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This workshop will examine all aspects of when and whether a poem is “telling the truth.” What is “truth” in a poem? Is it sticking to...

Speculative Summer Workshop Bring your space invaders, ghost ships, and hidden treasures to this relaxed and supportive virtual monthly...

A Great Villain Kills It This workshop is focused on addressing villainy: crafting believable villains, looking at how they direct the...

Writing Partner Speed Dating Writing partners can be an essential tool in a writer’s belt; they keep you accountable, share in your...

Believe it or Not? Writing Surreal, Weird, and Speculative Worlds If your writing contains out-of-this-world elements or the suspension...

Writing About Identity and the Fractured Self In this workshop we will read and write pieces dealing with identity and how we understand...

Coming Back to Your Senses: Writing with Awareness With so much of our lives spent in the disembodied world online, this poetry intensive...

Building Upon Your Natural Writing Style **This workshop is now full. If you register, we will add your name to a waiting list. Thank...

Elements of Scene Scenes are dramatized moments that engage characters or speakers in action and dialogue. Scene writing is one of the...

Writing for Happiness Many folks write anticipating joy, but instead encounter doubt, fear, or defeat. 2020 was an especially difficult...

Story, Structure, Music, and Imagination are what Gregory Orr calls the natural temperaments of writers. Together we will discover which...

Playwriting 102 (Limited Seating) Enrollment Closed Meet the Teaching Artist: Kelly Bancroft’s plays have been produced in Youngstown, ...

Building an Author Website Meet the Teaching Artist: Ashley Dillon is a digital media artist working primarily in sound and moving image....

Believe it or Not? Writing surreal, weird, and speculative worlds If your writing contains out-of-this-world elements or the suspension...

*This class has been postponed until spring* How to Acquire a Literary Agent and Beyond This class will give writers a basic introduction...

Putting the “I’s’ in Activism: Personal Narrative as a Form of Transformative Resistance Sharing stories is one of the most fundamental...

The Power of Ten The Power of Ten: a Playwriting Workshop. Wednesdays, July 8-29, 5:30-6:45 p.m., on Zoom. Course fee is $25 (or pay as...

Applying to graduate school in the humanities is confusing and, let’s face it, until you actually have to write these documents, most...

We pay $250 for a 5-6 week workshop or $150 for a half day “short.” Our participants vary, from emerging to experienced writers, teens to...

Writing as the Character in Poetry Whether humorous, intense, dramatic, or morbid, poets use persona as the speaker in poems to bring the...