How to write and read poems with generosity with Devin Gael Kelly (5-week online class) A poem is an offering. In this five-week class, poet and critic Devin Kelly will introduce students to a language of generosity for modern poetry. Instead of talking prescriptively about a poem's quality ("good" or "bad"), students will take an expansive … Continue reading You Do Not Have to Be Good
How Hometowns Inspire Essays with Athena Dixon (5-week online class) Students will use a variety of creative writing methods and techniques to explore the memories, perceptions, and experiences of their own hometown. By stepping off the path and developing parallel roads in these spaces, students will find new vessels in which to hold the stories they … Continue reading All Roads Lead Home
How and Where to Publish Your Writing with Shira Dentz (online class) 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 submit work to literary magazines, best practices for making sure your work is considered, and suggestions for magazines, journals, and … Continue reading Submitting Seminar
Taught in two 90-minute classes with Marion Roach Smith, this interactive event will give you the tools to get writing immediately. This is for those who want to learn the basics, ask some questions, and get right to work, perhaps then moving on to one of Marion's other classes that feature in-depth critiques and peer review. In … Continue reading Memoirama: Everything You Need To Write Memoir (2-part online class)
Whether you've taken this workshop before or not, you will find something new to learn and write about! What I Want You to Know: A Legacy Writing Workshopwith poet Marilyn … Continue reading 8-week Legacy Writing Workshop
Join us at ACW for an open mic featuring Betsy Lynch. Betsy will read from her debut book of poems, Ground Effect After Spin Recovery. "If you think that you … Continue reading Open Mic featuring poet Betsy Lynch
**CLASS FULL** 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 … Continue reading Crafting Memorable Characters – 5 week online course
**CLASS FULL** 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, … Continue reading Rewriting Your Life: A 5-week Online Multi-Genre Workshop
**CLASS FULL** 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 … 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 … Continue reading Creative Truth and Absolute Fiction: An Online Two-Part Workshop in Nonfiction/Memoir and Fiction Writing
** CLASS IS FULL ** 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 … 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 … Continue reading A Line As Long As the Heart Is Wide: Reading and Writing with the Poetry of Larry Levis
