Class Catalog

A fast-paced class that will help writers manage chronology and structure!

Instructor: Alma García. Are you 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.

Instructor: Anca Szilágyi. Stuck? Get feedback and a fresh perspective on your work in progress in this 10-week online workshop for prose writers of all genres. Leave with thoughtful feedback and a roadmap to push your writing forward.

Instructor: Nicole Treska & Nora Lange. Learn to shape your lived experience into fiction or nonfiction stories, with readings, craft lessons, and workshopping to bring your family stories to life.

Instructor: Rachel Sobel. The best stories aren’t just told—they imply, suggest, and intrigue. Learn how to create deeper layers of meaning in this six-week intensive.

Instructor: Noah Zanella. The best stories break the rules. In this course, we’ll explore how disruption, unpredictability, and unconventional structure can make fiction even more powerful.

Instructor: Lola Rogers. Explore translation as a form of adaptation: experimenting with voice, style, and context to reimagine stories for new audiences.

Instructor: Peter Mountford. Kick the fiction up another notch in this advanced workshop. Over 10-weeks, sharpen your POV, dialogue, and scene skills, get in-depth feedback on your work, and build a community of fellow writers. 

Instructor: Claudia Castro Luna. From myth to metaphor, trees and plants root our stories in something deeper and older than ourselves. Over eight weeks, we’ll write, reflect, and create with nature as our guide.

Instructor: Rachel Attias. Some stories can’t be told in just a few thousand words. Learn how to expand your ideas into long, layered short fiction in this generative, craft-focused workshop.

Instructor: Holly Day. Overcome your fear of the blank page in this generative short fiction workshop. Throw perfection to the wayside, embrace the creative process, and emerge with a solid short story draft.

Instructor: Ramon Isao. Crazy times call for crazy stories. Enter a supportive space for like-minded lunatics to study writing that relies less upon the usual molecules of story: plot, character, interiority, and even syntax.  

Instructor: Ruth Joffre. A single moment can hold an entire world. Learn the art of flash fiction and leave with three new stories in this fast-paced, generative class. 

Instructor: Tina Tocco. Take the guesswork out of submissions! Learn how to research and submit your short work to literary journals and magazines with confidence. 

Instructor: Beth Slattery. Turn fear into fuel and fill the blank page—this class helps writers push past doubt, build confidence, and generate 25 pages toward their project.

Instructor: Kimberly Lee. Explore the seven principles of sleight of hand, then apply it to your writing! Perfect for new writers wanting to subvert, surprise, and delight their readers, and for writers looking to make writing feel like magic again. 

Instructor: Meghan Lamb. What happens when the parrot tells the story? Step into the mind of the non-human narrator in this generative craft workshop.

Instructor: Geraldine Woods. The smallest details tell the biggest stories. Learn how to craft vivid, unforgettable characters in this hands-on craft class.

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.