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This course covers core components of query letters and strategies for successful pitches. Includes real-life examples and common pitfalls.

Website: https://grubstreet.org/find-a-class/

Categories: Publishing

Start date:

May, 2025

Price:

$55.00

Online course

Level: Beginner

Length: 1 session (2 hours)

Class size: 50 seats max

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

This course equips writers with practical tools and knowledge for submitting work to contests, journals, and small presses. It covers the entire publishing process, including journal selection, cover letter writing, and manuscript formatting, emphasizing the importance of handling rejections.

Website: https://www.writingsalons.com/event/submit-repeat-publish...

Categories: Publishing

Start date:

June, 2025

Price:

$105.00

Online course

Level: Any

Length: 1 class, 3 hours

Class size: Unlimited

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Writing the Mystery Novel

Writer's Digest University

The course allows participants to create a new mystery or refine an existing story with feedback from a published author. It includes six sessions covering various aspects of mystery writing, including genre discussion, setting, character development, plotting, clue planting, and manuscript submission.

Website: https://writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/writing-the-...

Categories: Fiction

Start date:

May, 2025

Price:

$330.00

Online course

Level: Beginner

Length: 6 weeks

Class size: Unlimited

Prerequisites: None

The course includes writing and submitting a flash fiction story each week, learning various critique methods, and receiving guidance in a supportive environment. Participants engage in small writing groups, weekly video lectures by Brian Evenson, and have opportunities for critiques of their work.

Website: https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com/p/2025-ffg

Categories: Fiction and Short Story

Start date:

June, 2025

Price:

$66.00

Online course

Level: Intermediate

Length: 4 weeks, 4 stories

Class size: 8

6-Week: Idea to Screenplay

The Loft Literary Center

Develop a screenplay from idea to pages over six sessions focusing on brainstorming, logline writing, outlining, drafting, and revising. Classes include instruction, discussion, and peer feedback, with exploration of narrative structures and examples from contemporary screenwriters.

Website: https://loft.org/classes/6-week-idea-screenplay

Categories: Nonfiction

Start date:

April, 2025

Price:

$222.00

Online course

Level: Any

Length: 6 weeks, 6 sessions

Class size: Unlimited

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Writing the Thriller Novel

Writer's Digest University

A six-week course focusing on structural elements that create successful thrillers, building conflict and suspense, with in-depth lectures and personalized feedback.

Website: https://writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/writing-the-...

Categories: Fiction

Start date:

March, 2025

Price:

$399.00

Online course

Level: Intermediate

Length: 6 weeks, 6 sessions

Class size: Unlimited

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

This online course focuses on components of successful picture book biographies. Students will learn to write with accuracy, identify core themes, and enhance their manuscripts through peer reviews and mini-craft lessons.

Website: https://thewritingbarn.com/class/picture-book-biographies...

Categories: Nonfiction

Start date:

June, 2025

Price:

$412.00

Online course

Level: Intermediate

Length: 6 sessions over 6 weeks, every Monday from June 9 to July 14, 2025.

Class size: Limited

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Participants develop ideas into long stories or the first 50 pages of a novel, focusing on character, plot, and narrative structure. Includes thoughtful feedback and a one-on-one meeting with the instructor.

Website: https://literary-arts.org/event/the-first-fifty-pages-fic...

Categories: Publishing and Fiction

Start date:

April, 2025

Price:

$620.00

Online course

Level: Intermediate

Length: 12 weeks, 12 sessions

Class size: Limited

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

This 7-week online course focuses on turning creative writing into a freelance career. It covers email marketing, SEO, web copy, social media writing, and more. Led by Dan Hofstadter, it includes lectures and writing exercises to create a diverse portfolio.

Website: https://writingpad.com/classes/online-copywriting-class-d...

Categories: Copywriting and Freelance

Start date:

September, 2025

Price:

$475.00

Online course

Level: Beginner

Length: 7 weeks, with a 2 hour session each week

Class size: Limited

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

This workshop focuses on sensory engagement and writing from sensory experiences to enhance poetry and deepen connections with the world. Participants will explore various poems and engage collaboratively in discussions and writing exercises.

Website: https://literary-arts.org/event/the-things-themselves-poe...

Categories: Kids and Poetry

Start date:

April, 2025

Price:

$215.00

Online course

Level: Any

Length: 2 sessions, 4 hours each

Class size: Limited

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

The First Draft

Primary Stages

A 10-week class that guides students through developing their first draft. Classes simulate a real writing room, providing constructive feedback and deadlines.

Website: https://primarystages.org/

Categories: Playwriting

Start date:

March, 2025

Price:

$580.00

Online course

Level: Any

Length: 8 weeks

Class size: Unlimited

Yallah! Muslims Write

Literary Arts

This is a workshop fostering a supportive and joyful space for self-identifying Muslim artists to write and share their work.

Website: https://literary-arts.org/event/yallah-muslims-write/

Categories: Book, Publishing, and Fiction

Start date:

April, 2025

Price:

$5.00

Online course

Level: Beginner

Length: 1.5 hours

Class size: 15

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

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