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Fiction, Novel, Short Story

Fiction III

Instructor: Alma GarcĂ­a. 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.

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Level: Advanced, Intermediate
Length: 10 sessions
Start: April 3, 2025 , 7:10pm PT
Format: In Person
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, Poetry, Reading, Memoir, Essay, Writing for Performance

Talking to the Dead: Writing Grief and Loss

Instructor: Cass Donish. Grief is love with nowhere to go. Learn to write with it, toward it, and through it—without looking away.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 10 sessions
Start: April 8, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Nonfiction, Memoir, Young Adult/Children's Lit, Essay

Creative Nonfiction III

Instructor: Beth Slattery. Develop your creative nonfiction toolkit, in this advanced craft workshop. Expect to generate, workshop, and revise up to 20 pages of work.  

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 10 sessions
Start: April 8, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Writing for Performance

Screenwriting Fundamentals

Instructor: Andrew Bell. Learn the essentials of screenwriting in this hands-on workshop. Leave with a short script draft ready for your next step.

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Level: Introductory, Intermediate
Length: 10 sessions
Start: April 8, 2025 , 7:10pm PT
Format: In Person
Poetry, Reading

Poetry III

Instructor: Jeanine Walker. This generative workshop builds on craft foundations, examining the rhetoric of contemporary published poets. Students will participate in a supportive workshop where they are creatively encouraged to grow. 

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 10 sessions
Start: April 9, 2025 , 10:00 am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Novel, Short Story, Essay

Daytime Prose Workshop

Instructor: Anca SzilĂĄgyi. 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.

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Level: Advanced
Length: 10 sessions
Start: April 9, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reading, Memoir, Novel, Short Story, Essay, Writing for Performance

Family Matters: Writing Life Stories

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.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 8 sessions
Start: April 9, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Novel

Case Closed: Crafting a Mystery Series

Instructor: Wendy Kendall. Hook your readers, build suspense, and craft a mystery series they can’t put down in this hands-on writing workshop.

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Level: Introductory, Intermediate
Length: 10 sessions
Start: April 9, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: In Person
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, Young Adult/Children's Lit, Novel, Short Story

Between the Lines: Style & Subtext

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.

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 6 sessions
Start: April 10, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: In Person
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reading, Writing for Performance

A Ghosting of Tanukis: Writing with Spirit Beings

Instructor: Shankar Narayan. Explore spirit beings from various cultural traditions, draw connections between cultures, and use these mythologies to fuel your own writing this two-session generative intensive.  

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 2 sessions
Start: April 12, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
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
Nonfiction, Reading, Memoir

Creative Cataloging: List Making for Insight and Delight

Instructor: Sarah Campbell. A list can be more than just a list. Discover how inventory, advice, and dream lists can unlock new creative possibilities in this playful, generative workshop.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 2 sessions
Start: April 12, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: Online
Nonfiction, Reading, Memoir, Essay

Making Meaning From Memory

Instructor: Kimberly Dark. Find fresh and exciting ways to connect small moments to broader topics, questions, and themes—including family, culture, nature, and society—in this generative, meaning-making class! 

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Level: Introductory, Intermediate
Length: 1 session
Start: April 12, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Reading, Short Story

Beyond Formula: Rethinking Story Structure

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.

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 6 sessions
Start: April 14, 2025 , 7:10pm PT
Format: Online
Poetry, Reading

Breaking Down History: Remixing Poetic Narratives

Instructor: Daemond Arrindell. History is more than just one story. Use form and disruption to uncover hidden angles and reshape personal and collective narratives.

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Level: Intermediate
Length: 6 sessions
Start: April 14, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online
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, Reading, Writing for Performance

Catching Fire with Poetic Forms & Freedoms

Instructor: Carolyne Wright. From sonnets to sestinas, discover how poetic forms can spark imagination and elevate your writing. Plus, experiment with inventing some poetic form variations of your own!

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Level: Intermediate
Length: 8 sessions
Start: April 15, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: In Person
Poetry

Finding the Poet Within

Instructor: Holly Day. What makes a poem powerful? In this poetry fundamentals class, experiment with language, rhythm, and form to craft poetry that sings—both on the page and out loud. 

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Level: Introductory
Length: 4 sessions
Start: April 17, 2025 , 7:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reading, Young Adult/Children's Lit, Novel, Short Story, Writing for Performance

Experiments in Translation and Adaptation

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

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Level: Intermediate
Length: 1 session
Start: April 19, 2025 , 10:00am PT
Format: In Person
Poetry, Reading

Forming Form: Shaping Free-Verse Poetry

Instructor: Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet. Shape your free verse into its fullest form—experiment, refine, and let your poems reveal their true structure.

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 2 sessions
Start: April 19, 2025 , 1:10pm PT
Format: Online
Fiction, Reading, Young Adult/Children's Lit, Novel, Short Story

Fiction III

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. 

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Length: 10 sessions
Start: April 21, 2025 , - PT
Format: Online Asynchronous
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reading, Memoir, Short Story, Essay

Green Expectations: Writing Our Relationship to Nature

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.

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Level: Open to all levels
Length: 8 sessions
Start: April 22, 2025 , 5:00pm PT
Format: Online