Class Catalog

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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: 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.