Writing Workshops & Courses

Tue, May 26 2026 — Tue, Jun 23 2026

Joanne Furio

On Zoom

In this class, we’ll first read personal essays and excerpts from memoirs and discuss craft issues the work raises and then attempt to mimic a writer’s particular style through in-class freewrites, and short, voluntary assignments to do at home.

Wed, May 27 2026 — Wed, Jul 1 2026

August Thompson

On Zoom

The purpose of this course is straightforward: it’s here to get you writing. Whether you’re an old pro or brand new to writing fiction, this class is designed to help you find inspiration, harness it, and build your writing practice.

Sat, May 30 2026 — Fri, Jun 12 2026

On Zoom

Join the Writing Institute for the #1000WordsofSummer challenge!

Write 1,000 words a day for two weeks in community with WI staff and students.

Come every day or when you are able and start the day filling the page.

While we will offer prompts to get you started if you need, this is not a workshop. Say hello, write for 50 minutes, and share your word count in the chat if you like!

Mon, Jun 1 2026 — Mon, Jun 29 2026

Joann Smith

On Zoom

We’ll read from authors who write extraordinary stories about ordinary people and ordinary events. We’ll explore the methods authors use to pull us into these ordinary lives and how they turn mundane events into engaging stories.

Thu, Jun 4 2026 — Thu, Jul 9 2026

Eileen Moskowitz-Palma

On Campus

Whether you’re a plotter who is just starting a manuscript or a pantser who needs help revising, this class will help you work through all of your plotting points.

Fri, Jun 5 2026 — Fri, Jun 12 2026

Stacey H. Rubin

On Zoom

Are you uncertain if the book you are writing is on-track? The purpose of this two-session interactive workshop is to focus on your book’s inherent strengths while targeting your book’s potential for final improvements.

Tue, Jun 9 2026

Ben Purkert

On Zoom

Starting a piece of writing is one thing, but how do you finish it? In this one-day course, we’ll examine how a variety of world-class writers approach endings in their own work.

Mon, Jun 15 2026 — Mon, Jul 13 2026

Tyler Mills

On Zoom

In this generative poetry workshop, you'll write new poems inspired by the connection between memory and metaphor and receive supportive feedback.

Mon, Jun 15 2026 — Mon, Jul 6 2026

Barbara Josselsohn

On Campus

In this new workshop series, we’ll do a deep dive into a popular novel that made it big—and look for the “secret sauce” that made it work so well. Then, each week, you’ll get the chance to try your hand at every technique or approach revealed.

Mon, Jun 15 2026 — Mon, Jul 20 2026

Ines Rodrigues

On Zoom

Ines Rodrigues's six-week course helps you start your novel with a well-balanced mix of workshop, craft lessons, and lots of encouragement.

Mon, Jul 6 2026 — Mon, Jul 27 2026

Myla Goldberg

On Zoom

Jumpstart your creativity in this 4-week online writing course. Creative Bootcamp offers dynamic prompts, craft insights, and fresh inspiration—perfect for new, stuck, or seasoned writers ready to explore new story ideas.

Thu, Jul 9 2026 — Thu, Aug 13 2026

Terri Linton

On Zoom

In this six-week nonfiction class with Terri Linton, students will examine works by writers that center their parents in their work as they explore their own "parent wounds" in the personal essay.

Mon, Jul 13 2026 — Mon, Aug 17 2026

Molly McGhee

On Zoom

In this five-week workshop, we will learn how to use techniques across the genre-spectrum to inform our conception of what "storytelling" can be in speculative fiction and horror.

Wed, Jul 15 2026 — Wed, Aug 12 2026

Amelia Possanza

On Zoom

Dive into memoir writing in this supportive workshop for beginner and intermediate writers alike.

Thu, Jul 16 2026 — Thu, Aug 13 2026

Jocelyn Jane Cox

On Campus

We have ALL lived fascinating lives in our own ways. In this class, writers sharing their version of the truth through actual events can take inspiration from fiction.

Wed, Jul 22 2026 — Wed, Aug 12 2026

Jenessa Abrams

On Zoom

Writing The Family is designed for writers at all stages of their careers to engage in the intimate, sometimes messy, very often meaningful, act of writing about family through fiction and creative nonfiction.

Sat, Jul 25 2026

Elaine Sexton

On Campus

In this in-person workshop we will focus on how to gather your poems and find them a home in the shape of a book.

Tue, Aug 11 2026 — Tue, Sep 15 2026

Margo Steines

On Zoom

In your hybrid memoir, you might engage with science writing, literature, pop culture, history, digital media—really any cultural product or phenomenon that you want to explore in the same frame as your personal narrative.

Tue, Aug 11 2026 — Tue, Aug 18 2026

Tsahai Makeda

On Zoom

The first page of your novel or short story is absolutely crucial in determining whether your reader commits or quits. This is where you’ll hook them to make them want more. But what does it entail?