APPS DUE: JAN 5 | CNF Studio w Brian Benson | Jan 21 - Mar 25 | In-person, offsite

Write What You Want to Know

The Creative Nonfiction (CNF) Studio is based on the idea that inspiration, accountability, and community are essential to every writer’s growth. The CNF Studio meets weekly for multi-month sessions, and its curriculum is designed to help you deepen your writing through a keener understanding of both literary craft and your own voice. The CNF Studio is open to applications from all writers, and members often return for multiple sessions. This creates the Studio’s special experience: a consistent, deep, and supportive study of your writing in the company of other writers. The CNF Studio includes close-readings and discussions of stellar creative nonfiction, roundtable readings of take-home prompts, and peer critique of writers’ works-in-progress. During the Studio, writers can expect to read widely and gain deep insight into their own writing, all the while exploring questions of structure, form, narration, truth, memory, influence, and voice. | Maximum 9 students

Learn more about the CNF Studio

Location: The CNF Studio will be held offsite, in the Gotham Building in North Portland.

To Apply: To apply to join the next Creative Nonfiction Studio, please send a writing sample of up to 3,500 words and a 250-word statement of purpose.

Send your application to: cnfstudio@atticinstitute.com

Teacher:

Brian Benson

Workshop Day:

Thursday

Time:

Thursdays, 5:30 - 8pm, Jan 21 - Mar 25

Total Fee:

Registration: $715 (by check) / $740 (by PayPal)

The Attic Experience

I just want to thank you with all my heart for the excellent workshop you led for us this fall. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It was hugely inspiring to me, and I loved going to each workshop. Merridawn Duckler, my teacher, had great comments for everyone and I felt extremely lucky to have been a part of it all.

Jeremy Scheuer

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A Statement of Our Values

The Attic Institute of Arts and Letters opposes the legitimation of bigotry, hate, and misinformation. As a studio for writers, we do not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We embrace and celebrate our shared pursuit of literature and languages as essential to crossing the boundaries of difference. To that end, we seek to maintain a creative environment in which every employee, faculty member, and student feels safe, respected, and comfortable — even while acknowledging that poems, stories, and essays delve into uncomfortable subjects. We accept the workshop as a place to question ourselves and to empathize with complex identities. We understand that to know the world is to write the world. Therefore, we reaffirm our commitment to literary pursuits and shared understanding by affirming diversity and open inquiry.