Upcoming Events

  • Show Me Where On Earth You Are
    Mon, Oct 03
    Online Workshop
    Oct 03, 6:30 PM
    Online Workshop
    Taught by Aris Kian, this is an ecopoetics workshop exploring what Ocean Vuong describes as the “DNA of seeing.” How do we write our landscapes in a way that depicts the autobiography of the writer?
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  • Mapping the Maze–Charting Your Path to Publication
    Wed, Oct 05
    Online Workshop
    Oct 05, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Online Workshop
    This workshop is designed for writers new to the submission process who want to better understand which literary magazines to submit to, how the publication works, what editors are specifically looking for in writing.
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  • Breaking the Aubade
    Fri, Oct 07
    Online Workshop
    Oct 07, 6:30 PM
    Online Workshop
    This workshop is designed to consider different ways to approach an aubade or love poetry generally. What about friendship love poems or family love poems or self love poems? We will discuss a few examples of aubades, then take time to write our own.
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  • Trauma Writing Sans Vilification
    Sat, Oct 08
    Online Workshop
    Oct 08, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Online Workshop
    Taught by Miranda Ramirez, this workshop will focus on character driven fiction...so character building and fictionalizing a real life moment–get that cathartic sensation without the drama!!
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  • Abecedarian
    Tue, Oct 11
    Online Workshop
    Oct 11, 6:30 PM
    Online Workshop
    This workshop will consider how breaking a traditional form can make room for those often excluded from literary cannons. We will learn the form and discuss Choi’s “Hangul Abecedarian”s to create our own meaning through breaking the form.
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  • The Art of Blurring The Real and The Fantastic
    Thu, Oct 13
    Online Workshop
    Oct 13, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Online Workshop
    This workshop is designed to teach writers how to blend the Fantastical, Magic, and Paranormal elements into their works and discuss how this can be beneficial to your storytelling and overall messaging. We will take a look at the works of Carmen Machado, Karen Russell, Megan Milks, etc.
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  • Abstract Self Portrait
    Mon, Oct 17
    Online Workshop
    Oct 17, 6:30 PM
    Online Workshop
    This generative workshop will consider self portrait poems by Chen Chen, t a greathouse, etc. We will discuss these works and their approach to creating an image of the self through words. After, we will move through a few prompts to culminate in pieces of a portrait poem.
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  • The “Queer” in Queer Literature: Craft that Defies
    Thu, Oct 20
    Online Workshop
    Oct 20, 6:30 PM
    Online Workshop
    This workshop centers around queering characters, plot, subject, form, and dialogue. For this workshop and the viewer’s own usage, the word “queer” defines anything that goes against “normal” conventions and heteronormativity.
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  • X-Files: Monster of the Week
    Fri, Oct 21
    Online Workshop
    Oct 21, 6:30 PM
    Online Workshop
    This generative workshop will take inspiration from monster of the week style of episodic television. We will use cryptids for inspiration to have a ready-made setting and character. We will move through a few prompts to explore where a cryptid can take writing.
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  • Buffy Livin’ the Dream
    Mon, Oct 24
    Online Workshop
    Oct 24, 6:30 PM
    Online Workshop
    BtVS executes dreams in a fascinating way, including memorable nonsensical characters like The Cheese Man. In this workshop, we will move through a few short prompts to culminate in writing a longer dream sequence inspired poem.
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