Looking for a particular genre, class type, or class length, but don’t know how to find it? Look no further—welcome to the Spring 2022 writer’s guide.
Fiction
One-Day Classes
- DAILY ZOOM: BLUEPRINTS FOR FICTION WRITERS with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
- CRAFTING THE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR: LIAR, LUNATIC, NAIF, PICARO (ZOOM) with Clemintine Guirado
- DIRTY DETAILS: SCENES, DIALOGUE, AND ENDINGS (ZOOM) with Traci Groff-Jones
- YOUR PLOT AND YOUR STORY (ZOOM) with Olivia Abtahi
- WRITING CINEMATICALLY (ZOOM) with William Haywood Henderson
4-Week Classes
- 4-WEEK: NOVEL BOOTCAMP III—YOUR NOVEL'S ARC (DENVER) with William Haywood Henderson
- 4-WEEK: NOVEL BOOTCAMP III—YOUR NOVEL'S ARC (ZOOM) with William Haywood Henderson
- 4-WEEK: NOVEL BOOTCAMP IV—YOUR NOVEL'S VOICE (DENVER) with William Haywood Henderson
- 4-WEEK: NOVEL BOOTCAMP IV—YOUR NOVEL'S VOICE (ZOOM) with William Haywood Henderson
- 4-WEEK: OMNISCIENCE (DENVER) with Dino Enrique Piacentini
- 4-WEEK: WHAT MAKES A SHORT STORY TICK? (LOUISVILLE) with Karen Tolchin
- 4-WEEK: READING AS A WRITER—OLGA TOKARCZUK’S DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD (ZOOM) with Dino Enrique Piacentini
8-Week Classes
- 8-WEEK: INTERMEDIATE FICTION WORKSHOP (DENVER) with Nini Berndt
- 8-WEEK: INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SPECULATIVE FICTION WORKSHOP (ZOOM) with Courtney E. Morgan
- 8-WEEK: INTERMEDIATE SHORT STORY WORKSHOP (ZOOM) with Emily Flouton
- 8-WEEK: ADVANCED SHORT STORY WORKSHOP (ZOOM) with William Henry Lewis
- 8-WEEK: INTERMEDIATE NOVEL WORKSHOP (ZOOM) with Jacinda Townsend
- 8-WEEK: ADVANCED NOVEL WORKSHOP (DENVER) with Tiffany Quay Tyson
- 8-WEEK: ADVANCED NOVEL WORKSHOP (ZOOM) with William Haywood Henderson
- 8-WEEK: INTRO TO WRITING THE NOVEL (ZOOM) with John Cotter
- 8-WEEK: INTRO TO WRITING THE SHORT STORY (ZOOM) with Nur Ibrahim
- 8-WEEK: INTRO TO FICTION (DENVER) with Trent Hudley
- 8-WEEK: THE NARRATOR WORKSHOP (ASYNCHRONOUS) with Christopher Merkner
- 8-WEEK: DAYTIME PLOTSHOP—A WORKSHOP FOR YOUR PLOT (ZOOM) with Rachel Weaver
- 8-WEEK: IT'S A CRIME—WRITING LAYERED, LITERARY CRIME FICTION (ZOOM) with Clemintine Guirado
Nonfiction
One-Day Classes
- DAILY ZOOM: WHAT'S AT STAKE IN YOUR MEMOIR? with Shari Caudron
- DAILY ZOOM: LET'S TALK ABOUT ENDINGS with Shari Caudron
- READING FOR FORMAT: HOW TO TURN AN IDEA INTO A MAGAZINE ESSAY (ZOOM) with Genevieve Walker
4-Week Classes
- 4-WEEK: READING AS A WRITER—MELISSA FEBOS (DENVER) with Alexander Lumans
- 4-WEEK: READING AS A WRITER—THE LITERATURE OF FACT (ZOOM) with Helen Thorpe
- 4-WEEK: NARRATIVE ARC FOR MEMOIR (ZOOM) with Tanja Pajevic
8-Week Classes
- 8-WEEK: INTERMEDIATE MEMOIR AND PERSONAL ESSAY (ZOOM) with Angelique Stevens
- 8-WEEK: INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED MEMOIR AND PERSONAL ESSAY (DENVER) with Steve Knopper
- 8-WEEK: ADVANCED MEMOIR AND NARRATIVE NONFICTION (ZOOM) with Sarah Gerard
- 8-WEEK: THE ART OF THE MEMOIR (ZOOM) with Rita Gabis
- 8-WEEK: INTRO TO WRITING THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE AND MEMOIR (ZOOM) with Melissa Alvarado Sierra
- 8-WEEK: DAYTIME INTRO TO PERSONAL ESSAY AND NARRATIVE NONFICTION (ZOOM) with Ladane Nasseri
Dramatic Writing
One-Day Classes
- HOLDING TENSION IN SCREENPLAY (ZOOM) with Chris Grillot
- ACTING FOR BETTER WRITING (ZOOM) with Raeann Giles
8-Week Classes
- 8-WEEK: PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP (DENVER) with Melissa Lucero McCarl
- 8-WEEK: INTRO TO SCREENWRITING (ZOOM) with Chris Grillot
Poetry
One-Day Classes
- DAILY ZOOM: POETRY OF GRIEF AND HEALING with Jodie Hollander
- WRITING THE CHAPBOOK: PLAN A AND PLAN B with Kathryn Winograd
4-Week Classes
- 4-WEEK: POETIC PAUSE—LINEATION AND STANZAS (ZOOM) with Radha Marcum
- 4-WEEK: BY HEART—MORE ESSENTIAL POEMS AND PRACTICES, EDITION 3 (DENVER) with Lynn Wagner
8-Week Classes
- 8-WEEK: INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WORKSHOP (ZOOM) with Suzi Q. Smith
- 8-WEEK: INTERMEDIATE POETRY WORKSHOP (ZOOM) with André Hoilette
- 8-WEEK: ADVANCED POETRY WORKSHOP (ZOOM) with Elizabeth Robinson
- 8-WEEK: DAYTIME ALL-LEVELS POETRY WORKSHOP (DENVER) with HR Hegnauer
- 8-WEEK: POETRY WORKSHOP (ASYNCHRONOUS) with Jennifer Denrow
- 8-WEEK: WORKS IN PROGRESS—POETRY (ZOOM) with Cassandra Eddington
All Genre
One-Day Classes
- DAILY ZOOM: DECOLONIZE YOUR PRACTICE with Mathangi Subramanian
- DAILY ZOOM: TELLING TIME with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
- DAILY ZOOM: A KEY TO WRITING INTERIORITY with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
- DAILY ZOOM: BLOCKING with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
- DAILY ZOOM: 20 QUESTIONS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR NOVEL OR MEMOIR with Rachel Weaver
- DAILY ZOOM: TO PROLOGUE OR NOT TO PROLOGUE with Traci Groff-Jones
- DAILY ZOOM: WRITING RITUALS—USING HABIT/RITUALS TO REVEAL CHARACTER AND SETTING with Chip Livingston
- DAILY ZOOM: WRITING THE MUNDANE—HOW AUTHORS APPROACH THE ORDINARY IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS with Chip Livingston
- EXPANDING INTO BEAUTY (ZOOM) with William Haywood Henderson
- FINDING THE BEAT (ZOOM) with Sasha Geffen
- MEMORY PRACTICES (ZOOM) with Poupeh Missaghi
- FAIRY TALES AS FOUNDATION: TRANSFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL (ZOOM) with Jamie Figueroa
- BEST PRACTICES: REVISION RITUALS AND EDITORIAL HABITS FOR SUCCESS (ZOOM) with Selah Saterstrom
4-Week Classes
- 4-WEEK: FROM MICRO TO MACRO—REVISING THE DETAILS (ZOOM) with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
- 4-WEEK: WRITING 101—GOTTA START SOMEWHERE (ZOOM) with Joy Roulier Sawyer
- 4-WEEK: WRITING 101—GOTTA START SOMEWHERE (ZOOM) with Joy Roulier Sawyer
- 4-WEEK: WRITER AS CITIZEN (ZOOM) with Poupeh Missaghi
- 4-WEEK: WRITING JUMP-START—EARTH, AIR, FIRE, WATER (ASYNCHRONOUS) with Jenny Wortman
- 4-WEEK: SPARK AND RE-SPARK—RE-IGNITE YOUR CRAFT AND CREATIVITY (ZOOM) with Joy Roulier Sawyer
- 4-WEEK: REFUSE TO BE DONE—HOW TO ACTUALLY ENJOY REVISING PROSE (DENVER) with Alexander Lumans
- 4-WEEK: LEAF, DOOR, BRIDGE, SHOE—A GENERATIVE WORKSHOP (ASYNCHRONOUS) with Jessica Roeder
8-Week Classes
- 8-WEEK: A SENSE OF PLACE (ZOOM) with Lisa Kennedy
- 8-WEEK: WORKS IN PROGRESS—PROSE (ZOOM) with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
- 8-WEEK: INTRO TO FICTION AND MEMOIR (ASYNCHRONOUS) with Rachel Weaver
- 8-WEEK: GETTING IT DONE—96 HOURS TOWARDS A FINISHED DRAFT (ZOOM) with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
- 8-WEEK: ADVANCED LONG-FORM NARRATIVE—NOVEL AND MEMOIR (ZOOM) with Benjamin Whitmer
