Get Writing: September Online Classes

September online classes are starting soon! Whether you want to commit to writing an essay from beginning to end, draft some poetry as a force for social change, finally stick the landing on that story you’ve been working on forever, or jumpstart your new YA novel or nonfiction book, we’ve got a class for you.

Our online classes are flexible in schedule, with most classes having no set meeting time, so you can learn whenever works best for you. Take a look below at our upcoming September classes and register today:

Intro to Fiction with Nora Corrigan
6 Weeks, 6 Essays with Judith Hertog
6 Weeks, 6 Stories with Meghan Lamb
6 Weeks, 6 Poems with Cindy Juyoung Ok
Poetry for Social Justice with Aimee Suzara
Shaping Your Story: A Narrative Structure Intensive with Carolyn Zaikowski
Jumpstart Your Creative Writing: Exploring Genre with Carolyn Zaikowski
Crafting Scene with Nora Corrigan
Science Fiction and Fantasy I with Sara Rivera
Beginning to End: Building the Personal Essay with Shuchi Saraswat
Finding Your Ending with Blair Hurley
Writing the Short, Publishable Personal Essay with Ethan Gilsdorf
Short Story Builder with Caroline Belle Stewart
Novel In Progress with Cam Terwilliger
Jumpstart Your YA Novel with Katie Bayerl
Jumpstart Your Narrative Nonfiction Book with E.B. Bartels

Check out a select few of our upcoming remote and online multi-week classes below. Want to see more? Visit our website for a full list of multi-week classes coming soon to a screen near you.

Writing Motherhood, starting starting September 14th
Go There: Writing About Difficult Subject Matter, starting September 15th
Memoir In Progress, starting September 14th
6 Weeks, 6 Stories, starting September 15th
Sci Fi and Fantasy: Online, starting September 8th
Beginning to End: Personal Essay: Online, starting September 8th

Calling all writers, authors, literary agents, editors, and publishing experts! We're accepting applications to present at the Muse & the Marketplace 2022. Learn more about our new conference format, what we want from session proposals, and more. But don't wait! The deadline to apply is Monday, September 6th.

There's only one week left to apply for our upcoming fall advanced workshops! These workshops are offered in all genres and are limited to 9 students to foster a closer, more rigorous learning experience. Learn more and apply before Monday, September 6th!

Join the GrubStreet community and Grubby Award Winner Roxane Gay on September 29th at 7:30pm for our annual literary showcase and fundraiser, Lit Up! This year, we're offering "pay what you will" tickets, so get yours today. Learn more.

Looking for some virtual mid-week writing community? Join our FREE Grubby Desk Lunch Series with instructor Aimee Christian on Wednesday, September 8th from 12:30pm-1:15pm. Meet fellow writers and get your creative juices flowing! Learn more.

We've just released a brand new line-up of FREE YAWP Saturday Sessions for fall 2021. These remote sessions take place once per month during the school year and give teen writers the chance to geek out on writing/reading together. Learn more about the classes for our first session on Saturday, September 18th.

The September 2021 edition of "Writing Life Essentials" features a hand-curated list of writing contests, grants, scholarships, submission calls, and awards. We do the research, so you have more time for what matters: the writing. Or, grabbing the last Lisa Frank folder in the back-to-school sale. That’s important, too.

Whether you're writing a space opera or a young adult memoir, a crime novel or a short story set in Albany…every story has a setting. The setting isn't just where the story happens, it is an integral part of the story. In fact, the settings act much like characters. In this short workshop, we will review different theories and pieces of craft advice to help us build well-rendered settings in any genre. Learn more.

See our upcoming short classes below, or browse our 3-hour seminars and 6-hour weekend workshops. Note: You will be able to participate in class via Zoom video conference from wherever you’re most comfortable.

Fiction
Historical Fiction: A Crash Course | Omniscience

Multi-genre
Setting as Character: How to Bring A Place to Life | How to Write a Lot | Writing Dialogue | Animals, Land, & Plants, Oh My! Nature as Metaphor | Retelling the Classics

Non-fiction
So You Want to Write a Memoir? (4 spots left) | Compassionate Nonfiction: Writing About Parents

Novel
N/A

Poetry
Generative Poetry Seminar

Publishing & Promotion
How to Submit: Publishing Your Writing with Literary Magazines and Small Presses | Act Like A Writer, Think Like An Editor: Getting Your Manuscript Ready | Act Like A Writer, Think Like An Editor: The Road to Publication