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Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Virtual

Immigrants Write

Nina Adel
Mondays
Feb 2
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Mar 30
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In-Person
Multi-Week
Nonfiction

The Art of Vulnerability in the Personal Essay

Fred Arroyo
Saturdays, 4 weeks
Feb 21
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Mar 14
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Children's Literature
Multi-Week
Virtual

Finding Your Star: How to Write a Picture Book

Heidi Fiedler
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Mar 3
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Mar 24
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Fiction
Nonfiction
Multi-Week
Virtual

Thinking with Hannah: Confronting Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, while we can

Kate Tighe
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
Mar 4
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Mar 25
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Fiction
Multi-Week
Virtual

Jumpstart Your Novel

Heather Hasselle
Thursdays, 4 weeks
Mar 5
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Mar 26
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Multi-Week
In-Person
Fiction
Nonfiction

Writing for Healing

Claire Coenen
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Mar 10
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Mar 31
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Multi-Week
Poetry
Virtual

Writing Poetry for Beginners

Christian Detisch
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Mar 10
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Mar 31
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In-Person
Fiction
Multi-Week

Building Imaginary Worlds: Crafting Sci-Fi and Fantasy Settings

Thomas J. Griffin & M.A. Dosser
Wednesdays, 3 weeks
Mar 11
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Mar 25
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In-Person
Single Session
Poetry
Nonfiction
Fiction

Writing the Body

Michelle Donice
Saturday
Mar 14
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Mar 14
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Fiction
Single Session
Virtual

Flying the Kite: Dialogue and Action

Andrew Steiner
Sunday
Mar 22
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Mar 22
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In-Person
Single Session
Poetry
Nonfiction
Fiction

The Language of Flowers

Melissa Jean
Saturday
Mar 28
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Mar 28
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Fiction
Single Session
Virtual

Chekhov: Structure and Surprise

Andrew Steiner
Sunday
Mar 29
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Mar 29
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Multi-Week
Poetry
Fiction
Virtual

The Sound of Story: Poetry for Fiction Writers

Em Palughi
Saturdays, 4 weeks
Apr 4
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Apr 25
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Multi-Week
In-Person
Fiction

Jumpstart Your Novel (In Person)

Lauren Nossett
Mondays, 4 weeks
Apr 6
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Apr 27
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Multi-Week
Poetry
Virtual

Finish Your Book of Poems (Finally)

Nathaniel Rosenthalis
Tuesdays, 6 weeks
Apr 7
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May 12
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Multi-Week
Playwriting
Virtual

Make Your Way to "End Of Play"

Sam Heyman
Wednesdays, 6 weeks
Apr 8
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May 13
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In-Person
Multi-Week
Poetry

Six Ways of Looking at a Poem

Ciona Rouse
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
Apr 8
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Apr 29
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In-Person
Poetry
Single Session

Haiku in Bloom: Celebrating Spring!

Shan Overton
Thursday
Apr 9
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Apr 9
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In-Person
Single Session
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry

Listening for the Work

Michelle Donice
Saturday
Apr 11
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Apr 11
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Poetry
Virtual
Single Session

The Ars Poetica: Poems about Poetry

Ryan Varadi
Wednesday
Apr 15
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Apr 15
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In-Person
Fiction
Single Session

Whose Story Is This?: Finding Your Narrative Stance with Visiting Writer Jamie Quatro

Jamie Quatro
Thursday
Apr 16
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Apr 16
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Multi-Week
Nonfiction
Virtual

Write Your Life

Vanessa Martir
Thursdays, 4 weeks
Apr 16
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May 7
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In-Person
Single Session
Nonfiction
Poetry
Fiction

Write Beside the Horses: Harnessing Creative Sensitivity and Power

Claire Coenen
Saturday
Apr 18
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Apr 18
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In-Person
Single Session
Fiction
Nonfiction

Writing the Natural Setting

Dr. Ernie Reynolds
Saturday
Apr 18
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Apr 18
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Multi-Week
Virtual
Nonfiction

Writing Nonfiction Narrative

Stewart Lewis
Wednesdays, 6 weeks
Apr 22
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May 27
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Fiction
In-Person
Multi-Week

Turns of Realism in Literary Fiction: Narrative Transitions and the Architecture of Realism

C.I. Aki
Thursdays, 6 weeks
Apr 23
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May 28
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In-Person
Single Session
Fiction

Describing Queer Love

Jerry Portwood & Mark Blankenship
Saturday
Apr 25
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Apr 25
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Single Session
Virtual
Fiction
Nonfiction
Screenwriting

100 Ideas in One Hour: Turning Personal History into Story Structure

Mayra Cuevas
Monday
Apr 27
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Apr 27
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In-Person
Poetry
Single Session

Poetics of Spring

Melissa Jean
Saturday
May 2
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May 2
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Fiction
In-Person
Multi-Week

Layers

Cameron Mitchell
Mondays, 4 weeks
May 4
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May 25
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Fiction
In-Person
Multi-Week

Crafting the Short Story

Dr. Ernie Reynolds
Wednesdays, 6 weeks
May 6
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Jun 10
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Fiction
Single Session
Virtual

Beginnings: Workshopping First Scenes

Andrew Steiner
Sunday
May 10
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May 10
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Fiction
Multi-Week
Virtual

Introduction to Science Fiction & Fantasy

Silk Jazmyne
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
May 12
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Jun 2
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Fiction
In-Person
Single Session

Writing the Holiday Romance

Benji Richards
Saturday
May 16
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May 16
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In-Person
Nonfiction
Multi-Week

Elevating the Personal Essay

Christie Grotheim
Tuesdays, 8 weeks
May 19
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Jul 7
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In-Person
Fiction
Nonfiction
Single Session

Book Mapping

Ami McConnell
Saturday
May 23
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May 23
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Single Session
Poetry
Virtual

Wall of Sound: Studying the Prose Poem

Ryan Varadi
Wednesday
May 27
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May 27
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Fiction
Virtual
Single Session

Making Pictures: On Photography and Fiction

Hilary Bell
Thursday
May 28
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May 28
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Single Session
Virtual
Nonfiction

Writing and Pitching Op-Eds

Mathangi Subramanian
Saturday
May 30
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May 30
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In-Person
Fiction
Single Session

Micro Fiction: Writing Short Short Stories

Eric Alan Ponce
Monday
Jun 1
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Jun 1
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In-Person
Multi-Week
Fiction

Going Back to Go Forward: Creating Effective Backstory and Flashbacks

Whitney Bryant
Thursdays, 4 weeks
Jun 4
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Jun 25
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Multi-Week
Nonfiction
Fiction
Poetry
Virtual

The Sacred Page: Writing as a Spiritual Practice

Michelle Donice
Thursdays, 4 weeks
Jun 4
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Jun 25
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In-Person
Fiction
Single Session

Live for them or Love to Hate Them: Creating Characters that Leap off the Page

Meredith R. Lyons
Saturday
Jun 6
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Jun 6
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Fiction
In-Person
Multi-Week

Queer Romance: Beyond the Tropes

Liz Arncliffe
Saturdays, 4 weeks
Jun 6
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Jun 27
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In-Person
Poetry
Nonfiction
Fiction
Single Session

Writing Like a Naturalist

Melissa Jean
Saturday
Jun 6
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Jun 6
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Screenwriting
Single Session
In-Person

Writing and Producing Short Films

JR Robles
Monday
Jun 8
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Jun 8
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Multi-Week
Fiction
Virtual

Jumpstart Your Novel (Virtual)

Heather Hasselle
Mondays, 4 weeks
Jun 8
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Jun 29
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Fiction
Single Session
Virtual

Hemingway vs Fitzgerald: A Heated Rivalry

Andrew Steiner
Tuesday
Jun 9
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Jun 9
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In-Person
Single Session
Nonfiction
Fiction

Build Me a Hummingbird of Words: How to Distill Your Life into a Flash with Visiting Writer Beth Ann Fennelly

Beth Ann Fennelly
Tuesday
Jun 9
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Jun 9
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Multi-Week
Nonfiction
Virtual

Restorying: A Trauma-Informed Memoir Workshop

Christina Berke
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Jun 9
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Jul 7
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Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Single Session
Virtual

Writing Queer and Trans Geographies

CD Eskilson
Thursday
Jun 11
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Jun 11
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Single Session
Virtual
Nonfiction

We’re New Here: Writing Your Coming Out Later Story

Vanessa Martir
Saturday
Jun 13
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Jun 13
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Multi-Week
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Screenwriting

Totems and Idols: Finding Story in Everyday Objects

Wesley Kocurek
Tuesdays, 2 weeks
Jun 16
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Jun 23
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In-Person
Fiction
Single Session

Music Into Written Word

Erin Cecilia Thomas
Saturday
Jun 20
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Jun 20
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In-Person
Fiction
Nonfiction
Single Session

Editing as An Act of Love

Ami McConnell
Saturday
Jun 27
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Jun 27
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