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Class Catalog
Heroine Course Catalog

The Late Show: (Re)start Your Writing at 50+

with Deborah Nedelman and Stephanie Hammer

This supportive, welcoming generative writing class explores the crucial steps to (re)enter and maintain a writing practice at a later stage in life. 

generative, personal growth

2 Sessions
March 13 - March 14, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Introduction to Publishing Short Work

with Ruth Joffre

Ready to publish your short work? Learn how to research magazines, craft a strong cover letter and bio, and build a sustainable submissions process—so your stories start reaching their readers. 

publishing

2 Sessions
March 14 - March 21, 2026
1:10-3:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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How to Read a Poem

with Jeanine Walker

Discover how reading poems aloud can transform the way you write and revise. This one-day class blends listening, vocal practice, and revision—and includes the opportunity to share your work at a public reading. No performance experience required. 

close reading, creative practice, professional development

1 Session
March 21 - March 21, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person Poetry

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The Camera of the Poem: Writing with a Cinematic Eye

with Yuki Tanaka

We’ll explore how cinematic techniques like close-ups, long-shots, and framing can sharpen imagery and deepen emotion in our poems. Learn to guide your reader’s eye like a director, make imagery feel three dimensional, and generate motion.

craft, close reading, personal growth

1 Session
April 6 - April 6, 2026
5:00-8:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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I Don’t Get It: Reading Poetry Together

with Sally Ashton

Read through the 2025 edition of Best American Poetry with a cohort of curious poetry lovers! We’ll discuss our faves, our dislikes, and the ones we just don’t get from a craft perspective. Optional writing prompts will be provided.

close reading

4 Sessions
April 7 - April 28, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry

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Poetry III

with Jeanine Walker

What happens when a poem pushes past its edges? In this ten-week course, you’ll 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
April 8 - June 10, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Poetry Advanced

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Writing With the Rhythms of Your Life

with Mayur Chauhan

Learn to build a sustainable writing practice that adapts to the seasons of your life. We’ll learn our own rhythms more deeply, experiment with ways to make writing more accessible, and build the muscle for a steady, lifelong writing practice.

cohort, creative practice

6 Sessions
April 11 - June 20, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Tiny & Mighty: A Micro Writing Workshop

with Mayur Chauhan

A flash workshop for writers who love sharp voice and tight form. You'll explore micro writing’s power and play through fun, guided prompts. Great for creatives wanting a reset or a low-pressure way to write again.

generative

1 Session
April 18 - April 18, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Museum as Muse: Writing Alongside Exhibits

with Deborah Woodard

Let art be the muse as you write poetry and prose in response to exhibits around the city. You’ll visit four or five small, intimate museums around Seattle and write to prompts designed to awaken fresh language and perspective in your work.

generative, workshop

6 Sessions
April 18 - May 23, 2026
1:10-3:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Burning Mare Under the Sea: Writing with Fantastic Beasts of South Asian Mythology

with Shankar Narayan

Dive into South Asian myth and its fierce divine creatures. In this generative class, you’ll move beyond realism to create powerful work shaped by ancient stories, animal intensity, and epic imagination.

generative, close reading, cohort

2 Sessions
April 18 - April 25, 2026
10:00-2:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Assembling a Poetry Collection

with Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet

Ready to shape your poems into a body of work? We’ll tease out the throughlines in your poetry, revise and generate new work around those themes, explore the art of sequencing and structure, and build toward a collection of your own.

generative, craft

3 Sessions
April 18 - May 2, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Poetry Advanced

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Finding the Poet Within

with Holly Day

New to poetry or just finding your way back? This beginner-friendly class explores craft through playful prompts, readings, and reflection. Leave with a few new poems—and the confidence to keep going.

generative, craft

6 Sessions
April 22 - May 27, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Poetry Intermediate

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Scrivener Fundamentals

with Janine Kovac

Navigating Scrivener can feel like a maze—but it’s also one of the best tools for organizing your drafts, notes, and ideas in one place. Learn the basics and build your project inside the program in this hands-on class.

creative practice

2 Sessions
April 22 - April 29, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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The Art of Audio Storytelling

with Jenny Asarnow

Go beyond the page. We’ll explore audio storytelling through close listening, discussion, and generative prompts. You’ll learn what it means to write for the ear and experiment with the form’s possibilities.

close reading

6 Sessions
April 22 - May 27, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Alchemy of Memory: Writing Witness and Transformation

with Carolyne Wright

May you live in interesting times. We’ll draw the connection between broader shifts in the world and our own personal transformations, generating prose and poetry that reflects our experience of living in a time and place.

generative, workshop, personal growth

6 Sessions
April 23 - June 4, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Intermediate

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Murder of Crows: A Writing Generator

with Beth Slattery

In this fun, generative class, we’ll shadow the crow as trickster, observer, and scavenger to spark new writing. You’ll write bold new material and practice strategies for reviving and reinvigorating stalled work. Caw!

generative, craft

2 Sessions
April 25 - May 2, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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Intro to Revision and Editing

with Grace Bialecki

Demystify revision. Learn the differences between developmental editing, line editing, and proofreading as well as how to tell what your work needs. Leave with a clear, step-by-step framework for revising your work.

craft, close reading, workshop

1 Session
April 27 - April 27, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

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Building a Career as a Writer of Color

with Lyzette Wanzer

A comprehensive course on the business side of being a writer, designed for writers of color with a consistent practice and body of work writing in any genres. Leave with an author bio, CV, and submitted work.

cohort, professional development

6 Sessions
April 28 - June 2, 2026
5:00-7:30 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

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Finish With Confidence

with Paulette Perhach

Struggling to finish? Learn a compassionate, approachable system to break projects into doable steps, let go of perfectionism, build momentum, and finally bring your work to completion. For writers at any stage of the journey.

craft, creative practice, professional development

1 Session
April 29 - April 29, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Weird Ways to Start Writing

with Elise McHugh

Has your work or approach gotten stale and predictable? We’ll focus on unconventional ways to generate new work and explore your interests from fresh angles, inviting spontaneity and surprise back into your writing.

generative, cohort, creative practice

5 Sessions
April 29 - June 3, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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The Poetics of Songwriting

with Noah Zanella

Great songs are poetry set to music. For writers of all genres who love music and are curious about the craft of lyric writing. We’ll study notable songwriters alongside poets and draw inspiration from our favorite songs for our own writing.

generative, craft

6 Sessions
April 30 - June 4, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry

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At Ease in a Troubled World: Writing Emotional Landscapes

with Esther Lin

We’ll explore how poetry can hold multiple emotional currents at once: ecstasy beside grief, thrill alongside uncertainty. You’ll draft new poems and build your skill in writing the complexity of your lived experience.

generative, craft, workshop

6 Sessions
April 30 - June 4, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Poetry

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Publishing Fundamentals III: Book Contract Basics

with Elise McHugh

Know what you’re signing. We’ll break down key clauses, negotiable terms, and common pitfalls so you can read agreements critically and navigate your book contracts with greater confidence.

cohort, professional development, publishing

5 Sessions
May 4 - June 8, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Becoming the Creature: Speculative Poetry

with Jasmine Griffin

Turn your ex into a dusty old vampire who prefers lurking to conversing. You’ll write poetry that explores the personal through myth, monsters, and imaginative speculative fiction frameworks.

generative, close reading

6 Sessions
May 5 - June 9, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Poetry

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