Start a story…and finish it! In this 8-week, beginner-friendly class, you'll explore essential fiction tools and write a complete short story in a playful, low-pressure space designed for momentum and creative freedom.
generative, craft
8 Sessions October 20, 2025 - December 8, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction
New to poetry or just finding your way back? This beginner-friendly class explores craft through playful prompts, readings, and reflection. Leave with a few new poems—and the confidence to keep going.
generative, workshop
6 Sessions October 21, 2025 - December 2, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Poetry
Explore love in all its forms through poetry. In this all-levels generative class, read global love poems and write your own—about romance, grief, joy, family, friendship, and the intimacy of everyday life.
generative, workshop
6 Sessions October 23, 2025 - December 4, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Poetry
A newsletter can be more than promo—it can be a home for your voice. In this hands-on course, you’ll shape a newsletter that reflects your values, builds trust, and keeps readers coming back. Leave with a title, strategy, and your platform ready to go.
creative practice, professional development, publishing
1 Session October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025 1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person The Writing Life
Essays don’t shout—they excavate. In this 6-week class, explore how personal narratives take shape through voice, memory, and emotional resonance. Write bravely. Revise deeply. Leave with pages that pulse.
generative, craft
6 Sessions October 27, 2025 - December 8, 2025 5:00-7:30 pm PT Online Nonfiction
What if your writing didn’t have to choose a single form? In this six-week class, explore hybrid work—text, image, sound, and beyond—then create your own pieces that experiment, stretch, and surprise.
generative, cohort
6 Sessions October 29, 2025 - December 10, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction
Let go of polish—chase surprise instead. This poetry class is a playground for freewriting, improvising, and following strange tangents to discover raw, electric language. Perfect for poets who feel stuck, stiff, or hungry to experiment and play again.
generative, creative practice
6 Sessions October 29, 2025 - December 10, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry
Write from what haunts you—not to fix it, but to face it. In this six-week cohort, we'll explore how craft tools can hold pain, how others write trauma with courage, and how writing can be part of healing, resistance, and radical honesty.
craft, workshop, personal growth
6 Sessions October 29, 2025 - December 10, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Learn how stories work—and how to write your own. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll explore fiction fundamentals through reading, writing, and feedback. No big idea needed, just curiosity and a place to begin.
craft, close reading, workshop
6 Sessions November 1, 2025 - December 13, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT In Person Fiction
Build an author website that reflects your voice and vision. In this one-day class, get clear on what you need (and what to skip), explore best practices, and leave with a plan to launch—without feeling overwhelmed.
cohort, publishing
1 Session November 3, 2025 - November 3, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online The Writing Life
What makes a setting unforgettable? In this course, you’ll learn how to craft places that matter—locations that influence story, reveal character, and stay with your reader. Build worlds that feel real, even if they’re entirely imagined.
craft, close reading
6 Sessions November 3, 2025 - December 8, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Curious about how publishing works—and what path is right for you? Explore your options, clarify your goals, and build a strategy that supports your creative vision in this five-week introduction to the publishing industry.
professional development, publishing
5 Sessions November 3, 2025 - December 8, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Step into Slavic folk magic: tsars, tricksters, and tales thick with transformation. Read classic stories, write your own remixes, and explore where history, myth, and mystery collide.
generative, close reading, cohort
6 Sessions November 4, 2025 - December 16, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction
In this 16-week screenwriting workshop, revise your script with community and direction. Workshop every other week, sharpen your scenes, and shape a stronger draft—short, pilot, or feature.
craft, workshop
16 Sessions November 5, 2025 - March 25, 2026 7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Writing for Performance
In this 12-week reading intensive, explore mythic, experimental works by women writers who unmoor language, identity, and form—reading deeply into desire, memory, and ecstatic transformation.
craft, close reading
12 Sessions November 10, 2025 - March 9, 2026 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction
This warm, beginner-friendly course introduces the building blocks of fiction: character, plot, and setting. You’ll study short stories, write your own, and gain the tools and confidence to keep going—wherever your writing leads next.
generative, craft, close reading
6 Sessions November 17, 2025 - December 22, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction
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.
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Online Asynchronous Fiction
What if your next idea came from a card pull? In this generative class, use tarot and oracle decks to spark new writing, surprise your imagination, and quiet your inner critic.
generative, creative practice, personal growth
2 Sessions December 6, 2025 - December 13, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT In Person Fiction
Forget everything you know about poetic form. In this fast and fun generative class, you’ll bend, glitch, and invent new forms—ones rooted in identity, resistance, and surprise. Arrive ready to write, and leave with tools no rulebook could’ve given you.
generative, craft
2 Sessions December 6, 2025 - December 13, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Poetry
Zines are fast, personal, and unapologetically handmade. In this two-part class, you’ll collage, write, and build your own zine—channeling whatever’s swirling into something real. Perfect for artists, writers, or anyone who just wants to make something.
generative
2 Sessions December 6, 2025 - December 13, 2025 1:10-3:10 pm PT Online Poetry
Your story’s solid, but is your opening pulling its weight? In this one-day intensive, sharpen your first paragraphs for maximum impact and give agents, editors, and readers a reason to keep going.
generative, craft, close reading
1 Session December 8, 2025 - December 8, 2025 5:00-8:00 pm PT Online Fiction
This intermediate class dives into what makes fiction hit hard—structure, pacing, subtext, and more. Through readings, prompts, and workshopping, you’ll sharpen your craft and walk away with a polished story and clearer creative direction.
craft, close reading, workshop
8 Sessions January 15, 2026 - March 5, 2026 7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction
Ready to take your nonfiction to the next level? This intermediate course helps you refine voice, structure, and scene, all while revising with clarity and intention. Leave with new tools, thoughtful feedback, and a polished draft.
craft, close reading, workshop
8 Sessions January 20, 2026 - March 10, 2026 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Nonfiction
You’ve got the basics down. Now, it’s time to sharpen your skills! In this intermediate class, you’ll read, write, and workshop poems with a focus on revision, image, metaphor, and musicality. Prepare to grow your voice with every draft.
craft, close reading, workshop
8 Sessions January 21, 2026 - March 11, 2026 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Poetry
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