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
It's Crazy Out Here: An Introduction to Insanity in Black Literature | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
This writing class for Black women writers takes a deeper look into why we go mad, how society views that madness, and how to write a mad character.
Fiction
It's Crazy Out Here: An Introduction to Insanity in Black Literature | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$229.00
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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
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
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
$299.00
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
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
Tell Me Something Real: How to Write Confessional Poetry | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
Tell Me Something Real: How to Write Confessional Poetry is designed for writers interested in making their own work more personal—whether that personal is autobiographical, fictional, or somewhere in between—and for writers who are interested in creating believable characters.
Fiction, Non-Fiction, Craft, Poetry
Tell Me Something Real: How to Write Confessional Poetry | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$229.00
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
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
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
$229.00
Narrative Essay Writing for Healing & Liberation | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
This online writing class offers a creative and sacred space for Black women writers to explore and harness the power of narrative essay writing as ritual, as a transformative and healing practice.
Non-Fiction
Narrative Essay Writing for Healing & Liberation | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop
$229.00
Tell It Like It Is: Writing Verse Journalism | 2-Week Online Writing Workshop
Tell It Like It Is: Writing Verse Journalism is a transformative 4-week generative poetry writing course designed to explore how poets narrate news stories through their unique voices, personalizing current events and sharing vulnerability with readers. This approach to journalism emphasizes the poet's voice, offering an intimate and often provocative lens through which to view the world.
Non-Fiction
Tell It Like It Is: Writing Verse Journalism | 2-Week Online Writing Workshop
$129.00