How do you write about things like grief, loss, and war without overwhelming your reader or minimizing the emotional impact of the experience? We’ll study masters who’ve done it and apply their approaches to our own works in progress.
generative, close reading, workshop
6
Sessions
April 25 - June 6, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
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
Get feedback on your work in this supportive, writer-centered workshop for revising essays and memoir. Responses will be guided by your priorities, questions, and goals. Leave with better sense of how your work is landing and next steps to consider.
craft, cohort, workshop
8
Sessions
April 27 - June 22, 2026
5:00-7:30 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
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
In this 6-week class, explore how personal narratives take shape through voice, memory, and emotional resonance. We’ll study master works and write our own.Â
generative, craft
6
Sessions
April 29 - June 3, 2026
5:00-7:30 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Intermediate
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
This is a class for people with opinions about movies. You’ll read great film reviews and write your own, grounded in how you felt when you watched it. Whether you loved it or hated it, this is the place to let it rip!
generative, close reading
6
Sessions
May 2 - June 13, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
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
For anyone struggling to write. You’ll get prompts and constraints to curb overthinking and get you going, and accountability, structured writing time, and optional homework assignments to keep you going.
generative
6
Sessions
May 5 - June 9, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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
Every place has a story to tell, shaped by history, culture, memory, and change. Explore the art of place-based writing, weaving together narrative, research, and observation to create compelling essays that bring the natural world to life.Â
generative, craft, workshop
6
Sessions
May 7 - June 11, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Tap into the healing power of personal narrative and write the emotionally-charged story you need to tell. You’ll shape memory into scene, find structure in lived experience, and explore how craft can transform pain into powerful story.
generative, cohort, personal growth
5
Sessions
May 9 - June 13, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Give your prose its music by borrowing from poetry. We’ll explore rhythm, tone, and sonic texture—and learn concrete techniques to make your sentences not only look good, but sound incredible on the page.
generative, craft, close reading
1
Session
May 9 - May 9, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Advanced
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
Learn to build richer story worlds on the page, whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction. We’ll explore setting, culture, history, and environment and discover how deeply-realized worlds enhance everything that happens inside them.
craft
1
Session
May 16 - May 16, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
This crash course will take you through the creative and business aspects of professional travel writing. We’ll cover research, the art of communicating a sense of place, pitching, and viable paths in the field. Leave with one or two draft pitches.
generative, workshop, professional development
2
Sessions
May 16 - May 30, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Intermediate
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.
generative, craft
2
Sessions
May 16 - May 23, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Intermediate
Write from that which holds all our stories: the body. We’ll delve into personal history, identity, and the truths our flesh carries. You’ll read and study master writers exploring this topic and generate some writing of our own.
generative, craft, close reading
1
Session
May 30 - May 30, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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6
Sessions 
In Person
Fiction
Advanced