Push beyond your poetic comfort zone in this nine-month advanced workshop. Study diverse mentor texts, dig deeper into metaphor, syntax, structure, image, music, and more, and experiment with innovative contemporary forms as you generate and workshop a body of new work.
generative, craft, cohort
30
Sessions
Wednesdays, October 7, 2026 - June 16, 2027
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Advanced
“You are my affliction.” Sink into the seductive convergence of horror and romance. You’ll write into longing, obsession, beautiful monsters, and emotional tension while learning to blend two of fiction's most irresistible genres.
generative, close reading
6
Sessions
Thursdays, October 8 - November 12, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Learn to write in the language of dreams. Tap into surreal imagery, sensory detail, emotional truth, and impossible leaps of logic to generate vivid poetry and prose—bypassing your inner critic and making room for the wonderful and strange.
generative
1
Session
Saturday, October 10, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
What makes a poem unmistakably yours? Explore the obsessions, aesthetics, and creative instincts that drive your work, deepen your personal poetics, and experiment with new ways of generating poems that only you could write.
generative
2
Sessions
Saturdays, October 10-17, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Learn how stories work and how to write your own. Explore fiction fundamentals, learn to read like a writer, and experiment with new approaches in a welcoming, beginner-friendly class. No big idea needed: just curiosity. Leave with a fiction toolkit and five new story starts.
craft, close reading, workshop
6
Sessions
Tuesdays, October 13 - November 17, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Introductory
Explore the possibilities the internet offers writers, as writers. We’ll look at a range of platforms—their cultures, constraints, and style guides—set up accounts, explore their possibilities, and practice crafting and flexing our writerly voice across different formats.
cohort, creative practice, professional development
4
Sessions
Tuesdays, October 13 - November 3, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Advanced
In this beginner-friendly poetry class, explore how image, metaphor, sound, line, form, and voice transform language on the page. Read poets across styles and eras, experiment with poems of your own, and discover new possibilities for what a poem, and your poetry, can do.
generative, craft, close reading
6
Sessions
Wednesdays, October 14 - November 18, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Introductory
Young readers are game for anything so let your imagination run wild. Explore the creative possibilities of Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction as you dream up unexpected premises, experiment with voice and storytelling, and generate new stories in a playful, supportive workshop.
generative, close reading, workshop
6
Sessions
Wednesdays, October 14 - November 18, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Introductory
There are numerous ways to tell a big story. Explore linked fiction, where standalone stories connect and accumulate into a larger narrative, and discover how recurring characters, places, themes, and perspectives can open new possibilities for your own writing, one story at a time.
generative, close reading, cohort
6
Sessions
Thursdays, October 15 - November 19, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
This beginner-friendly introduction to creative nonfiction explores how memory, observation, and lived experience can become personal essays, memoir, lyric nonfiction, and more. Learn foundational craft, experiment with different forms, and discover new ways to tell the stories that matter to you.
generative, craft, workshop
6
Sessions
Thursdays, October 15 - November 19, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Introductory
Master the craft of suspense. Explore tension, pacing, stakes, structure, and scene design and the art of keeping your readers emotionally invested in your story from beginning to end, whatever genre you’re writing in.
generative, craft, workshop
8
Sessions
Thursdays, October 15 - December 10, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Learn the fundamentals of screenwriting by writing your own short film script. Explore character, conflict, dialogue, and scene structure while receiving thoughtful feedback in a fun, supportive workshop.
generative, craft, workshop
8
Sessions
Thursdays, October 15 - December 10, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Writing for Performance
Intermediate
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 your audience a reason to keep reading.
generative, craft, close reading
1
Session
Thursday, October 15, 2026
5:00-8:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Your journal already contains the seeds for your next piece of writing. Learn how to mine your notebooks for stories, scenes, and ideas while building a richer, more intentional journaling practice that feeds your creative work, too.
generative, creative practice
1
Session
Saturday, October 17, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
In Person
Nonfiction
Build unforgettable characters from the inside out. Through discussion, craft lessons, and generative writing, you’ll learn to create emotionally resonant protagonists whose journeys drive your story forward.
generative, craft
6
Sessions
Mondays, October 19 - November 23, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Intermediate
Explore poetry as spellwork in this two-week class. Write incantatory poems, design personal rituals, and build a sacred, sustainable writing practice rooted in magic and self-trust.
generative, craft
2
Sessions
Wednesdays, October 21-28, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Introductory
A great premise and interesting characters won’t save a snoozefest. In this 3-hour intensive, learn what actually makes a story feel urgent and alive. We’ll study great works that do it well and borrow their lessons in rising action, pacing, suspense, and character decision-making.
generative, craft, close reading
1
Session
Thursday, October 22, 2026
5:00-8:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Ready to start a blog or make more of the one you have? Learn how to find your niche, reach your audience, create engaging content, and grow your readership while exploring ways blogging can lead to paid writing and new professional opportunities.
generative, workshop, professional development
4
Sessions
Thursdays, October 22 - November 12, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Intermediate
How does funny serve good writing? Learn to use pattern, rhythm, expectation, and surprise to create humor that reveals character, builds intimacy, subverts assumptions, and opens unexpected avenues into difficult material.
generative, craft
1
Session
Saturday, October 24, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Discover the freedom of writing in fragments: tiny scenes, flashes of memory, stray sentences, and other pieces that can carry surprising emotional weight. Play with juxtaposition, arrangement, and silence as you explore what fragments can reveal without explaining everything.
generative
1
Session
Saturday, October 24, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Explore your connection to the natural world through writing rooted in presence and sensory experience. This generative class invites you to slow down, pay attention, and shape what you notice into language that blooms on the page.
generative, personal growth
4
Sessions
Mondays, October 26 - November 23, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Intermediate
A poem is made of many moving parts. Explore the essential elements of poetic craft—from image and metaphor to sound, syntax, and lineation—through weekly lessons, prompts, and feedback you can complete at your own pace.
generative, craft, close reading
6
Sessions
October 26 - December 11, 2026
Online Asynchronous
Poetry
Introductory
Ready to write your life story? Learn the fundamentals of memoir while exploring contemporary voices, generating fresh writing, and building the confidence to share your work.
generative, craft, close reading
6
Sessions
Tuesdays, October 27 - December 8, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Introductory
History is never a single story. Through Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s critically acclaimed novel Half of a Yellow Sun, we’ll explore African storytelling traditions in which understanding, meaning, and narrative emerge from the accumulation of many lives and perspectives.
close reading
6
Sessions
Tuesdays, October 27 - November 17, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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30
Sessions 
Online
Poetry
Advanced