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Multi-Week

Poetry

Virtual

A Formal Feeling Comes: Finding a Poetic Form for Difficult Material

Pauletta Hansel

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Aug 20

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Sep 10

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

Novel Jumpstart

Lucas Schaefer

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Aug 21

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Sep 11

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Virtual

Multi-Week

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Memory Mining

Heather Hasselle

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Sep 3

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Sep 24

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Fiction

In-Person

Multi-Week

Foundations of Fiction

Clemintine Guirado

Thursdays, 8 weeks

Sep 5

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Oct 24

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Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Virtual

Foundations of Creative Nonfiction

Vanessa Martir

Thursdays, 8 weeks

Sep 5

-

Oct 24

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Fiction

In-Person

Nonfiction

Single Session

September Draft Chat

Chris Clancy

Wednesday

Sep 11

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Sep 11

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In-Person

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Professional Writing

Dress for the Job You Want: Creating an Author Website

Meredith R. Lyons

Saturday

Sep 14

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Sep 14

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In-Person

Poetry

Single Session

Formal Poetry Playtime

Erin Hoover

Saturday

Sep 14

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Sep 14

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Fiction

Virtual

Single Session

Based On A True Story

Leslie T. Grover

Monday

Sep 16

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Sep 16

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Multi-Week

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Virtual

Immigrants Write

Nina Adel

Mondays, 8 weeks

Sep 16

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Nov 11

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Playful Character Discovery Through Improv

Emma Supica

Monday

Sep 16

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Sep 16

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Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Multi-Week

Virtual

Speculative Fiction & Ancestral Exploration

Silk Jazmyne

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Sep 17

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Oct 8

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Nonfiction

Single Session

Virtual

You Are the Protagonist

Sheree L. Greer

Wednesday

Sep 18

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Sep 18

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Professional Writing

In-Person

Single Session

Finding a Literary Agent: The Art of the Query Letter

Laurie Dennison

Wednesday

Sep 18

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Sep 18

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Youth

In-Person

Single Session

Nonfiction

Poetry

Words & Music (YOUTHS)

Leslie Hinson

Saturday

Sep 21

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Sep 21

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In-Person

Single Session

Poetry

Nonfiction

Words & Music (ADULTS)

Leslie Hinson

Saturday

Sep 21

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Sep 21

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In-Person

Single Session

Nonfiction

Food Memories: Craft Talk and Book Signing

Anne Byrn

Monday

Sep 23

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Sep 23

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Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Virtual

The Personal Essay

Christina Berke

Mondays, 4 weeks

Sep 23

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Oct 14

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In-Person

Fiction

Nonfiction

Single Session

Clocks in Flight: Time and Perception in Fiction and Memoir

Nancy Reisman

Wednesday

Sep 25

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Sep 25

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Professional Writing

Single Session

Virtual

Email to Impress: Crafting Business Messages that Get Read

Tamara Scott

Saturday

Sep 28

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Sep 28

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Poetry

Virtual

Single Session

Developing Your Poetry Manuscript

Pauletta Hansel

Saturday

Sep 28

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Sep 28

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Poetry

Single Session

Virtual

Hot Poems Only

Leah Nieboer

Saturday

Sep 28

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Sep 28

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

Writing About Sociopathy

RJ Jacobs

Monday

Sep 30

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Sep 30

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Fiction

In-Person

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Association: Finding the Repeated Elements Trying to Talk to Each Other

Adria Bernardi

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Oct 1

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Oct 22

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Children's Literature

Virtual

Multi-Week

Finding Your Star: How to Write a Picture Book for Children

Heidi Fiedler

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Oct 1

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Oct 22

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Single Session

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Ordinary Grace: Writing Familial Love

Andrew Steiner

Wednesday

Oct 2

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Oct 2

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Multi-Week

Poetry

Virtual

Advanced Poetry Workshop

Amie Whittemore

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Oct 2

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Oct 23

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Nonfiction

In-Person

Single Session

Comedic Writing for Everyday Life

Cortney Warner

Wednesday

Oct 2

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Oct 2

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Nonfiction

"You didn't write, you rewrote": Beginning with Revision

Christian Detisch

Thursdays, 4 weeks

Oct 3

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Oct 24

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In-Person

Nonfiction

Single Session

Journaling for Gratitude

Latonya Moore

Saturday

Oct 5

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Oct 5

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Fiction

Nonfiction

In-Person

Single Session

Horrigin Stories: The Horror Genre as Memoir

Lori Beerman

Saturday

Oct 5

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Oct 5

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Fiction

Nonfiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

Rewriting Illness

Odie Lindsey

Saturdays, 3 weeks

Oct 5

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Oct 19

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Fiction

Poetry

Writing for Healing (In Person)

Claire Coenen

Mondays, 6 weeks

Oct 7

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Nov 18

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

What We Talk About When We Talk About Style

Katie McDougall

Wednesday

Oct 9

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Oct 9

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

The Art of a Good Sentence

J.F. Ewert

Saturday

Oct 12

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Oct 12

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Single Session

Virtual

Screenwriting

Playwriting

Fiction

Building Dread in Supernatural Horror: Dramatic Structure of THE EXORCIST

Jennifer Rumberger

Tuesday

Oct 15

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Oct 15

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In-Person

Fiction

Single Session

Buying the Flowers Yourself: Tips and Tricks for Beginning, Building, and Revising Your Novel or Short Story

David James Poissant

Wednesday

Oct 16

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Oct 16

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Virtual

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Never Give Up: Surviving Submissions and Rejections

Sheree L. Greer

Wednesday

Oct 16

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Oct 16

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In-Person

Single Session

Nonfiction

Fiction

Poetry

Bring the Family! Generations Writing Together

Nina Adel

Saturday

Oct 19

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Oct 19

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Writing as an Antidote to Existential Dread

Claire Coenen

Saturday

Oct 19

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Oct 19

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Single Session

Virtual

Fiction

How to Draft Your Novel in a Month

Mayra Cuevas

Sunday

Oct 20

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Oct 20

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Fiction

In-Person

Glancing in the Rearview: Backstory and Flashback

Lara Hughes

Mondays, 3 weeks

Oct 21

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Nov 4

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Virtual

Single Session

Screenwriting

Playwriting

Fiction

Building Dread in The Slasher: Dramatic Structure of HALLOWEEN

Jennifer Rumberger

Tuesday

Oct 22

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Oct 22

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Elevating the Personal Essay

Christie Grotheim

Wednesdays, 8 weeks

Oct 23

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Dec 18

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Fiction

In-Person

Nonfiction

Single Session

October Draft Chat

Loie Rawding

Friday

Oct 25

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Oct 25

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In-Person

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Single Session

Create & Calm: Writing as a Mindfulness Practice

Melissa Jean

Tuesday

Oct 29

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Oct 29

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Virtual

Single Session

Poetry

Horror Poetry

Ellie Black

Tuesday

Oct 29

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Oct 29

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Multi-Week

Poetry

Virtual

Borrowing from the Neighbors: Poetry Through the Lens of Other Forms of Art

Ryan Varadi

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Oct 30

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Nov 20

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Nonfiction

Fiction

Poetry

Dreaming-Writing

Leah Nieboer

Wednesdays, 4 weeks

Oct 30

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Nov 20

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In-Person

Nonfiction

Fiction

Poetry

First There Is a Mountain: Writing Through Trauma

Joseph Hardy & Kenneth Robinson

Saturday

Nov 2

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Nov 2

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Multi-Week

In-Person

Poetry

Six Ways of Looking at a Poem

Ciona Rouse

Thursdays, 3 weeks

Nov 7

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Nov 21

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In-Person

Poetry

Single Session

The Poetics of Autumn

Melissa Jean

Saturday

Nov 9

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Nov 9

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In-Person

Poetry

Fiction

Nonfiction

Single Session

Writing About Home: A Generative Workshop

Erin Hoover

Saturday

Nov 9

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Nov 9

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Writing the South

Susannah Felts

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Nov 12

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Dec 3

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Nonfiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

Queering The Essay

Amy Estes

Tuesdays, 4 weeks

Nov 12

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Dec 10

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Virtual

Single Session

Nonfiction

Going There: Memoir and Scene

Sheree L. Greer

Saturday

Nov 16

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Nov 16

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Multi-Week

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Virtual

Writing the Body in Late Capitalism

Kate Tighe-Pigott

Mondays, 4 weeks

Nov 18

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Dec 9

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Fiction

Nonfiction

Single Session

Virtual

Rough Draft Done! Now What?

Andrew Steiner

Wednesday

Dec 4

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Dec 4

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

Studies in Character

Katie McDougall

Thursday

Dec 5

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Dec 5

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

Orienteering Above, Below, and Within: Story Spaces and Telescopic Sight

Nancy Reisman

Saturday

Dec 7

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Dec 7

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In-Person

Poetry

Single Session

Healing Shame With Pride

Alexis Ozden

Thursday

Dec 12

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Dec 12

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Single Session

Fiction

In-Person

Music Into Written Word

Erin Cecilia Thomas

Saturday

Dec 14

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Dec 14

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