Intensive Workshops

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  Sat, Jun 13

  Fragmented Fiction and Memoir with Nina Semczuk (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Jun 13, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

  Zoom

  Not all stories can—or should—be told in a linear, cohesive manner. In this intensive, we’ll explore the joys (and pitfalls) of fragmented prose and generate new work.
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  Sat, Jun 27

  Parenthood and Poetry with Lily Akerman (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

  Zoom

  How does poetry express parenthood?  We'll read poems that have attempted to do so, and we'll attempt the task ourselves.
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  Sun, Jun 28

  Stories Across Generations: A Jewish Poetry & Prose Workshop with Jan Greenfield (In-Person) / 

  Sleepy Hollow

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  Jun 28, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM

  Sleepy Hollow, 300 Riverside Dr, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, USA

  Stories Across Generations is an intergenerational poetry and prose workshop that brings together participants of different ages to explore personal and collective stories through guided writing prompts, conversation, and creative exercises. Tiered pricing is available for this class.
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  Sun, Jul 19

  Summer Feast: Dinner Table Scenes and Stories with Nina Semczuk (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Jul 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

  Zoom

  Friction flourishes when characters are forced to break bread. In this intensive, we'll watch, read, analyze, discuss—and write—scenes and stories that take place at mealtime.
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  Sat, Jul 25

  Writing Toward Forgiveness: A Generative Poetry/Prose Workshop with Eleanor Kedney (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

  Zoom

  A series of prompts that employ specific narrative techniques, along with exemplary poems, will help you enter the writing process to explore grief, understanding, and forgiveness.
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  Sat, Aug 08

  Writing from the Bottom of the Mind: A Generative Writing and Meditation Workshop with Ivy Raff (In-Person at HVWC) / 

  Hudson Valley Writers Center

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  Aug 08, 2026, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

  Hudson Valley Writers Center, 300 Riverside Dr, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, USA

  In this half-day generative writing workshop, Ivy Raff guides participants to learn and hone a Zen approach to writing.
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  Sun, Sep 13

  "A Sign We Are From God": The Poetics of Incongruity with Joan Kwon Glass (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

  Zoom

  Together in this single session, generative workshop, we will read and write poems about human behavior, disconnection and the divine.
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  Sun, Sep 20

  Come Into Your Shell: Non-Literary Forms In Poetry with Denise Duhamel (Zoom) / 

  Zoom

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  Sep 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM

  Zoom

  In this generative workshop we will consider looking outside traditional forms in order to make poems.