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In-Person

Multi-Week

Poetry

Advanced Poetry Workshop

Amie Whittemore

Thursdays, 4 weeks

Jun 1

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Jun 22

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Fiction

In-Person

Multi-Week

It's a Crime: Writing Layered Literary Crime Fiction

Clemintine Guirado

Tuesdays, 6 weeks

Jun 6

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Jul 11

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Word Made Flesh: Writing Sexuality & The Sacred

Meg Wade

Wednesdays, 6 weeks

Jun 7

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Jul 12

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Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Virtual

The Personal Essay

Minda Honey

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Jun 7

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Jun 28

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Fiction

The Art of Literary Translation: For Beginners

Jenessa Abrams

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Jun 14

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Jul 5

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Single Session

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Getting the Words Right: Revision Through Erasure

Trey Adams

Saturday

Jun 24

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Jun 24

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Conversation's Greatest Hits

Clemintine Guirado

Saturday

Jun 24

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Jun 24

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Poetry

Virtual

Multi-Genre Mix-up: Play Your Way to a Draft

Lauren Turner

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Jun 27

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Jul 18

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

Jumpstart Your Novel

Heather Hasselle

Wednesdays, 6 weeks

Jun 28

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Aug 2

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Fiction

In-Person

Multi-Week

Chunk: Breaking Down the Short Story

Clemintine Guirado

Thursdays, 8 weeks

Jun 29

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Aug 17

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Writing Through Illness

Jenessa Abrams

Thursdays, 6 weeks

Jun 29

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Aug 3

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

SoulCollage® for Writers

Amy Lyles Wilson

Saturday

Jul 1

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Jul 1

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Fiction

In-Person

Multi-Week

On Revision: Rewriting Your Novel

Lauren Nossett

Mondays, 6 weeks

Jul 3

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Aug 7

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Nonfiction

Foundations of Creative Nonfiction

Christina Berke

Thursdays, 6 weeks

Jul 6

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Aug 10

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

The Said and the Unsaid: Writing Your Characters Through Dialogue

Lauren Nossett

Saturday

Jul 8

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Jul 8

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Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Single Session

Virtual

Writing the Soundtrack of Our Lives

Vanessa Martir

Saturday

Jul 8

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Jul 8

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Portrait of the Artist Workshop

Matthew Vollmer

Mondays, 4 weeks

Jul 10

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Jul 31

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Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Poetry

Virtual

Fiction

Writing the Body

Christina Berke

Mondays, 6 weeks

Jul 10

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Aug 14

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Fiction

Playwriting

Writing the Short Play

Kristen Field

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Jul 12

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Aug 2

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Single Session

In-Person

Nonfiction

Romance Your Life

Minda Honey

Saturday

Jul 15

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Jul 15

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

In-Person

Autofiction Workshop

Nathan Knapp

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Jul 18

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Aug 8

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Fiction

In-Person

Do the Collapse: Writing Dystopian Fiction

Chris Clancy

Wednesdays, 6 weeks

Jul 19

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Aug 23

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Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Single Session

Mindfully Meeting the Inner Critic

Melissa Jean

Saturday

Jul 22

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Jul 22

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Fiction

Single Session

Virtual

Experimental Fiction

Nathan Knapp

Saturday

Jul 22

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Jul 22

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Self-Publishing for Absolute Beginners

Sara Holifield

Saturdays, 2 weeks

Jul 29

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Aug 5

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Single Session

Virtual

Poetry

Nonfiction

Fiction

Epistolary Writing

Vanessa Martir

Saturday

Jul 29

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Jul 29

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Fiction

In-Person

Nonfiction

Poetry

Single Session

Writing and the Examined Life

Katie McDougall

Sunday

Jul 30

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Jul 30

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Poetry

Virtual

Writing the Diary

AM Ringwalt

Tuesdays, 6 weeks

Aug 1

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Sep 5

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

Horror 101: Reading, Writing, and Loving the Genre

Alex Gonzalez

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Aug 2

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Aug 23

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Fiction

In-Person

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Poetry

A Little Order and Beauty: Writing Through Illness and Injury

Julie Sumner

Sundays, 4 weeks

Aug 6

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Aug 27

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Virtual

Single Session

Nonfiction

Fiction

The Art of Freelance Pitching

Christina Berke

Saturday

Aug 12

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Aug 12

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

Idea Incubator

Lara Hughes

Saturday

Aug 12

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Aug 12

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Single Session

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Writing Through Grief

Vanessa Martir

Saturday

Aug 12

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Aug 12

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Writing Personal Essays that Resonate

Christie Grotheim

Mondays, 8 weeks

Aug 14

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Oct 2

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In-Person

Single Session

Nonfiction

Fiction

Poetry

Zine-Making 101

Elise Anderson

Saturday

Aug 19

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Aug 19

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

Make a Scene: Crafting Moments of Conflict in Fiction

Lara Hughes

Thursdays, 4 weeks

Aug 24

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Sep 14

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Poetry

Virtual

Multi-Week

Sonic Logic: Rhythm, Repetition and Music

Lauren Turner

Thursdays, 3 weeks

Aug 24

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Sep 7

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Dive into Details: The Specifics of Sensory Imagery

Lara Hughes

Saturday

Aug 26

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Aug 26

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Storytelling as Resistance

Leslie T. Grover

Saturday

Aug 26

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Aug 26

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