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.
 
 

Multi-Week
Playwriting as Activism for Black women writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
This workshop is designed to empower aspiring playwrights to use their craft as a tool for social change. We will delve into the rich history of activist theater, exploring how playwrights have used their voices to challenge the status quo, spark dialogue, and inspire action.
Fiction, Craft, Plays
Playwriting as Activism for Black women writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$249.00
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
Speculative Fiction and Ancestral Exploration | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$269.00
Exploring Memoir: Personal Story & Power for Creative Nonfiction Writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Exploring Memoir is your gateway to discovering the art of writing memoir, where your personal experiences shape narratives that resonate, heal, and inspire. This 4-week writing class is designed for Black women writers new to memoir writing, giving you the tools to reflect, create, and connect with your unique voice.
Non-Fiction
Exploring Memoir: Personal Story & Power for Creative Nonfiction Writers | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$249.00
Writing with Toni Morrison’s Beloved | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Learn how to wield fiction’s unruly parts using Toni Morrison’s Beloved as your guide. Anyone can learn how to write fiction well, and in this course, you will learn how to mix fiction’s ingredients like cake and make your stories work every single time.
Fiction, Craft
Writing with Toni Morrison’s Beloved | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$269.00
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
$229.00
Trust Your Voice: Intuitive Storytelling for Black Women Writers | 3-Week Online Writing Workshop
Trust Your Voice: Intuitive Storytelling for Black Women Writers is an invitation to stop performing on the page and start writing from emotional truth.
Craft, Fiction
Trust Your Voice: Intuitive Storytelling for Black Women Writers | 3-Week Online Writing Workshop
$229.00
Stand Out: How To Write the Perfect TV Script Sample | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
In Stand Out: How To Write the Perfect TV Script Sample, Black women writers will learn unforgettable script writing tips while honing your voice as a writer so you can show up as you, uniquely, on the page.
Fiction, TV Writing
Stand Out: How To Write the Perfect TV Script Sample | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$299.00
Let's Get Real: The Art of Developing Believable Characters | 3-Week Online Writing Workshop
This writing class for Black women writers will explore how to create tell-tale traits for your characters, so that they feel real and relatable. And readers will want to journey alongside them right to the very end.
Craft, Fiction
Let's Get Real: The Art of Developing Believable Characters | 3-Week Online Writing Workshop
$229.00