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Multi-Week

Poetry

Virtual

Writing Poetry for Beginners

Christian Detisch

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Sep 3

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Sep 24

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Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Multi-Week

In-Person

Finding Your Voice: Intro to Creative Writing

JR Robles

Thursdays, 4 weeks

Sep 4

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Sep 25

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

Jumpstart Your Novel (September, Virtual)

Heather Hasselle

Thursdays, 4 weeks

Sep 4

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Sep 25

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In-Person

Single Session

Poetry

Fiction

Nonfiction

Write Like a Naturalist

Melissa Jean

Friday

Sep 5

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Sep 5

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

The Hero’s Journey: A Story Structure Workshop

Silk Jazmyne

Mondays, 4 weeks

Sep 8

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Sep 29

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Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Single Session

Virtual

Narrative Time: On Shrinking a Century and Exploding a Minute

Jeanie Riess

Monday

Sep 8

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Sep 8

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Fiction

In-Person

Multi-Week

"Why is there Kissing in My Fantasy Story?" - Writing Balanced Romantasy Novels

Benji Richards

Mondays, 4 weeks

Sep 8

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Sep 29

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Playwriting

In-Person

Multi-Week

Writing the Ten-Minute Play

Sam Heyman

Wednesdays, 3 weeks

Sep 10

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Sep 24

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Youth

Write, Reuse, Reimagine (Grades 6-8)

Joe Kane

Thursdays, 4 weeks

Sep 11

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Oct 2

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In-Person

Single Session

Nonfiction

Poetry

Fiction

Write Beside the Horses: Harnessing Creative Sensitivity and Power

Claire Coenen

Saturday

Sep 13

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Sep 13

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In-Person

Single Session

Youth

Comics/Graphic Novels

Create Your Own Comic with Malaka Gharib! (Grades 1-3)

Malaka Gharib

Saturday

Sep 13

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Sep 13

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Comics/Graphic Novels

In-Person

Single Session

Youth

Create Your Own Comic with Malaka Gharib! (Grades 4-8)

Malaka Gharib

Saturday

Sep 13

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Sep 13

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Virtual

Single Session

Nonfiction

Put the Needle on the Record: On Writing & Music

Vanessa Martir

Monday

Sep 15

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Sep 15

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Multi-Week

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Virtual

Immigrants Write

Nina Adel

Mondays

Sep 15

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Nov 24

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Virtual

Fiction

Single Session

Dialogue and Silence: The Struggle to Say It

Andrew Steiner

Tuesday

Sep 16

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Sep 16

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Exploring Unconventional Essays

Christie Grotheim

Wednesdays, 6 weeks

Oct 1

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Nov 5

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Nonfiction

Fiction

Poetry

Writing for Civic Engagement

AM Ringwalt

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Oct 1

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Oct 22

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Nonfiction

Single Session

Virtual

Exploring the Hermit Crab Essay

Sheree L. Greer

Thursday

Oct 2

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Oct 2

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Nonfiction

Fiction

Poetry

Writing in the Now: Mindful Creative Writing

Melissa Jean

Thursdays, 4 weeks

Oct 2

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Oct 23

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Single Session

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Decolonize Your Process

Mathangi Subramanian

Sunday

Oct 5

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Oct 5

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Fiction

Single Session

Virtual

Beginnings: What Makes a Good First Scene?

Andrew Steiner

Sunday

Oct 5

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Oct 5

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In-Person

Single Session

Screenwriting

Writing the Short Film

JR Robles

Monday

Oct 6

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Oct 6

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

Jumpstart Your Novel

Lauren Nossett

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Oct 7

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Oct 28

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

The Alternative Guide to Publishing: Paths Beyond the Big 5

Lisa Bubert

Saturday

Oct 11

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Oct 11

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Fiction

Virtual

Single Session

Fanfiction and the Creative Process

Ellie Black

Saturday

Oct 11

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Oct 11

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Fiction

Virtual

Single Session

Tension All the Way: How to Create Page-Turning Anticipation in Your Novel

Mayra Cuevas

Sunday

Oct 12

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Oct 12

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In-Person

Single Session

Poetry

Nonfiction

Fiction

Expressing Anger

Alexis Özden

Monday

Oct 13

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Oct 13

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Bringing the Past to Life: Writing Family History with Facts and Imagination

Lisa Roney

Mondays, 4 weeks

Oct 13

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Nov 3

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Intimate Horror: Writing Fear From the Inside Out

Cara Lynn Albert

Tuesday

Oct 14

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Oct 14

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Poetry

Fiction

Nonfiction

Eco-Grief: How To Mourn in a Changing Climate

Em Palughi

Thursdays, 4 weeks

Oct 16

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Nov 6

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

(Auto)Fiction with Hannah Pittard (in partnership with the Southern Festival of Books)

Hannah Pittard

Friday

Oct 17

-

Oct 17

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

Mastering the Speculative Short Story with Ruben Reyes Jr. (in partnership with the Southern Festival of Books)

Ruben Reyes Jr.

Friday

Oct 17

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Oct 17

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In-Person

Nonfiction

Single Session

Poetry

To Tell the Truth in Memoir, Study Poetry - with Jeannie Vanasco (in partnership with the Southern Festival of Books)

Jeannie Vanasco

Friday

Oct 17

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Oct 17

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In-Person

Fiction

Single Session

From Frame to Fiction: Writing Stories from Visual Art with Sheree Renée Thomas (in partnership with the Southern Festival of Books)

Sheree Renée Thomas

Friday

Oct 17

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Oct 17

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Fiction

In-Person

Nonfiction

Poetry

Multi-Week

Writing the South

Susannah Felts

Mondays, 4 weeks

Oct 20

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Nov 10

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Fiction

In-Person

Multi-Week

Fiction Fundamentals

Katie McDougall

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Oct 21

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Nov 11

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Editing as an Act of Love

Ami McConnell

Saturday

Oct 25

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Oct 25

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Single Session

Virtual

Poetry

Nonfiction

Fiction

Tarot for Creativity & Clarity

Amie Whittemore

Saturday

Oct 25

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Oct 25

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Virtual

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Writing Deliciously (Food Writing)

Vanessa Martir

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Oct 29

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Nov 19

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

Writing the Body in Late Capitalism

Kate Tighe-Pigott

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Oct 29

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Nov 19

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Multi-Week

Fiction

Virtual

The Novella

Leah Nieboer

Thursdays, 4 weeks

Oct 30

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Nov 20

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In-Person

Single Session

Poetry

Nonfiction

Fiction

Sparking Creativity for Neurodivergent Writers

Nathan Spoon

Saturday

Nov 1

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Nov 1

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

The Short Story

Hilary Bell

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Nov 4

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Nov 25

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Fiction

Virtual

Single Session

Plot for Writers Who Hate Drama

Elizabeth Brogden

Friday

Nov 7

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Nov 7

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In-Person

Single Session

Poetry

The Porch @ Memphis - “The Weight of the Pause,” a writing workshop with Urban Thoughts

Urban Thoughts

Saturday

Nov 8

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Nov 8

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In-Person

Nonfiction

Single Session

Fiction

Poetry

The Porch @ Memphis - “On Writing the Hard Stuff,” a writing workshop with Kendra Leigh Vanderlip

Kendra Leigh Vanderlip

Saturday

Nov 8

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Nov 8

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Single Session

Virtual

Nonfiction

Writing & Pitching Op-Eds

Mathangi Subramanian

Sunday

Nov 9

-

Nov 9

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Fiction

Single Session

Virtual

The Greatest Story Ever Retold: Playing with Sacred Literature

Andrew Steiner

Sunday

Nov 9

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Nov 9

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Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Virtual

Putting the Personal in Personal Essay

Minda Honey

Mondays, 4 weeks

Nov 10

-

Dec 1

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Playwriting

Workshopping Plays in Progress

Sam Heyman

Thursdays, 4 weeks

Nov 13

-

Dec 11

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In-Person

Single Session

Nonfiction

Fiction

Poetry

Writing the Sacred

Megan Mayhew Bergman

Saturday

Nov 15

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Nov 15

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Deus Ex Machina: Art in the End of Art

Wesley Kocurek

Tuesdays, 3 weeks

Nov 18

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Dec 2

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Poetry

Single Session

Virtual

The Poetry of Home

CD Eskilson

Thursday

Nov 20

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Nov 20

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Perfecting Your Query

Lauren Thoman

Thursday

Dec 2

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Dec 2

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Single Session

Virtual

Nonfiction

Fiction

Poetry

Who We Are, What We Do: Writing Your Author Bio & Artist Statement

Sheree L. Greer

Wednesday

Dec 3

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Dec 3

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Poetics of Winter

Melissa Jean

Saturday

Dec 6

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Dec 6

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Poetry

Single Session

Virtual

Poetry of Gratitude

Ryan Varadi

Tuesday

Dec 9

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Dec 9

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Single Session

Virtual

Nonfiction

Fiction

Poetry

Writing Hidden Histories and Silenced Voices

Leslie T. Grover

Thursday

Dec 11

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Dec 11

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