June 04, 2026

Christina Clancy - How to Optimize Feedback You Give and Receive

May 28, 2026

Michael Zapata - Revision for Artistic Vision and Publication

May 21, 2026

JP Solheim - Chicago: Writing Setting

May 14, 2026

Goldie Goldbloom - Sforzando ~ Suddenly Very Loud: The Role of Dynamics in Writing

May 07, 2026

John McCarthy - Crafting the Perfect Literary Submission

April 30, 2026

Steve Trumpeter - The “Final” Draft: Getting Your Stories Ready for Submission

April 23, 2026

Rebecca Makkai - I Can't Remember How to do This: Writing Memory in Fiction and Non-Fiction

April 16, 2026

Kathleen Rooney - The Fantastic Mongrel: Getting Started on Prose Poetry

April 09, 2026

Peter Orner - Animating Place: Ground your Story (Somewhere, Anywhere) Without Overdoing It

March 26, 2026

Abby Geni - Heighten the Tension

March 19, 2026

Vu Tran - A Taxonomy of Desire

March 12, 2026

Small Press Panel: What Makes a Successful Submission

March 05, 2026

Sue Brown Moore - The Root Fear Factor: Make Your Characters' Deepest Fears Resonate with Readers

February 26, 2026

Jeannie Vanasco - To Tell the Truth in Memoir, Study Poetry

February 19, 2026

Sarah Stone - The Art of the Secret: Puzzle Boxes and Narrative Engines

February 12, 2026

Mary Kay Zuravleff - Make 'Em Laugh

February 05, 2026

Michelle Hoover - Interiority: It's All the Rage

January 29, 2026

Tim Bascom - Expand Your Essay Horizons: An Introduction to Multiple Forms

January 22, 2026

Robert Anthony Siegel - Setting: A Multigenre Craft Talk

January 15, 2026

Dean Bakopoulos - The Art of Adaptation: Expanding the Story, Sharpening the Stakes

January 08, 2026

Joseph Scapellato - I’m Finished! Revising Your Work for Literary Magazine Submission

December 18, 2025

Steve Almond - Crushing It: Why Desire Placed in Doubt = Story

December 11, 2025

Juan Martinez - That Got Weird: Why You Need Horror and the Fantastical in Your Writing

December 04, 2025

Sarah Kokernot - Character-Driven Plots

November 20, 2025

Mary Ruth Clarke & Tonya Coats - The Crisis Decision: A Scene Competition + Get Your Work on the Radar

November 13, 2025

Cyn Vargas - Literary LEGOs: Constructing the Dynamic Story

November 06, 2025

Julia Borcherts - De-Mystifying Book Publicity

October 30, 2025

Diana Goetsch - 'Emotional Truth' in Multiple Genres

October 23, 2025

Eric Rampson - The Literary Improv Jam

October 16, 2025

Faylita Hicks - Spirit-Led Writing: Ritual, Ritualization & the Creative Process

October 09, 2025

Lindsay Hunter - Payoff: Or, What's In It for the Readers?

September 25, 2025

Fred Shafer - The Lessons of Miniature Stories (Session 3)

September 18, 2025

Fred Shafer - The Lessons of Miniature Stories (Session 2)

September 11, 2025

Fred Shafer - The Lessons of Miniature Stories (Session 1)