Take an Advanced Class this Fall

Applications are due Monday, September 6th at 11:59PM (EST)

Dear <<First Name>>,

There's only one week left to apply to GrubStreet's fall advanced workshops!

Our advanced courses are limited to 9 students to foster a closer and more rigorous learning experience. Check out our upcoming classes below and apply before the deadline this coming Monday, September 6th.

As always, scholarships are available for all classes below. 

Advanced Nonfiction Workshop: Writing About Race

Instructor: Victor Yang
10 Tuesdays from 6:00pm-9:00pm (EST), starting September 21st
Remote (Live Zoom Meetings)

How do we keep people turning the page — or scrolling the cursor — even when they may or may not agree with our perspective? How can we make assertions about everyday realities like racism or oppression that are novel and surprising, both true to our own stories and applicable to those of others? In this class, we will learn how to ground big questions within the form of personal essays. 

Advanced Poetry Workshop

Instructor: Crystal Valentine
10 Wednesdays from 6:00pm-9:00pm (EST), starting September 22nd
Remote (Live Zoom Meetings)

This workshop is for advanced poets who want to develop new content and deepen their craft. We’ll explore the building blocks of poetry: language, the line, poetic forms, narrative and lyric elements, and what we need to do to build the life of the poem. We'll see how what we learn manifests in our own work and that of accomplished mentor poets. We’ll write and revise ten poems. 

Advanced Essay Workshop

Instructor: Theresa Okokon
10 Tuesdays from 6:00pm-9:00pm (EST), starting September 21st
Remote (Live Zoom Meetings)

In this advanced course, experienced students working on narrative, long-form personal essays will receive support, guidance, and feedback. We'll discuss elements of craft at a high level; try new forms, techniques, voices, and structures; and develop strategies for revision. Prompts, exercises, readings by exemplary authors, and discussion will help you see your own narrative personal essays with fresh eyes. 

Advanced Short Fiction Workshop

Instructor: Shubha Sunder
10 Mondays from 6:00pm-9:00pm (EST), starting September 20th
Remote (Live Zoom Meetings)

Thinking about getting an MFA? Feeling ready to publish? In this intensive forum, you will polish and/or complete at least two short works of fiction. The emphasis is on building and applying elements of craft such as narrative point of view, story arc, dialogue, specificity of language, openings, and good sentence-making. 

Advanced Memoir Workshop

Instructor: Shuchi Saraswat
10 Thursdays from 6:00pm-9:00pm (EST), starting September 23rd
Remote (Live Zoom Meetings)

A 10-week workshop for writers who are seriously engaged in writing a book-length memoir and want to improve their craft. We will focus on helping you find a unique angle, effective structure, and distinctive voice for your memoir. Each week we'll look at craft essays and excerpts from published memoirs and discuss theme development, traditional vs non-traditional structures, characterization, scene vs. summary, time and pacing, narrative arc, and outside research. 

Advanced Novel Workshop

Instructor: Meghan Lamb
10 Wednesdays from 6:00pm-9:00pm (EST), starting September 22nd
Remote (Live Zoom Meetings)

This class is for novelists who have taken advanced workshops before, are well versed in matters of craft, and who have already made some progress on a first draft. The goals of this workshop are to write or revise at least 100 pages in ten weeks, as well as to identify and correct any shortcomings in craft areas such as characterization, point of view, structure, plot, and scenes. 

Questions?