The Writing Program for Black Women Writers

Our Writing Program offers live, virtual classes, workshops, and seminars designed specifically for Black women writers. Led by instructors, authors, creatives, and editors, our courses focus on craft, structure, revision, and voice, giving writers the tools and support to strengthen their work and deepen their practice.
 
 

All Writing Classes
Exploring Memoir: Personal Story & Power for Creative Nonfiction Writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Exploring Memoir: Personal Story & Power for Creative Nonfiction Writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Non-Fiction
Exploring Memoir: Personal Story & Power for Creative Nonfiction Writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$249.00
From Reflection to Action: A Healing Workshop for Black women writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
A transformative course designed to help you move beyond the page — and into your power. This course is for Black women writers who are done simply writing about their pain, dreams, and truths…and are ready to live them out.
Non-Fiction
From Reflection to Action: A Healing Workshop for Black women writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$249.00
Honoring Your Writing Process: A Workshop for Black women writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Honoring Your Writing Process is designed for the Black woman writer who is still discovering the craft and their process, as well as the more seasoned writer who occasionally struggles to understand and get the most out of her unique writing way.
Fiction, Non-Fiction, Craft
Honoring Your Writing Process: A Workshop for Black women writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$269.00
Black Women Writer's Write-in - September | 1 Day Online Writing Workshop
midnight & indigo celebrates Black women writers every day! Our monthly Black women writer Write-ins are a way to build community, write, and even share (only if you wish to) with other Black women writers.
Fiction, Craft, Write-in
Black Women Writer's Write-in - September | 1 Day Online Writing Workshop
$35.00
Your POV is Your Super Power: A Workshop on Point of View | 3-Week Online Writing Workshop
Have you ever considered the power of your own perspective? This is a crash course on the literary device point of view. You'll uncover the power of our own vantage points as Black women and learn how to use point of view in your own writing.
Craft, Fiction
Your POV is Your Super Power: A Workshop on Point of View | 3-Week Online Writing Workshop
$199.00
Polish and Pitch: A Black Woman Writer’s Guide to Self-Editing and Querying | 2 Day Online Writing Workshop
In this writing workshop for Black women writers, we’ll explore the art of editing across genres and written mediums, while also learning how to prepare your stories for publication.
Craft, Editing
Polish and Pitch: A Black Woman Writer’s Guide to Self-Editing and Querying | 2 Day Online Writing Workshop
$129.00
It's Crazy Out Here: An Introduction to Insanity in Black Literature | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
It's Crazy Out Here: An Introduction to Insanity in Black Literature | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Fiction
It's Crazy Out Here: An Introduction to Insanity in Black Literature | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$229.00
From Octavia to N.K.: A Crash Course in Black Women in Speculative Fiction | 4-Week Online Writing 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. This is a writing class for Black women writers.
Fiction
From Octavia to N.K.: A Crash Course in Black Women in Speculative Fiction | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$269.00
Speculative Fiction and Ancestral Exploration | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
This four-week course for fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and even poets will be a journey through histories of different cultures and their folk tales. We’ll explore the work of P. Djeli Clark, Suyi Davies, Álvaro Enrigue, and Nuzo Onoh.
Fiction
Speculative Fiction and Ancestral Exploration | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$299.00
Testify! The Personal and Political Power of Crafting Essays | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Testify! The Personal and Political Power of Crafting Essays | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Non-Fiction
Testify! The Personal and Political Power of Crafting Essays | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$249.00
Intimate Genealogies: Crafting Story from Memory, Myth, and Artifacts | 2 Day Online Writing Workshop
In this writing workshop for Black women writers, we'll build full scenes from fragmented memories, family photographs, tall-tales or the “characters” we may have never known in an effort to cultivate intimacy with our own artifacts.
Craft, Non-fiction
Intimate Genealogies: Crafting Story from Memory, Myth, and Artifacts | 2 Day Online Writing Workshop
$149.00
What a B*tch! A Guide to Creating Complex Black Women Villains | 2 Day Online Writing Workshop
In What a B*tch! How to Create Complex Black Women Villains, we’ll take a deep dive into the world of storytelling to craft villains who are intricate, compelling, and unforgettable—characters who make readers think, feel, and question everything they thought they knew.
Craft, Fiction
What a B*tch! A Guide to Creating Complex Black Women Villains | 2 Day Online Writing Workshop
$149.00
Decolonizing Our Writing Voice: A Workshop for Black Women Writers | 1 Day Online Writing Workshop
In this writing workshop for Black women writers, we will begin the work of decolonizing our access to our full authentic writing voices and decolonizing our writing itself, revealing writing that is most true to who we are.
Fiction, Craft
Decolonizing Our Writing Voice: A Workshop for Black Women Writers | 1 Day Online Writing Workshop
$99.00
Black Women Writer's Write-in - Speculative edition | 1 Day Online Writing Workshop
Our new Black women writers Write-ins focused on speculative fiction are a way to build community, write, and even share (only if you wish to) with other creatives.
Fiction, Craft, Write-in
Black Women Writer's Write-in - Speculative edition | 1 Day Online Writing Workshop
$35.00
How to Write & Edit Personal Essays | 3-Week Online Writing Workshop
We all have a story buried within us. This writing class 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.
Non-Fiction, Craft
How to Write & Edit Personal Essays | 3-Week Online Writing Workshop
$229.00
Becoming Your Number One Fan: A Workshop for Black Women Writers | 1 Day Online Writing Workshop
Our stories are our babies and, while we love them, we have to give a reason for other people to even begin to love them. By learning to become your own writing "hype-man" and number one fan, you'll be able to generate the interest and buzz your story needs.
Fiction, Non-fiction, Craft
Becoming Your Number One Fan: A Workshop for Black Women Writers | 1 Day Online Writing Workshop
$75.00