You’ve written the book—now pitch it with power. This class helps you craft a compelling query, pitch, and proposal while staying true to your voice, giving you the tools to confidently navigate the traditional publishing landscape.
cohort, publishing
6
Sessions
March 9, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Trace centuries of love poems—from Rumi to Diaz—exploring how history, culture, and circumstance shape different types of love. Then craft love poems born from your lived experience.
generative, workshop
6
Sessions
January 27 - March 3, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Feeling drained or stuck? This class helps you understand creative burnout, reconnect with your artistic “why,” and build sustainable practices that make writing feel possible again.
creative practice, personal growth
4
Sessions
February 5 - February 26, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
A supportive, advanced-level poetry workshop for poets ready to deepen their craft. Workshop new poems, study contemporary writers, and hone your voice in a thoughtful, rigorous community.
cohort, workshop, creative practice
16
Sessions
February 11 - June 17, 2026
5:00-7:00 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
February 11 - March 18, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Introductory
Got an obsession that could fill a whole book? Turn that passion into a nonfiction book proposal agents want to greenlight—complete with comps, audience, and sample pages.
generative, workshop, publishing
4
Sessions
February 17 - March 17, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Turn reading into your strongest creative tool. Learn to borrow, remix, reimagine, reference, and transform texts into new work through weekly experiments in intertextual craft.
generative, close reading
6
Sessions
February 17 - March 24, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Break free from conventional craft. We’ll examine Latin American literary techniques like intuition, elasticity, atmospheric worldbuilding to write fiction that feels expansive, potent, and more alive.
generative, craft, close reading
6
Sessions
February 21 - March 28, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Advanced
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
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
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
Ready to go deeper? This advanced course focuses on what makes your voice 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
April 6 - June 15, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Advanced
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
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 - November 20, 2029
Online Asynchronous
Fiction
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Sessions 
Online
Fiction
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