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celebrating Black women writers

The Black Woman Writer’s Toolbox | 1-Day Online Fiction Seminar
Writing Black is different. In this course, discover your power on the page. Looking at different aspects of what makes up a story, we will explore how to create characters that live and breathe, produce a setting that tastes like grandma’s cooking, and mold words toward the sounds we want them to make on the page.
The Black Woman Writer’s Toolbox | 1-Day Online Fiction Seminar
The Black Woman Writer’s Toolbox | 1-Day Online Fiction Seminar $99.00

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Muli Amaye Saturday, Jan. 22
12p-3p ET
9a-12p PT
11a-2p CT
1 class session
Why Should I Keep Writing? | 1-Day Online Writing Seminar
A class for the published writer that suffers from writer's block. Explore reasons to keep writing, selling your work, dealing with writer's block, writing "The Great American Novel", words of advice, and encouragement.
Why Should I Keep Writing? | 1-Day Online Writing Seminar
Why Should I Keep Writing? | 1-Day Online Writing Seminar $79.00

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Tracy Cross Sunday, Jan. 23
10a-12p ET
7a-9a PT
9a-11a CT
1 class session
We Were Always Here: Horror Writing for Women of Color | 2-Week Online Fiction Seminar
Writing horror is back! No longer an exclusively white male genre, this class is an intro to the genre, with textural support from authors, films, and mythos. Writers learn of horror and its subgenres, and explore fears unique to women of color when telling their own stories of monsters, ancestral and newly discovered.
We Were Always Here: Horror Writing for Women of Color | 2-Week Online Fiction Seminar
We Were Always Here: Horror Writing for Women of Color | 2-Week Online Fiction Seminar $149.00

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Malissa White Saturdays, Jan. 29 & Feb. 5
1p-3:30p ET
10a-12:30p PT
12p-2:30p CT
2 class sessions
How to Write & Edit Personal Essays | 3-Week Online Writing Seminar
We all have a story buried within us. This course taps into the well of words that we all have. It is the perfect course for writers who are enthusiastic about starting their writing life by using themselves as the nucleus of the story.
How to Write & Edit Personal Essays | 3-Week Online Writing Seminar
How to Write & Edit Personal Essays | 3-Week Online Writing Seminar $149.00

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Zainab Khadijah Karim Wednesdays, Feb. 2-16
7p-9p ET
4p-6p PT
6p-8p CT
3 class sessions
Using Yoga Principles & Practices in Storytelling | 1-Day Online Writing Seminar
Using Yoga Principles & Practices in Storytelling | 1-Day Online Writing Seminar
Using Yoga Principles & Practices in Storytelling | 1-Day Online Writing Seminar $79.00

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Sonia McCallum Saturday, Feb. 5
10a-12p ET
7a-9a PT
9a-11a CT
1 class session
The Art of the Short: An Introduction to Short Fiction | 4-Week Online Fiction Seminar
The Art of the Short: An Introduction to Short Fiction introduces students to a broad range of short narrative, mostly fictional pieces. You will learn how to read and analyze short narratives and understand how even within their brevity, deep messages can be conveyed in a crisp and concise way.
The Art of the Short: An Introduction to Short Fiction | 4-Week Online Fiction Seminar
The Art of the Short: An Introduction to Short Fiction | 4-Week Online Fiction Seminar $249.00

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Abiola Johnson Saturdays, Feb. 5-26
11a-1p ET
8a-10a PT
10a-12p CT
4 class sessions
How to Write a Reported Essay | 5-Week Online Writing Seminar
During this 5-week course, we’ll walk through the elements of a reported essay, the reporting and writing processes, study and analyze essays by great contemporary writers including Tiffanie Drayton, Caity Weaver, Qudsiya Naqui, and Michelle Singletary, and provide tips on revising and pitching to publications.
How to Write a Reported Essay | 5-Week Online Writing Seminar
How to Write a Reported Essay | 5-Week Online Writing Seminar $229.00

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Sean Collins Sundays, Feb. 6-March 6
1p-3:15p ET
10a-12:15p PT
12p-2:15p CT
5 class sessions
Soul Story Writing: Discovering Expressions of Self | 3-Week Online Fiction Workshop
This course includes analyzing short stories penned by classic authors of African descent, exploring conventions of short fiction, and writing thematic short stories, paying homage to the literary magic of Walter Dean Myers, dazzling brilliance of James Baldwin, and the womanist wonders of Alice Walker.
Soul Story Writing: Discovering Expressions of Self | 3-Week Online Fiction Workshop
Soul Story Writing: Discovering Expressions of Self | 3-Week Online Fiction Workshop $149.00

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Jasmyne K. Rogers Tuesdays & Thursdays
Feb. 8 & 10, 15 & 17, 22 & 24
6:30p-8p ET
3:30p-5p PT
5:30p-7p CT
6 class sessions
From Page To Publication: Submitting Your Work to Publications & Journals | 1-Day Online Seminar
Here’s a chance to get the scoop on investing in yourself and your craft. Find out where to send your work, how to approach publishers, and when to time your submissions while preparing to send final drafts to publications and journals.
From Page To Publication: Submitting Your Work to Publications & Journals | 1-Day Online Seminar
From Page To Publication: Submitting Your Work to Publications & Journals | 1-Day Online Seminar $99.00

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Lyndsey Ellis Saturday, Feb. 12
12p-3p ET
9a-12p PT
11a-2p CT
1 class session
Reimagining Our Stories: The Marriage of Speculative Fiction and Black Feminine Storytelling | 4-Week Online Fiction Workshop
Reimagining Our Stories: The Marriage of Speculative Fiction and Black Feminine Storytelling explores the symbiotic relationship between the Afro-feminine experience and speculative storytelling. The tradition of Black female writers creating speculative fiction has greatly added to the genre, which in turn has created more space for the stories of Black women and other peoples.
Reimagining Our Stories: The Marriage of Speculative Fiction and Black Feminine Storytelling | 4-Week Online Fiction Workshop
Reimagining Our Stories: The Marriage of Speculative Fiction and Black Feminine Storytelling | 4-Week Online Fiction Workshop $249.00

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Candice Lola Tuesdays, Feb. 22-March 15
7p-9p ET
4p-6p PT
6p-8p CT
4 class sessions
Roots & Bones: Historical Fiction Writing for the Black Author | 2-Week Online Fiction Seminar
Reexamining the lives of Black people in historical context is a powerhouse trend in today’s media. Through discussion and written exercises, students focus on the techniques and resources for crafting accurate and compelling historical fiction while addressing the challenges faced by Black writers.
Roots & Bones: Historical Fiction Writing for the Black Author | 2-Week Online Fiction Seminar
Roots & Bones: Historical Fiction Writing for the Black Author | 2-Week Online Fiction Seminar $129.00

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Joslyn Housley Saturdays, Feb. 26 & March 5
2/26 - 11a-12:30p ET | 8a-9:30a PT
3/5 - 11a- 1p ET | 8a- 10a PT
2 class sessions
The Black Woman Writer’s Toolbox | 4-Week Online Fiction Seminar
Writing Black is different. In The Black Woman Writer’s Toolbox, discover your power on the page. Looking at different aspects of what makes up a story, explore how to create characters that live and breathe, how to produce a setting that tastes like grandma’s cooking, how to mold words toward the sounds we want them to make on the page.
The Black Woman Writer’s Toolbox | 4-Week Online Fiction Seminar
The Black Woman Writer’s Toolbox | 4-Week Online Fiction Seminar $249.00

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Muli Amaye Sundays, Feb. 27-March 20
1p-3:30p ET
10a-12:30p PT
12p-2:30p CT
4 class sessions
Honoring Your Writing Process | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
If you find it difficult to decide on which practice(s) to include in your writing process, you are in good company. You have a unique writing process; one that may change and evolve over the course of your writing career. Through interactive exercises, conversation, and critique, we’ll find it together.
Honoring Your Writing Process | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Honoring Your Writing Process | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop $209.00

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La Rhonda Crosby-Johnson Tuesdays, March 1-22
7p-8:30p ET
4p-5:30p PT
6p-7:30p CT
4 class sessions
Writing the Bomb @#$ Book Review | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
This course examines how we can protest on the page and make coffee with the ink from our pens. We will fight; we will study ferocious writers and create our reviews with a mighty keyboard. Be prepared to burn down old paradigms, dismantle the system, and resist previous power structures. We are going to war.
Writing the Bomb @#$ Book Review | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Writing the Bomb @#$ Book Review | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop $209.00

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Rochelle Spencer Saturdays, March 5-26
1p-3p ET
10a-12p PT
12p-2p CT
4 class sessions
For Colored Girls Who Still Want To Read Spec-Fic When The Grimdark Becomes Too Gruff: Black Women's Hope Narratives in Fantasy & Sci-Fi | 4-Week Workshop
This is the class to take if you believe in #blackgirlmagic, space-traveling futures, and alien utopias and want to put all of those things in your own writing like the pros do.
For Colored Girls Who Still Want To Read Spec-Fic When The Grimdark Becomes Too Gruff: Black Women's Hope Narratives in Fantasy & Sci-Fi | 4-Week Workshop
For Colored Girls Who Still Want To Read Spec-Fic When The Grimdark Becomes Too Gruff: Black Women's Hope Narratives in Fantasy & Sci-Fi | 4-Week Workshop $209.00

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Melissa Watkins Saturdays, March 5- 26
3p-4:30p ET
12p-1:30p PT
2p-3:30p CT
4 class sessions
Vroom! Vroom! - Driving Your Story Forward | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Driving your story forward is one of the most important elements of writing. Everything from plot, to scene, to character work, are tools to get your reader from the beginning to the end of your story while remaining engaged on every page. If you have a passion for writing but need to brush up on craft, this is for you.
Vroom! Vroom! - Driving Your Story Forward | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Vroom! Vroom! - Driving Your Story Forward | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop $229.00

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Marissa Leotaud Sundays, March 6-27
3p–5p ET
12p–2p PT
2p–4p CT
4 class sessions
one line = three: Using One Prompt to Create Essay, Flash Fiction & Short Story | 3-Week Online Writing Seminar
Essays, flash fiction, short stories, oh my! In one line = three: Using One Prompt to Create Essay, Flash Fiction & Short Story, participants will review these genres and compose pieces to fit each.
one line = three: Using One Prompt to Create Essay, Flash Fiction & Short Story | 3-Week Online Writing Seminar
one line = three: Using One Prompt to Create Essay, Flash Fiction & Short Story | 3-Week Online Writing Seminar $169.00

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tina scott lassiter Wednesdays, March 9-23
7p-9p ET
4p-6p PT
6p-8p CT
3 class sessions
Afro-Futurism: An Act of Defiance | 3-Week Online Fiction Seminar
Afro-Futurism: An Act of Defiance will delve into speculative and experimental fiction to create worlds that reflect the reimagining of current and future existence. Exploring the spiritual, magic realms, oral literature, fantasy, and critical analysis of culture and history, an individual and collaborative work of art will be created.
Afro-Futurism: An Act of Defiance | 3-Week Online Fiction Seminar
Afro-Futurism: An Act of Defiance | 3-Week Online Fiction Seminar $129.00

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Sannii Crespina-flores Saturdays, March 12-26
11a-12:30p ET
8a-9:30a PT
10a-11:30a CT
3 class sessions
No Walls: Writing Beyond What You Know | 1-Day Online Fiction Seminar
No Walls: Writing Beyond What You Know is an exploration of strengthening character development and telling the story that seems impossible to get to, whether it's taking a chance on tragedy as catharsis, giving life to flat villains, or crafting a complex, layered (and sometimes, unlikeable) protagonist.
No Walls: Writing Beyond What You Know | 1-Day Online Fiction Seminar
No Walls: Writing Beyond What You Know | 1-Day Online Fiction Seminar $129.00

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Ashley Mobley Saturday, March 19
1p-4p ET
10a-1p PT
12p-3p CT
1 class session