Class Catalog

In this workshop, participants will craft personal experiences into a compelling and captivating story and read them aloud, examining how the written and spoken word differ with performance as another element of craft.

What if we turned missing into a form–a portal of joy, curiosity, and sorrow? This class will use the form of a "Miss You" to deepen our memories and boundless ability to make the present moment bloom into the extraordinary.

This exploratory camp develops students' creative writing abilities in prose and poetry through readings and craft exercises. The week will culminate with a presentation of student work.

This course explores writing brief, McSweeney’s-style humor pieces. In addition to writing, students will discuss their comedic influences, provide examples of their favorite humor pieces and videos, and collaborate with peers.

Whether you're working toward your first byline, or want to improve your acceptance rate, this class will help you develop strong pitches, build relationships with editors, and negotiate contracts with a step-by-step guide.

This generative class will offer weekly themed prompts (road trips, mix tapes, romances) mashed up with flash forms (hermit crabs, visual essays, collage, and "found" pieces). Focused on nonfiction; all genres welcome.

In this seminar, we’ll read flash nonfiction pieces that make a big impact in less than 750 words. We’ll discuss the tenets of this popular form and engage in writing and revising exercises to try our hand at creating short work.

In this generative seminar, we’ll focus on how to use imagination when memory’s not enough, and how to cue readers that we’re doing so. We’ll study writers who do this well, including Lisa See and Dani Shapiro.

In this workshop, we'll discuss both canonic and contemporary work exploring the themes of lust, vulnerability, and shame and how these interact within existing power structures(whiteness, heterosexuality) of cultural hegemony.

This class is geared towards writing for ages 8–12, with in-class prompts—everything from starter sentences to images, magical objects to inanimate objects—and discussion in a low-pressure atmosphere.

Publishing is a minefield of unknowns. This course takes students through the publication process–should you hire a copy editor; do you have to go to conferences; what is querying–and offers the opportunity to ask questions.

In this course, we will engage in reading, writing, and sharing exercises designed to support a beginning student's understanding of (and appreciation for) poetry.

Serious writers are playful writers! This workshop works to uncover who our characters are through experimentation and play with form, exploring how conventions of craft can simultaneously constrain and illuminate.

Learn the fundamentals of making comics and graphic novels—including visual storytelling, character creation, graphic memoir, and more. All levels of drawing experience are welcome.

Find delight, magic and surprise in writing short pieces (all under 1000 words)— defying genres, packing power and imagination. Each day of students will invent a brand new piece (or more) of writing that is compact yet vivid and alive.

In this half-day camp, students will write poems and then create short videos to accompany them. Expect writing prompts, story boarding, video poem viewing, and more!

This generative and discussion workshop utilizes "A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry" to invite students to challenge assumptions and deeply pay attention to the mystery and creative potentiality of thresholds in our lives.

This class explores through reading and writing what we might have gained during a pandemic–a new conception of the relationship between economic (objective) time and personal (inner) time.

Students will learn the basics of screenwriting for film, including staging scenes, generating dialogue, and developing action, and more. The week will culminate with a reading and/or presentation of student work.

In partnership with the Burke Museum, this camp fosters creative writing development through an engaging mix of prose and poetry readings, craft exercises, and artistic activities inspired by materials and knowledge from the Burke Museum.

Get past the block with this whirlwind session of poetry prompts to help you crank out a batch of draft material before you can say "But—”.

In this class, you will learn about each component of a memoir book proposal, strategies for writing a proposal that will gain the attention of agents/editors, as well as tips for writing a killer query letter.

This asynchronous class is for anyone struggling with a book. We’ll look at when and when not to revise, what questions are productive, and seek ways to re-invigorate ourselves for much more writing.

In this generative course, we’ll apply a range of literary art experiments to break free from entrenched patterns and shake up creative thinking in your stalled drafts. Focused on nonfiction; all genres welcome.