Intermediate

These courses are best suited for writers with some experience in a relevant genre or form. If this course has a workshopping component, you should feel comfortable sharing and receiving feedback on your work, and offering feedback to fellow writers.

Upcoming Courses




June Courses

Putting It All Together: Completing Your First Poetry Manuscript

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June 25 | 8 Weeks | $545$465Save 15%!

How do you put together a poetry book? From choosing a theme to ordering your poems, you'll end this course with a ready-to-publish manuscript.

July Courses

Experiments in Poetry

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July 16 | 10 Weeks | $645

See poetry in a totally new light! Draw inspiration from the most radical, innovative, and imaginative poets in literary history, master their techniques, and write new exciting poems of your own.

August Courses

Sound, Form, and Image: An Intermediate Poetry Workshop

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August 20 | 8 Weeks | $545$465Early Bird: Save 15%! | NEW!

Write more powerful poetry though sound, form, and image. Explore poetic craft and creativity to write your most imaginative and moving work.

October Courses

Advanced Poetry Workshop

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October 8 | 6 weeks | $445$380Early Bird: Save 15%!

Make way for breakthroughs in your poetry. Write and revise original poems in this supportive and collaborative MFA-style poetry workshop.

Unscheduled Courses

These online writing classes don’t currently have a next session on our calendar, but will soon. If you see a course you’re interested in, use the “I’m Interested” button to let us know, and we’ll follow up with you when the course is on our calendar next.

Want to reach us or our instructors with questions about our online writing courses? Contact us at writers@writers.com, or visit the contact form.

A Poet’s Calling Card: Writing and Composing a Chapbook

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The poetry chapbook gives poets the chance to make a small, artful collection around a poetic obsession. Learn how to craft yours in this 8 week chapbook intensive.

Crafting Poems in Form: Rhyme, Meter, Fixed Forms, and More

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8 Weeks | $545 | NEW!

Working within the guidelines of a fixed poetic structure can make your poetry more creative, not less. Find freedom in form in this 8 week workshop. 

Deep Waters: The Prose Poem Advanced Workshop

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6 Weeks | $445

Course full. Contact us to join waitlist.

Take the plunge in this advanced prose poetry course, where you'll write and revise short, powerful works that look like prose but hit like poetry.

Poem Revision Intensive for Intermediate to Advanced Poets

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4 weeks | $345 | NEW!

Discover crucial craft techniques to refine and evaluate key aspects of your poetry, and develop final, submission-ready versions of a dozen poems.

Poetry Playhouse

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10 Weeks | $645 | NEW!

Journey through the rooms of your poetic life. Explore your callings as a poet, sharpen your craft, and write and receive feedback on up to 20 new poems.

Stringing the Beads: Craft Your Personal Essay

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Harness the freedom of the personal essay in this 4 week course, where we'll shape our ideas, thoughts, and obsessions into compelling nonfiction pieces. 

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The Poetic Memoir: Writing Mini Chapters of Poetry, Flash, or Prose Poems

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10 weeks | $755$645Save 15%!

Begin crafting a memoir in ten mini chapters of poetry, prose poetry, or flash. Shape vivid, lyrical narratives that shine with clarity and emotional depth. 

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