Mortality makes our time here meaningful. We’ll explore the essence of what it means to be human, using illness, aging, and health as subjects for art. Through close reading and prompts, you’ll develop new work rooted in the realities of the body.
generative, close reading, personal growth
4
Sessions
May 6, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Advanced
For those who want to write with more ease. We’ll use mindfulness and meditation techniques to shift our relationship to writing by supporting attention, working with resistance, clearing the noise, and more.
creative practice
6
Sessions
April 16 - May 21, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
A flash workshop for writers who love sharp voice and tight form. You'll explore micro writing’s power and play through fun, guided prompts. Great for creatives wanting a reset or a low-pressure way to write again.
generative
1
Session
April 18 - April 18, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Make the actual writing easier on yourself by creating the architecture of your novel first. You’ll clarify character, plot, theme, and structure, ensuring all elements cohere into a strong narrative.
generative, craft, workshop
8
Sessions
April 18 - June 13, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Take your personal essay from idea to polished piece. You’ll write while studying craft elements, and you’ll workshop your draft several times. Essays from this class have later appeared in literary magazines and major outlets.
generative, craft, workshop
8
Sessions
April 18 - June 13, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
In Person
Nonfiction
Intermediate
Let art be the muse as you write poetry and prose in response to exhibits around the city. You’ll visit four or five small, intimate museums around Seattle and write to prompts designed to awaken fresh language and perspective in your work.
generative, workshop
6
Sessions
April 18 - May 23, 2026
1:10-3:10 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Dive into South Asian myth and its fierce divine creatures. In this generative class, you’ll move beyond realism to create powerful work shaped by ancient stories, animal intensity, and epic imagination.
generative, close reading, cohort
2
Sessions
April 18 - April 25, 2026
10:00-2:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Ready to shape your poems into a body of work? We’ll tease out the throughlines in your poetry, revise and generate new work around those themes, explore the art of sequencing and structure, and build toward a collection of your own.
generative, craft
3
Sessions
April 18 - May 2, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Advanced
Sharpen your sentences without the stress. This grammar class for creative writers covers essential tools like tense, punctuation, and flow—helping your work land clearly with confidence and style. No jargon, no shame, no diagramming required.
generative, craft
3
Sessions
April 20 - May 4, 2026
5:00-6:30 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Watch movies like a filmmaker. Each week, we’ll watch a film, break it down, and talk about what makes it work. For movie buffs, screenwriters, and anyone who likes their cinema wild at heart and weird on top.
close reading, cohort
8
Sessions
April 22 - June 10, 2026
6:00-9:00 pm PT
In Person
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, craft
6
Sessions
April 22 - May 27, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Intermediate
Navigating Scrivener can feel like a maze—but it’s also one of the best tools for organizing your drafts, notes, and ideas in one place. Learn the basics and build your project inside the program in this hands-on class.
creative practice
2
Sessions
April 22 - April 29, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Go beyond the page. We’ll explore audio storytelling through close listening, discussion, and generative prompts. You’ll learn what it means to write for the ear and experiment with the form’s possibilities.
close reading
6
Sessions
April 22 - May 27, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Ready to revise your novel? This class will help you clarify what to cut, what to revisit, what to add, and how to actually do it. You’ll revise your own work as you learn techniques for revising character arcs, plot, pacing, dialogue, and more.
cohort, workshop, professional development
8
Sessions
April 23 - June 11, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
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
Struggling with flat endings? We’ll look at how endings emerge from a story’s internal movement. You’ll study great endings, write to generative and revision exercises, and develop a stronger ability to identify where and how a story wants to close.
generative, craft, close reading
1
Session
April 25 - April 25, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Advanced
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.
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
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4
Sessions 
Online
Nonfiction
Advanced