You’ve got the basics down. Now, it’s time to sharpen your skills! In this intermediate class, you’ll read, write, and workshop poems with a focus on revision, image, metaphor, and musicality. Prepare to grow your voice with every draft.
craft, close reading, workshop
8
Sessions
Wednesdays, January 20 - March 10, 2027
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Intermediate
Ready to take your nonfiction to the next level? This intermediate course helps you refine voice, structure, and scene, all while revising with clarity and intention. Leave with new tools, thoughtful feedback, and a polished draft.
generative, craft, workshop
8
Sessions
Thursdays, January 21 - March 11, 2027
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Intermediate
Take your fiction beyond the basics. In this intermediate class, you’ll write, revise, and read deeply—studying voice, POV, and structure while crafting your own story. You’ll also workshop with peers and leave with sharper skills and fresh pages.
craft, close reading, workshop
8
Sessions
Mondays, January 25 - March 22, 2027
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Intermediate
Transform your memoir ideas into a draft of short memoir writing. Deepen your craft through scene, reflection, voice, and narrative arc while learning how to give and receive thoughtful feedback in workshop.
craft, close reading, workshop
8
Sessions
Tuesdays, January 26 - March 16, 2027
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Intermediate
Ready to go the distance with your writing? Read and analyze stories, focus on a specific writing project, and deepen your relationship to your unique voice in this advanced level class. Leave with a complete, revised story or novel chapter.
craft, close reading, workshop
10
Sessions
Thursdays, April 1 - June 10, 2027
7:10-9:10 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Advanced
Ready to go deeper? This advanced course focuses on what makes your voice distinctly your own. You’ll revise a full story or chapter, explore structure and tone, and learn to polish work for submission. For writers with a solid foundation in craft fundamentals.
craft, close reading, workshop
10
Sessions
Mondays, April 5 - June 14, 2027
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Advanced
Bring an existing draft of short memoir (a book chapter or short piece) to revise over ten weeks. Through workshop, close reading, and discussion, you'll strengthen your work while discovering where it fits within today's memoir landscape and where you might take it next.
close reading, workshop, publishing
10
Sessions
Tuesdays, April 6 - June 8, 2027
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Advanced
In this ten-week course, study boundary-breaking poets, write your own daring work, and workshop in a space designed for risk, clarity, and deeper creative growth.
craft, close reading, workshop
10
Sessions
Wednesdays, April 7 - June 9, 2027
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Advanced
In this advanced creative nonfiction workshop, refine your voice, deepen your obsessions, and push your craft through revision, feedback, and play. This is your place to write boldly and shape work that reveals who you are on the page.
generative, craft, workshop
10
Sessions
Thursdays, April 8 - June 10, 2027
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Advanced
This asynchronous course features online workbooks, including ten essential templates in Word and Excel to kickstart your writing life, and resources professional writers use to get published.
November 20, 2029
Online Asynchronous
Fiction
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8
Sessions 
Online
Poetry
Intermediate
