Join us at Hex & Hop Brewing in Bloomingdale for an opportunity for queer readers and writers to read, write, and connect! Slumber Party Edition! Come in comfy clothes or pjs, bring blankets, and get cozy! Participate on your own level. When people arrive, they’ll get to choose from three different stickers:GREEN: I’m here mostly … Continue reading Queer Lit Night

Young white men in rural areas are coming of age at the intersection of three major forces: a rapidly warming planet and changing social, economic and political landscapes that unsettle traditional models of masculinity. Join us for a lively conversation with three experts as they draw from ongoing comparative social science and artistic research projects … Continue reading Are The Boys OK? Growing Up White, Rural and Male in a Changing World

**REGISTER BY SUNDAY, JAN 11, 2026!** Beloved. Holden Caulfield. Tom Sawyer. Most of us recognize these character’s names even if we haven’t read the corresponding novels in which they appear. What makes certain characters memorable and others forgettable? Why do we remember certain characters long after we put down a book? Why do we miss certain characters, as though they … Continue reading Crafting Memorable Characters – 5 week online course

Get ready for the biggest storytelling showdown of the year! We are so excited to announce the Season 9 Howl Grand Slam: Sat, Jan 24, 2026! This year’s Grand Slam will take place in the Gulick Theatre at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. The theme is "A for Effort" - stories of best laid … Continue reading The Season 9 Howl Grand Slam

Though the formal constraints of poems, stories, and essays might be different, one could argue that the access points are not. You open the door to something remembered, something imagined, or something reimagined, and you begin to build the room on the other side. What shape does it take? What shape will you allow it … Continue reading Rewriting Your Life: A 5-week Online Multi-Genre Workshop

Registration opens Monday, January 5, 2026. Join ACW for an 8-week creative writing workshop for adults ages 55+, led by Elaine Handley. Legacy writing encompasses what we wish for our loved ones to know about us and how we have navigated our lives. Legacy writing preserves our values, stories, opinions, history, and experiences through a … Continue reading 8-week Online Legacy Writing Workshop

Have you ever wanted to journey down the road to find your voice, craft your personal storytelling, or write creative fiction? In this two-part workshop led by Carla Stockton, we will examine the distinctions between truth writing – such as journalism, history, and biography – and creative nonfiction – such as memoir – and explore … Continue reading Creative Truth and Absolute Fiction: An Online Two-Part Workshop in Nonfiction/Memoir and Fiction Writing

The body is a vessel, a home that gives us permission and access to navigating life. So too, the body can also be a site of challenge, or grief, or a space that holds stories and experiences that can block us both as people, and as writers. In this class, we will simultaneously explore the … Continue reading The Language of the Body: Writing As a Pathway for Healing (5-wk Online Class)

This February, Graywolf Press will release Swirl & Vortex, the collected poetry of Larry Levis, offering a unique opportunity to be in the company of the voice of a poet whose work offered a kind of music to the sometimes lonely and often beautiful depth inside of us that we have come to call a … Continue reading A Line As Long As the Heart Is Wide: Reading and Writing with the Poetry of Larry Levis

Have you been wanting to submit your writing for publication but you're just not sure where to start? Or maybe you've submitted before and want a push to keep on going? Join widely published poet Shira Dentz for a crash course in submitting. During this three hour seminar, you'll learn the basics about how to … Continue reading Submitting Seminar: How and Where to Publish Your Writing