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Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Memoir, Young Adult/Children's Lit, Novel, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

How to Master Chronology & Structure

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

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: March 22, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Writing for Performance

South Asian Poetry Forms: Qawwalis

Instructor: Shankar Narayan. Explore the ethereal world of the qawwali, an ecstatic form of Sufi devotional music that evokes oneness with the divine. Over four hours, we’ll study qawwalis past and present, then do some inspired writing our own.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: March 22, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Nonfiction, The Writing Life

The Artist’s Way: Reconnecting with Your Creative Self

Instructor: Sanjukta Shams. Using The Artist’s Way as guide and mentor, learn to reignite your creativity and reconnect with your artist self in this hands-on cohort.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 12 sessions
Start: April 7, 2025 , 6:00pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, The Writing Life, Writing for Performance

PLAYlab 4/10

Instructor: Miriam BC Tobin. An ongoing playwriting group for writers who want to share work, learn craft, and connect with other writers.

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 1 session
Start: April 10, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Writing for Performance

Journaling the Journey

Instructor: Emma Stockman. You are the hero of your own story, even when it feels like you’re standing still. Use ‘the journey’ as a journaling framework to find meaning and transformation in your own experiences.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 10 sessions
Start: April 12, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Essay, Writing for Performance

Publishing Your Personal Essay

Instructor: Kaelie Giffel. Ready to publish? This class will guide you through revision, submission strategies, and pitching—so your personal essays find their perfect home.

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 8 sessions
Start: April 15, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Reading, Memoir, Essay, Writing for Performance

Engaging Your Ancestors

Instructor: Camellia Freeman. Open portals to the past, and play with time, space, memory, myth, and imagination to unearth stories waiting to be told. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 8 sessions
Start: April 22, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Memoir, Novel, Writing for Performance

Starting the Search for a Publisher

Instructor: Elise McHugh. Mystified by the world of publishing? Learn the publishing options available to you & your manuscript in this three-week publishing intensive. Walk away with a plan to take your manuscript from submission to book deal.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 4 sessions
Start: April 26, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
The Writing Life

Submissions Support Group

Instructor: Grace Bialecki. Stop overthinking and start submitting! Get the tools, structure, and support to finally send your work out into the world.

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 3 sessions
Start: April 28, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

Start Submitting: Poems, Short Stories, Essays

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. 

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: May 3, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, The Writing Life, Memoir, Novel, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

The Fearless Pen

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.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 8 sessions
Start: May 5, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Nonfiction, The Writing Life, Essay

Freelance Fundamentals

Instructor: Danielle Hayden. Break into freelance writing with confidence—learn how to craft pitches, connect with editors, and get your work published in newspapers, magazines, and online.

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Level: Introductory
Length: 1 session
Start: May 10, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, The Writing Life, Writing for Performance

PLAYlab 5/15

Instructor: Miriam BC Tobin. An ongoing playwriting group for writers who want to share work, learn craft, and connect with other writers.

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 1 session
Start: May 15, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: In Person
Nonfiction, The Writing Life, Reading

Crimes and Perversions: Personal Writing About Heroics

Instructor: Kimberly Dark. Not always the hero? Tackle your worst flaws, mistakes, and taboo topics with nuance and depth in this generative craft class.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 1 session
Start: May 17, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Writing for Performance

Narrative Reclamation: The Self & Community

Instructor: Zain Shamoon. This class is dedicated to the role of storytelling in finding relief from distress; students will learn how to use storytelling for personal and communal reclamation.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 2 sessions
Start: May 31, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Writing for Performance

Book Contract Basics

Instructor: Elise McHugh. Know what you’re signing. Learn to decipher publishing contract terms and negotiate with confidence.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 4 sessions
Start: May 31, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, The Writing Life, Writing for Performance

PLAYlab 6/12

Instructor: Miriam BC Tobin. An ongoing playwriting group for writers who want to share work, learn craft, and connect with other writers.

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 1 session
Start: June 12, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, The Writing Life, Memoir, Novel, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

Writer’s Welcome Kit

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.

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Level: Open to all levels
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Start: November 20, 2025 , - PT
Format: Online Asynchronous