Thursdays, 11am - 12:30pm, Sep 17 - Oct 22

What makes a great personal essay? What makes reading some essays feel like we’ve learned not only about the author’s experiences, but about ourselves and the world around us? In this class, we’ll read and discuss a few classic and contemporary personal essays, work on original essay prompts, and share our own work. Students can either bring a work in progress that they'd like to workshop, or become inspired to begin writing a new one. By the end, we’ll have a greater appreciation of the craft of personal essays, and a better understanding of how to look beyond ourselves and make our personal essays less personal and more universal. 

Mondays, 10 - 11:30am, Sep 21 - Oct 26

Using prompts, short readings, and discussion, this generative nonfiction workshop will focus on mining our personal histories and crafting them into the form they deserve. We’ll also explore the ways we sometimes get in the way of our own stories — and how to use that to break through and write around the blocks. CNF, personal essays, journaling...all are welcome. Open to all writers.  

Mondays, 12 - 1:30pm, Sep 21 - Oct 26

This workshop is intended for students who seek accountability in the form of a supportive community to share and receive feedback on their works in progress. Whether you are writing a memoir, essay or a piece that’s still taking shape, this Nonfiction workshop offers deadlines, camaraderie and support as you move forward with your work. 

Tuesdays, 5:30 - 7pm, Sep 22 - Oct 27 | ZOOM

Using prompts, short readings, and discussion, this generative nonfiction workshop will focus on mining our personal histories and crafting them into the form they deserve. We’ll also explore the ways we sometimes get in the way of our own stories — and how to use that to break through and write around the blocks. CNF, personal essays, journaling...all are welcome. Open to all writers. Zoom link provided prior to workshop. 

Tuesdays, 4 - 6pm (Pacific Time), Oct 6 - Nov 3 | ZOOM

Minimum words, maximum impact. Flash nonfiction, simply put, is true-to-life writing defined by extreme compression. It's saying what you've got to say using as few words, and as much beauty, as possible. An endlessly accessible, playful, potent form, flash nonfiction is evermore popular; from Brevity to Barren, The Forge to The Sun, legions of journals are publishing great flash. This class is open to all writers, whether you're new to flash or finishing your first collection. Over five weeks, students will read stellar flash, begin new pieces, workshop works-in-progress, and move toward submitting work for publication. | Maximum: 16 writers. Open to all writers.