Winter–Spring 2023 Workshops
Just three weeks left of early registration for our winter–spring workshops! Register by February 12 to save $15. Or become a member and save $25 off registration at any time.
And just one week left to apply for a fellowship to enroll in a workshop for free or at reduced cost. Apply by January 29 (11:59 PM ET). We strongly encourage writers from historically underserved and marginalized communities to apply, including (but not limited to) writers of color, LGBTQ+ writers, writers with disabilities and women writers.
Check out three of the first workshops of the season led by Starr Davis, Vanessa Jimenez Gabb and Seth Leeper below. Or click here to browse all our winter–spring workshops.
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Writing Convictions
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Today, the body itself is an argued topic in which there is still no language. What the body often does with its convictions is a silent riot that finds justice in a poem. These poems become places where poets begin to curate a “language of the unheard” (MLK) to a larger audience. In this five-week online workshop, we’ll take a deeper dive into writing poems with convictions. We’ll focus on bold approaches to writing inner truths and beliefs. Read more.
Workshop Details
- Teacher: Starr Davis
- Dates: Feb 16–Mar 16
- Time: Thursdays, 6:30–9:30 PM (ET)
- Location: online via Zoom
- Cost: $395
- Class size: 5–10 students
- Registration deadline: Feb 12
- Earlybird discount: $15 off through Feb 12
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Poetry and the Future Self
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In this five-week online workshop at the start of the new year, we’ll meditate on the concept of Future Self, the version of yourself and your poems that you know you can be and that you want to write. In an atmosphere of self-trust and mutual respect, and through weekly exercises, prompts and workshopping, we’ll let go of limiting beliefs that no longer serve us and our poems and find new ways of feeling and writing so that we may become unstuck. Read more.
Workshop Details
- Teacher: Vanessa Jimenez Gabb
- Dates: Feb 15–Mar 15
- Time: Wednesdays, 6:30–9:30 PM (ET)
- Location: online via Zoom
- Cost: $395
- Class size: 5–10 students
- Registration deadline: Feb 12
- Earlybird discount: $15 off through Feb 12
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The Rules We Break
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Inside most poets is a petulant five year-old who bristles when told not to do something. This especially applies to poetry: when someone becomes too prescriptive about what it is or should be, or what it should or shouldn’t do. In this five-week online workshop, we’ll engage in the liberatory practice of pushing against rules: whether they be academic, social or personal. From leaning into writing about the moon to leaning into hearts, clichés and idioms, we’ll examine sample texts and look at how they conform to or buck established conventions. Read more.
Workshop Details
- Teacher: Seth Leeper
- Dates: Feb 15–Mar 15
- Time: Wednesdays, 6:30–9:30 PM (ET)
- Location: online via Zoom
- Cost: $395
- Class size: 5–10 students
- Registration deadline: Feb 12
- Earlybird discount: $15 off through Feb 12
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