classes & workshops
We offer classes and workshops for all skill levels in many genres including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, memoir, and playwriting.
Our instructors are experienced writers in their genre, and class size is limited to ensure personal attention and lively interaction. Please visit our policies page to learn about cancellations, refunds, and other important information that affects your class registration. Please note that by signing up for a class, you agree to these terms.
Current Classes & Workshops
11/18
with Joyce Hayden
Practice entering into another’s experiences and searching for deeper meaning that you can apply to your own life.
11/19
with Rich Farrell
Explore examples of writers who will make you celebrate life and rediscover what writing can offer the world!
11/26
with Jim Moreno
Explore poetry, film clips, and poetry prompts from four Latin American greats: Asturias, Mistral, Neruda, & Paz.
12/12
with Rich Farrell
As we wrap up the year, explore how writers use silence to create effective emotion and meaning in stories.
12/17
with Rich Farrell
In this final Third Sunday Craft workshop of the year, look back on your writing and make plans for the year ahead.
12/17
with Jim Moreno
Explore works of poets whose light in poems revives, inspires, and lights the way to your creative self: your Muse.
1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27 & 2/3
with Ron Salisbury
Learn to develop a strategy of revision, examine esoteric poem-making tools and types of poems, and talk structure!
1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28 & 2/4
with Ron Salisbury
Learn to develop a strategy of revision, examine esoteric poem-making tools and types of poems, and talk structure!
1/20
with Cherie Kephart
Words are powerful, and in this class, you get to play with them in new ways designed to bring out your brilliance.
2/24, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16 & 3/23
with Ron Salisbury
Discuss the design and organization of complete books of poetry, including both the chapbook and the full book.
2/25, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17 & 3/24
with Ron Salisbury
Discuss the design and organization of complete books of poetry, including both the chapbook and the full book.
4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11 & 5/18
with Ron Salisbury
Discover publishing sources for poems, recordkeeping for this endeavor, and how to give a poetry reading.