Upcoming Workshops and Classes
Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop One-Day & Multi-Week Workshops and Classes
February through June
PVWW is out with a bounty of workshops to take you through spring. Workshops include topics such as “Generative & Community Building,” “8-Week Short Fiction Intensive,” “Writing Prose Poems that Sing,” “Hybrid Forms,” and many others.
Location: PVWW, Williamsburg, Massachusetts | Cost: $60+ | Details
Creative Writing Workshop with Stacey Goren
Mondays, March 2 to March 23, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Stacey Goren, a second year Goddard MFA-W student, will share learning about craft elements such as: set up, characterization, dialogue, and scene writing. Discussion, examples, prompts, and varying short periods of silence will be offered. The goal is to foster a supportive environment for experimentation with these different aspects of craft.
Location: Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, Vermont | Cost: Free | Details
Just Move the Pen Workshop with Joni B. Cole
March 3, 6:30 to 8:00 pm
This everyone-is-welcome writing workshop is all about unleashing your creativity and tapping into your stories (real or imagined) without judgment or second guessing. You will be invited to write from a prompt and share aloud what you wrote for appreciation. Absolutely no writing experience is required, but if you are an aspiring author this workshop offers plenty of narrative techniques and tips to help you write more, write better, and be happier every draft of the way. Please bring a ready pen (or laptop) and an open mind.
Location: Howe Library, Hanover, New Hampshire | Cost: free | Details
Book Length Fiction Workshop with Dick Matheson
March 4, 6:30 to 8:30 pm (ongoing)
Have you been hungering for helpful feedback about a novella (20K words and up) or novel (of any genre) that you have begun writing, have completed, or are on the nth revision of? Welcome to our Book Length Fiction Workshop! Because we're looking at longer works, we may form a somewhat close-knit group of ongoing participants while always welcoming new writers joining us.
Location: Burlington Writers Workshop, Burlington, Vermont | Cost: free | Details
Poetry Workshop with Elisabeth Blair
March 5, 6:30 to 8:30 pm (ongoing)
This ongoing workshop begins with group workshopping three poems, continues with a themed discussion (this meeting’s theme is one-sentence poems), and ends by sharing poems inspired by the previous workshop.
Location: Burlington Writers Workshop, Burlington, Vermont | Cost: free | Details
Poetry Workshop with Deborah Brown
March 8, 2:00 to 3:00 pm
Join former UNH English professor Deborah Brown for a monthly poetry workshop. Bring a poem you like. For the novice to the published, 9 to 99 years.
Location: MainStreet BookEnds, Warner, New Hampshire | Cost: free | Details
Spring Poetry Studio with Kate Gibbel
March 10 to April 7
In this workshop series for poets of all experiences we’ll experiment with new poetic forms and techniques. Over the course of five weeks we will strengthen our work and take risks in our writing. Through a combination of in-class writing exercises, workshops, and discussion of outside poems, we will develop reading and writing practices that will make us more attentive, generative, and generous poets.
Location: Artistree, South Pomfret, Vermont | Cost: $100 | Details
Creative Nonfiction Workshop with Linda Ayer
March 11, 6:00 to 8:00 pm (ongoing)
Join us for a discussion of creative nonfiction submitted by BWW members. We’ll focus on specific elements of the craft and give honest responses to the work. In this workshop, you may submit essays, lyric essays, poetry, or journalism. All skill levels are welcome. Respect for each other is a must.
Location: Burlington Writers Workshop, Burlington, Vermont | Cost: free | Details
Prompt and Pinot with Joni B. Cole
March 13, 6:30 to 8:00 pm
We’ll use the time-tested device of a writing prompt to help you tap into your story ideas, play around on the page, and share your unique voice. You’ll also pick up some writing tips along the way. Open to anyone who wants to imbibe in the creative process.
Location: Still North Books & Bar, Hanover, New Hampshire | Cost: free but donations welcome | Details
Poetry as a Bridge to Japan Workshop Series
March 14 through December 5
Please join us as we seek to build community with our sister city of Nichinan, Japan, all year long. There will be ways for everyone, non-poets and poets of all levels and ages, to be involved in this project. The Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program will offer three “Come Create!” workshops at the Portsmouth Public Library, where several instructors will guide us in experimenting with several traditional Japanese poetry forms and one visual art form. Attend one or all. At the end of the year we will celebrate with a broadside contest and art show/reception.
Location: Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Cost: free | Details
Having Fun with Edits Workshop with Ana E. Ross
March 14, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Perhaps you’ve written the best story ever, and now you’re ready for the next step: Editing! It’s the most critical undertaking on the path to publication. In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of editing your own work. Prior to the workshop, submit a maximum of five pages of your manuscript to Ana. Come, with pen and pencil in hand, and ready to have fun editing your own manuscript.
Location: The Ford House, SNHU, Manchester, New Hampshire | Cost: $65 to$85 | Details
Scrivener: Using Research Effectively Webinar with Alison Murphy
March 18, 7:00 to 8:00 pm
In this webinar, we’ll learn how to keep track of all of your research materials using Scrivener’s research section. We’ll learn how to import, categorize, and organize your research so that you can find them when you need them. We’ll also talk about how tools like bookmarks, keywords, and metadata can help you connect that research to the parts of your manuscript where you most need them. This class is appropriate for writers of all genres.
Location: Online webinar | Cost: $20 to $30 | Details
Walking with Mary Oliver Community Conversation and Workshop
March 19 and 21, 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Through reflective conversation, book-making, and writing inspired by Oliver’s art, participants will explore timeless questions about our relationship to nature and our responsibility for the environment.
Location: Rindge Meeting House, Rindge, New Hampshire | Cost: free | Details
Diversity in Writing Workshop with Loretta L. C. Brady
March 21, 1:30 to 4:30 pm
The New Hampshire Writers’ Project and Loretta L.C. Brady, PhD, a clinical psychologist, writer, and Professor of psychology at Saint Anselm College, present a workshop on diversity in writing.
Location: The Ford House, SNHU, Manchester, New Hampshire | Cost: $65 to $85 | Details
Montpelier Meeting of the Burlington Writers Workshop
March 26, 6:15 to 8:15 pm (ongoing)
Writers of all genres and skill levels are welcome to join us for this regular Montpelier meeting of BWW. We'll discuss the writing of two authors who have arranged to submit work in advance. All skill levels are welcome. Respect for each other is a must
Location: Montpelier Senior Activity Center, Montpelier, Vermont | Cost: free | Details
PoemCity Montpelier Workshops
April 4 to 22
This annual celebration of poetry in Montpelier, Vermont, is offering several poetry workshops by noted poets, including Richard Blanco, Sydney Lea, Geof Hewitte, Toussaint St. Negritude, Gahlord Dewald, Rebecca Jamieson, Losi Eby, Gody Gladding, and Martha Zweig.
Location: various locations in Montpelier, Vermont | Details
WriterSpace Weekend Workshop
April 3 to 5
Bring a work in progress or start your new major work! WriterSpace Workshop will provide writing prompts, skill challenges, and a room full of supportive colleagues for friendly feedback. Join Sparrow F. Alden for Friday evening creativity challenges, Saturday swathes of prompted writing, and Sunday revision and refinement.
Location: River Valley Community College, Lebanon, New Hampshire | Cost: $300 | Details
Storytelling for Community-Based Projects with the Vermont Folklife Center and Trish Denton
April 4, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Storytelling for Community-Based Projects combines discussion of the theories and methods that inform community-wide research with practical, hands-on training in interviewing and storytelling techniques, while also encouraging attendees to consider the challenges, possibilities and ethics of representation. A showcase of projects by both youth and adults will provide a foundation on which to build these ideas.
Location: Generator, Burlington, Vermont. | Cost: $95 ($55 students) | Details
Writing Memoir: The Art and Craft of Remembering via Creative Nonfiction with Elayne Clift
April 18, 10:30 am to 1:00 pm
In this writing workshop we will draw upon sensory memory to coax the writer in all of us out of hiding, recognizing that memory can be a writer’s best friend. Through prompts, readings, and constructive feedback in a safe environment, participants will sharpen their creative expression and explore the forces that have shaped each of us. Pre-registration required. Space is limited.
Location: The Writer’s Center, White River Junction, Vermont | Cost: $35 | Details
Storytelling for Social Change with the Vermont Folklife Center, Kathleen Haughey, and Trish Denton
May 16, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
This workshop is intended for anyone interested in developing collaborative documentary or storytelling skills, including students, community members, and staff members of organizations doing cultural, community and social-service work. In addition to developing attendees’ collaborative research abilities, the workshop seeks to expand participants’ listening skills—and by extension, interviewing skills—while also encouraging attendees to consider the challenges, possibilities, and ethics of representation. The workshop will conclude with a discussion of participants’ project ideas.
Location: Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, Vermont | Cost: $95 ($55 for students) | Details
Center for Cartoon Studies 2020 Summer Workshops
June 15 through August 14
Once again, the CCS is offering a full slate of workshops for cartoonists and writers this summer, including “Graphic Memoirs” with Melanie Gillman; “Creating Graphic Novels for the Young Adult Market,” with Jo Knowles and Glynnis Fawkes; “Graphic Novel Workshop,” with Paul Karasik; and “Playing Comics,” with this year’s Vermont Book Award winner, Jason Lutes.
Location: CCS, White River Junction, Vermont | $600+ | Details