elissa bassist on sunday, october 11th, 2026

rabbit hunting: tracking suspense in your novel zoom seminar with amber wheeler bacon on thursday, december 10th, 2026

dogs, gods, ghosts, and more: writing the non-human narrator, a 3-week fiction workshop (zoom) with elise lesage starts saturday, november 7th, 2026

turning your big idea into an essay collection 10-week zoom workshop with samantha mann, starts wednesday, january 6th, 2027

the chapbook shape-up: 8-week asynchronous poetry workshop with renee emerson starts on monday, march 1st, 2027

flash fiction writing workshop: intensifying flash fiction through time and place with maureen aitken (zoom) on tuesday, november 10th, 2026

blank page, empty stage: using improvisation techniques to make your writing stronger — a live fiction seminar with sage tyrtle on sunday, november 1st, 2026

clock of the heart: manipulating time in memoir and personal essays: a zoom seminar with blaise allysen kearsley on saturday, november 7th, 2026