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
Poetry
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Read well to write well. In this class, we’ll explore reading as an extension of your creative practice. You’ll practice reading outside familiar territory and learn to read like a writer, with an eye for craft.
craft, close reading
6
Sessions
May 6 - June 10, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Are your poems feeling too safe and predictable? We’ll explore craft techniques that create surprise—associative leaps, tonal shifts, and disrupted language—to make your poems more astonishing, dazzling, and alive.
generative, close reading
1
Session
May 9 - May 9, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
For those seeking a healing creative outlet. Writing will be our vehicle for self reflection, personal discovery, and processing lived experiences. We’ll write poems grounded in principles for living a life of integrity.
cohort, personal growth
4
Sessions
May 13 - June 3, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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Session 
Online
Poetry
Advanced