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SLIDING SCALE: A Little Weird Goes A Long Way: Finding Ideas for Speculative Fiction

with Tara Campbell

The world is already stranger than fiction. Learn playful techniques for transforming everyday ideas into speculative stories. Leave with three fresh story starts and new ways to find the extraordinary in the ordinary.

generative

1 Session
Saturday, September 26, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT In Person Fiction Advanced

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Writing Alongside Angela Carter

with Deborah Woodard

Old stories can birth the most original writing. We’ll read Angela Carter’s lush, gothic masterpiece The Bloody Chamber and explore how fairy tales can become the foundation for daring, subversive, revelatory new work.

generative, close reading, workshop

4 Sessions
Saturdays, September 26 - October 17, 2026
1:10-3:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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The Most Personal Essay

with Nicole Hardy

Take your personal essay from idea to polished piece. You’ll write while studying craft elements and workshop your draft several times in a supportive cohort of peers. Essays started in this class have later appeared in literary magazines and major outlets.

generative, craft, workshop

8 Sessions
Saturdays, September 26 - November 21, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT In Person Nonfiction Intermediate

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Book Lab (In Person)

with Tara Conklin

Book Lab is a nine-month intensive for writers who’ve completed (or nearly completed) a draft of a novel, memoir, short story collection, or hybrid manuscript. Whether you're preparing to publish or refining your story into the best version of itself, this program offers mentorship, structure, and community to help you take the next step in your book journey.  

cohort, workshop, publishing

16 Sessions
Tuesdays, September 29, 2026 - June 15, 2027
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction Advanced

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Film Club: Return to Hugo House of Horror!

with Andrew Bell

Slashers, hauntings, social commentary—you’ll find it all in this fall’s horror Film Club! Each week, we’ll watch a film, break it down, and talk about what makes it tick. For genre fans, screenwriters, and anyone who likes their movies bloody smart.

close reading, cohort

6 Sessions
Wednesdays, September 30 - November 4, 2026
6:00-9:00 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Writing About Death

with Katherine Standefer

How do we find language for death? Explore how writers reckon with illness, decline, grief, mortality, and decomposition while making room for beauty, complexity, and the visceral. Write into your own experiences and leave with a new essay draft that finds language for what can feel impossible to say.

generative, craft, close reading

6 Sessions
Wednesdays, September 30 - November 4, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

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Fiction I

with Alma Garcia

Got a story you’ve been dying to tell but not sure where to start? This welcoming, beginner-friendly class introduces the essential building blocks of fiction: character, conflict, plot, description, dialogue, and scene. Learn how stories work and begin building one of your own.

craft, workshop

6 Sessions
Thursdays, October 1 - November 5, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction Introductory

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Liminal: Writing from Spaces In Between

with Anne Liu Kellor

Love and loss. Hope and uncertainty. Joy and grief. Through generative writing, reflection, and small-group sharing, you’ll explore the complex emotions that coexist within us and transform them into new poems, essays, and stories.

generative, cohort, personal growth

1 Session
Saturday, October 3, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT Online Nonfiction

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Courage to Write: Yearlong in Writing Practice

with Beth Slattery

If you want to write but find yourself struggling to sit down and do it, this nine-month course offers the structure, support, community, and gentle guidance to help you build a sustainable writing practice that actually works for your creative rhythm.

generative, creative practice, personal growth

30 Sessions
Mondays, October 5, 2026 - June 14, 2027
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online The Writing Life

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The Joys of Microprose

with Grace Bialecki

Stuck at the blank page? Meet microprose. Write vivid, compressed pieces while discovering how working small can unlock fresh ideas, sharpen your craft, and make experimentation and revision feel far less intimidating. Leave with at least three new micro-pieces.

generative, close reading, workshop

4 Sessions
Mondays, October 5-26, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Let’s Write a Scary Story

with Holly Day

Got a haunting in your head? This class guides you from eerie feeling to finished scary story. Study horror craft, write boldly, and build a tale that lingers. Great for horror fans, genre dippers, or anyone drawn to the dark side of life.

generative, craft

6 Sessions
Tuesdays, October 6 - November 10, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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Yearlong in Fiction: Craft Fundamentals

with Peter Mountford

In this beginner-friendly yearlong course you’ll explore storytelling fundamentals, deepen your fiction craft, and get feedback on your work—all with the support of a consistent writing cohort.

craft, close reading, workshop

30 Sessions
Tuesdays, October 6, 2026 - June 1, 2027
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Intermediate

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Yearlong in Songwriting

with Noah Zanella

Spend nine months exploring songwriting as a creative form. You’ll study the craft of some incredible records, experiment with a range of lyric-writing techniques, and hone your ear for language as you build toward a collection of original songs. For musicians and writers.

generative, close reading, workshop

30 Sessions
Tuesdays, October 6, 2026 - June 15, 2027
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry

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Dramatic Essentials for Fiction

with Bella Bravo

You’ve got the characters, setting, and plot. But what makes a reader care about what happens? This craft intensive explores the dramatic principles that create emotional tension, raise the stakes, and keeps readers invested from the first page to the very last sentence.

craft, close reading, workshop

6 Sessions
Wednesdays, October 7 - December 9, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction Advanced

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Yearlong in Poetry II: Advanced Craft

with Dilruba Ahmed

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

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Bad Romance: A Crash Course in Horror Romance

with Jasmine Griffin

“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

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Dreams: Writing from the Subconscious

with Mayur Chauhan

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

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The Poems Only You Can Write: Honing Your Poetic Voice

with Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet

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

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Fiction I

with Emma Stockman

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

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Poetry I

with Jeanine Walker

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

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Intro to Kid Lit: Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction

with Tina Tocco

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

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An Introduction to Linked Stories

with Lauren Hohle

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

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Creative Nonfiction I

with Beth Slattery

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

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Suspense Belongs in All Genres

with Wendy Kendall

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

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