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
May Courses
The Poetic Memoir: Writing Mini Chapters of Poetry, Flash, or Prose Poems
with Barbara Henning
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.
June Courses
Putting It All Together: Completing Your First Poetry Manuscript
with Caitlin Scarano
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
with Elizabeth Winder
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.
October Courses
Advanced Poetry Workshop
with Andrea Jurjević
Make way for breakthroughs in your poetry. Write and revise original poems in this supportive and collaborative MFA-style poetry workshop.
Unscheduled Courses
A Poet’s Calling Card: Writing and Composing a Chapbook
with Caitlin Scarano
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
with Jonathan J.G. McClure
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
with Anna Scotti
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
with Janée Baugher
Discover crucial craft techniques to refine and evaluate key aspects of your poetry, and develop final, submission-ready versions of a dozen poems.
Poetry II: Hone Your Voice for Emotional Impact
with Rosemary Tantra Bensko
Write more powerful poetry though sound, form, and image. Explore poetic craft and creativity to write your most imaginative and moving work.
Poetry Playhouse
with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
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
with Joanna Penn Cooper
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.
