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Fast Drafting for TV and Film: Intensive

Mondays & Tuesdays & Wednesdays & Thursdays & Fridays
June 22, 2026 - June 26, 2026
9:00 am EDT - 11:00 am EDT
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Alana Sanko
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In-Person

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Enter the Flow: Freewriting to Prompts Intensive

June 8, 2026 - June 11, 2026
9:30 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT
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Liz Matthews
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Submission Intensive

August 10, 2026 - August 14, 2026
9:30 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT
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Amanda Parrish Morgan
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Online

Short Story: From Start to Submission Intensive

Tuesdays & Wednesdays & Thursdays & Fridays & Mondays
June 15, 2026 - June 19, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
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Samantha Keller
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In-Person

Int/Adv Fiction

Mondays
June 22, 2026 - July 27, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT
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Jessie McEntee
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Online

Workshop in Poetry

Mondays
July 6, 2026 - July 27, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
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Christine Pakkala
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Online or In-Person (Hybrid)

Short Story: From Start to Submission August Intensive

August 3, 2026 - August 7, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
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Samantha Keller
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The Messy Middle: Five Days, Five Common Problems (& How to Fix Them)

August 24, 2026 - August 28, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT
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Julie Sarkissian
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Lightning Editorial Intensive

August 17, 2026 - August 21, 2026
12:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT
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Jessie McEntee
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Fire Up Your Novel: Fiction Intensive

June 8, 2026 - June 12, 2026
1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT
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Elise Chidley
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In-Person

Fiction Writing for Beginners

Mondays
June 22, 2026 - July 27, 2026
1:30 pm EDT - 3:30 pm EDT
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Chris Belden
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Anatomy of a Novel: Intensive

June 15, 2026 - June 19, 2026
2:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDT
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Elise Chidley
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Online

Just Write At Night

Mondays
June 22, 2026 - July 27, 2026
6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT
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Liz Matthews
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Online

Writing Heart and Soul in Your Memoir

Mondays
July 6, 2026 - July 27, 2026
6:30 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT
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Christine Pakkala
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Online or In-Person (Hybrid)

Self-Publishing Boot Camp

August 18, 2026 - August 20, 2026
9:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
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Libby Waterford
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Writing Historical Fiction That Matters Today – MS

Tuesdays
June 30, 2026 - July 21, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
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Barbara Josselsohn
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Online

Tell Your Story – Tuesdays

Tuesdays
June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
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Rahla Xenopoulos
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In-Person

Five Essays in Five Weeks

Tuesdays
June 23, 2026 - July 21, 2026
10:30 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT
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Amanda Parrish Morgan
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Just Write

Tuesdays
June 23, 2026 - July 21, 2026
1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT
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Amanda Parrish Morgan
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Begin Your Book

Tuesdays
June 23, 2026 - July 28, 2026
6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT
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Michael Belanger
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Spring Social: Storytelling in the Barn

Tuesdays
April 28, 2026 - May 1, 2026
6:30 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT
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Westport Writers' Workshop
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From Family to the Page

Wednesdays
June 24, 2026 - July 22, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
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Barbara Josselsohn
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Adventures in Memoir

Wednesdays
July 1, 2026 - July 22, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
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Julie Sarkissian
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Tell Your Story – Wednesdays

Wednesdays
July 1, 2026 - August 5, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
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Rahla Xenopoulos
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Upper-Level Memoir – MS

Wednesdays
June 24, 2026 - July 22, 2026
10:30 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT
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Amanda Parrish Morgan
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Crime Fiction Advanced Workshop

Wednesdays
July 15, 2026 - August 5, 2026
1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT
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Elise Hart Kipness
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Upper-Level Genre Fiction

Wednesdays
August 5, 2026 - August 26, 2026
6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT
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Libby Waterford
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Advanced Fiction Wednesdays – MS

Wednesdays
June 24, 2026 - July 29, 2026
6:30 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT
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Chris Belden
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Fiction Writing 101

Thursdays
June 25, 2026 - July 30, 2026
10:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
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Madelin Parsley
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Online

Writing Books for Kids

Thursdays
July 9, 2026 - July 30, 2026
12:30 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT
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Christine Pakkala
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