"Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life." — Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter
Having a hard time keeping up with your writing "homework" during the lazy, hazy days of summer? Luckily there are tons of great summer workshops and classes to help you out.
Today we're bringing you classes and workshops from 50 writing organizations all over the world and online. You’ll find when classes are being offered, workshops highlights, locations, and price ranges.
To help you navigate, this post is broken down by region:
Don't see your organization or classes below? Let us know at <a href=mailto:"team@wet.ink">team@wet.ink.
ONLINE
The Brainery
Are you into speculative fiction? Look no further -- Neil Gaiman says the Brainery is terrific! The Brainery's speculative fiction summer classes are planned but not yet announced. Sign up at their site to stay informed.
When: To be announced
Where: Online
How much: $500
Corporeal Writing
This summer Corporeal Writing is offering Metamorphosis: Theory & Practice, which includes six video lectures from bestselling author Lidia Yuknavitch with prompts and feedback.
When: 7/10-8/21
Where: Online
How much: $675
Creative Writing Ink
Creative Writing Ink's summer offerings include workshops on the memoir, poetry, and for writers at the intermediate level.
When: Starts 6/29, 6 weeks
Where: Online
How much: £120
How to Write Better
Best-selling author Joshua Fields Millburn's summer webinar teaches clear and concise writing, “whether you’re interested in creating more powerful business emails, improving your blogging skills, composing beautiful prose, or writing your first book.”
When: 6/26
Where: Online
How much: $25
Lit Reactor
Lit Reactor's workshop highlights include honing grammar, character development, timelines, and plotlines. Genres include fiction, flash fiction, novel, YA, and memoir.
When: 6/20-8/30
Where: Online
How much: $79 to over $300 depending on class length
Minal Hajratwala
This writer, coach, and consultant has two online, ongoing offerings.
These self-paced, 21 lessons will teach students "how to write kick-ass language" to get work funded, published, and "all loved up."
When: Ongoing
Where: Online
How much: $66 for class only; $166 for class and private strategy session
Thirty-one days of "inspiration, direct to your inbox." Subscribers get "inspiring written, visual, and audio prompts," creativity exercises, and tools for engaging the "mind/body/soul" in writing.
When: Ongoing
Where: Online
How much: $129
One Story
Don't miss One Story's Become Your Own Best Editor: Learning from “The Remains,” in which students will learn about the three different types of editing: content editing, line editing, and copyediting.
When: 6/22-6/28
Where: Online
How much: $60; $50 for previous students
Sarah Selecky
Sarah Selecky, the author of This Cake Is for the Party, a collection of short stories, will be teaching The Story Intensive, which includes deadlines, instruction, a community, support, and feedback. The focus is on developing a “transformative writing practice, improving your writing, and generating new short stories.”
When: 8/29-12/16
Where: Online
How much: $1200 or $1400 for regular or late registration
Writers.com
Workshop topics include autobiography, memoir, writing for magazines, food writing, blogging, pitching, fiction, poetry, novel, and writing for beginners.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Online
How much: $175 for 4 weeks; $215 for 5 weeks; $315 for 8 weeks, $360 for 10 weeks
More Online Classes
The organizations below offer online classes in addition to their in-person classes. Click on any of them to learn more:
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NORTHEAST
Brooklyn Poets
Brooklyn Poets is offering workshops in two levels, Level I: Foundational Forms and Level II: Contemporary Practice.
When: 6/12-7/24
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $295 for 6 sessions
Catapult Story
Catapult Story's summer classes cover fiction and nonfiction, as well as revision, self-publishing, and how to be freelance writer.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Online; New York, NY
How much: $99 for one day; $495 for 6 sessions
Fine Arts Work Center
The Fine Arts Work Center's Summer Workshops 2016 program includes classes in the visual arts, fiction, poetry, and memoir.
When: 6/12-8/26
Where: Provincetown, MA
How much: $600-$725 for 15 to 20-hour workshops
Gotham Writers
The classes at Gotham Writers include article writing, blogging, business writing, children's book writing, creative nonfiction, fiction, food writing, how to get published, humor writing, mystery, poetry, playwriting, and much more.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Online and New York, NY
How much: $125 for one day or 3 week online intensive; $299-315 6 weeks; $165 2-4 week intensive; $399-$425 10 weeks
GrubStreet
GrubStreet's robust summer curriculum explores fiction, nonfiction, journalistic skills, novel, memoir, screenwriting, YA/middle grade, and poetry.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Online; Boston, MA
How much: $55-$130 for one day; $315-$330 for 6 weeks; $525-$550 for 10 weeks; $690-720 for 12 weeks
Hudson Valley Writers Center
Workshops this summer cover the essay, poetry, fiction, and memoir.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Sleepy Hollow, NY
How much: $200 to $400 depending on class length
New School Writing
New School Writing offers classes on literature, screenwriting, nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and much more.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: New York, NY
How much: $650 for 2 months; $760 for 2.5 months
No, You Tell It!
Participants in this “switched-up” storytelling series not only write their own stories, they perform them with a partner.
When: Ongoing
Where: New York City area
How much: $500 for one day (6 hours) or a mini-workshop (2 4-hour sessions); $1000 for multi-week (4 2-hour sessions) or one 3-hour session and 2 6-hour sessions
Poetry Barn
Poetry Barn's summer workshops cover food and poetry, magical realist poetry, using personal experiences, narrative poetry, book binding, and acrostic poetry open to kids.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Online; West Hurley, NY
How much: $30-$35 for one day; $150 for 4 weeks online; $175 for 4 weeks live
Sackett Street Writers
Brooklyn-based Sackett Street Writers is offering live and online classes this summer.
Topics include book proposals, fiction, creative nonfiction, and publishing.
When: June and July
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $75 for one day; $525 for 8 sessions; $350-450 for 6 sessions
Genres include the novel, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
When: July
Where: Online
How much: $525-$1125 for 10 weeks
The Writer's Center
In the Women's Writing Circle students will write from prompts and share their work.
When: 6/29-6/30
Where: White River Junction, VT
How much: $100
SOUTHEAST
The Muse Writers Center
These summer workshops cover a wide range of topics, including general creative writing, conquering writer's block, journaling, flash fiction, novel writing, screenwriting, graphic novel/comic books, memoir, pitching magazine articles, copyediting, creating a web presence, and finding an agent.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Norfolk, VA
How much: $170 for 4 sessions; $200 for 6 sessions; $230 for 8 sessions. Discounts available for returning students.
Southeastern Writers Workshop
This summer the Southeastern Writers Workshop is offering fiction and nonfiction classes, which include three free manuscript evaluations with one-on-one feedback from faculty, access to an agent and a publisher, and contests with cash prizes.
When: 6/17-6/21
Where: St. Simons Island, GA
How much: $495
West Virginia Writers' Workshop
Through the West Virginia Writers' Workshop you can find classes in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Also available are one-on-one meetings with the workshop leader, a welcome luncheon, and full access to panels, craft classes, and readings.
When: 7/21-7/24
Where: Morgantown, WV
How much: $350
The Writer's Center
Summer workshop topics include film and TV writing, yoga and writing, conflict, short stories, memoir, Young Adult and Middle Grade, and poetry.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Online; Maryland
How much: $50-$500 for one day to 8 weeks
SOUTH
The Porch Writers' Collective
This summer the Porch Writers’ Collective is offering Writing Badly: A Poetry Workshop.
When: 6/18
Where: Nashville, TN
How much: $46 for members, $51 for non-members
MIDWEST
Chicago Story Studio
Workshop topics include business writing, novel, essay, getting started, memoir, mystery, romance, interview, and submission bootcamp.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Online; Chicago, IL
How much: $45-$50 for one day; $325 for 6 weeks; $415 for 8 sessions; $1295 for a year.
Interlochen Arts
Workshop topics include mystery writing, contracts and copyright for artists, blogging for artists and writers, and more.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Interlochen, MI
How much: $45 to $195 depending on class length
The Loft Literary Center
Come to the Loft this summer to learn about writing fiction, memoir, and poetry.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Online; Minneapolis, MN
How much: $280-$390 for 2 months. Member discounts available.
Veterans Writing
The Veterans Writing Project is offering a follow up to their April workshop at the Saint Louis Public Library.
When: July 23
Where: St. Louis, MO
How much: FREE
SOUTHWEST
Gemini Ink
Summer workshops cover the novel, the essay, and the memoir.
When: June and July
Where: San Antonio, TX
How much: $60 to $95
Writespace
Writespace's summer workshop topics include editing, fiction, memoir, novel writing, screenwriting, and honing your skills in sharp dialogue, point of view, and setting.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Houston, TX
How much: $30-$100 for one day; $175-$215 for 4 sessions
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Attic Institute
At the Attic Institute writers can access summer workshops on poetry, Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction, and creative nonfiction.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Portland, OR
How much: $95-$200+ for 5 weeks depending on class
Hugo House
Get out of the Seattle rain and into Hugo House's workshops on publishing, poetry, short story, memoir, children's writing, the Modern Love essay, book proposals, and graphic novels.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Seattle, WA
How much: $75 for one day; $200 for 2 days; $200-$380 for 4-10 week courses. Member discounts available.
PDX Writers
PDX Writers is offering two workshops this summer.
Students will study the elements of a story, write to prompts, and use butcher paper to map stories. They should also come prepared with an idea for a character or plot, or a few complete pages.
When: 7/5-726 (4 Tuesdays)
Where: Portland, OR
How much: $150
Focuses on perfecting the first 10 pages of a work.
When: 8/10-8/24 (3 Wednesdays)
Where: Portland, OR
How much: $125
WEST
1888 Center
In the 1888 Center's Summer Writing Project, authors can "craft their novellas one chapter at a time with immediate quantitative and qualitative feedback from their readers.”
When: 7/1-7/30. Submissions are due 6/30.
Where: Orange, CA
How much: FREE
The Grotto
The Grotto is offering workshops on fiction, editing, medical and science writing, memoir, pitching and proposals, reporting, interviewing, poetry, and freelancing.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: San Francisco, CA
How much: $88-$125 for one session; $275-$495 for 5 or 6 weeks
Idyllwild Arts Summer Program
Writers Week gives writers of all levels a week-long, fully immersive opportunity to deepen their understanding of story and language. Genres include fiction, poetry, personal essay, and memoir.
When: 7/11-7/15
Where: Idyllwild, CA
How much: $755
LA Writers' Lab
The LA Writers’ Lab provides workshops on screenwriting and readying work for publication.
Genres include fiction, screenwriting, playwriting, and memoir.
When: June and July
Where: Via phone
How much: $445-$925 for 3 months
Covers screenwriting and rewriting.
When: Ongoing
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $300 per month; $975 for 12 weeks
San Diego Writers Ink
San Diego Writers Ink is offering one-day and multiple session classes and workshops in genres including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screen and playwriting. For writers of all levels.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: San Diego County, CA
How much: $45-$60 for one day; $90-$108 2 days; $159 for 6 weeks; $150-180 for 5 weeks
SF Creative Writing Institute
The San Francisco Creative Writing Institute's summer offering is Poetry Workshop: Find Inspiration, Play, Experiment, Craft.
When: 7/7-8/11
Where: San Francisco, CA
How much: $325 for 5 weeks
Script Academy
At the Script Academy students can learn about writing TV pilots, comedies, and dramas.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Online; Los Angeles, CA
How much: $350 for 5 weeks; $595 for 5 weeks with feedback
StoryCenter
StoryCenter's summer classes are on digital storytelling in general and as applied to public health.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Mostly online but a few live classes in Berkeley, CA
How much: Free to $75 per session to $995 for 4 to 5 days
Writing Workshops LA
Los Angelean writers can hone their writing skills in genres including memoir, short story, poetry, and the novel.
When: July and August
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $120-$130 for one day; $150-$170 for 2 days; $350-390 for 8 weeks. Prices lower for returning students.
Writing Pad
Get writing at the Writing Pad with its online and in-person classes in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Topics include radio storytelling, personal essay, screenwriting, novel, blogging, TV writing, science fiction, and publishing.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $90 for one-day; $295 to $495 for 4 to 7 weeks
Topics include fiction, personal essay, and radio storytelling.
When: June and July
Where: San Francisco, CA
How much: $395-$425 for 4 or 5 weeks
UNITED KINGDOM
Arvon Foundation
Across the pond you’ll find the Arvon Foundation and its five-day classes, which are taught at “three beautiful rural writers’ houses.” Topics include the novel, graphic novel, poetry, playwriting, romance, nonfiction, nature writing, screenwriting, children's, and memoir.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: London area
How much: About £750 for 5-day course
Guardian Masterclasses
Guardian Masterclasses offer a “broad range of short and long courses," including the novel, children's writing, one-on-one mentoring, getting your book published, and the science of storytelling.
When: June and July
Where: London
How much: £249 for one day; £449 for 2 days; £599 for 6 sessions; £975-£2750 for different levels of mentoring
Nottingham Writers' Studio
At the the Nottingham Writers’ Studio this summer, students can attend When the Words Won’t Come, which includes advice and exercises to build confidence and develop individual voice.
When: 6/25
Where: Nottingham, UK
How much: £15 for members; £25 for non-members
OTHER
826 Chapters
This national network founded by author Dave Eggers and award-winning educator Nínive Calegari offers youth-centered creative writing workshops, tutoring centers, and other programs in seven cities. Two of those cities, Los Angeles and New York, have some summer offerings.
Kids of various ages can take workshops on journalism and the intersection between computer programming and creative writing. They can also hone their reading skills.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: FREE
Workshops on documentary filmmaking, podcasting, NYC plants and writing are available to youth from ages 10 to 18.
When: July and August
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: FREE but workshops participants are selected by lottery. $25 refundable deposit required to hold spots.
Bangalore Writers Workshop
This summer the Bangalore Writers Workshop is offering its “classic” course on sharpening writing skills.
When: 6/18-7/31
Where: Bangalore, India
How much: $187 for 8 weeks
Faber Academy
Course topics include fiction, the novel, the short story, poetry, and writing for beginners.
When: Throughout the summer
Where: Online, London, Australia
How much: £90 for one week
Writers Studio
The Writers Studio offers fiction and poetry workshops taught at different levels, from beginning to advanced.
When: June and July
Where: Online, New York, Tucson, San Francisco, Amsterdam
How much: $345-$490 for 2+ hour sessions, depending on location
Again, if you'd like us to include you in this listing, just drop us a note at <a href=mailto:"team@wet.ink">team@wet.ink. Happy summer schooling!