The Poetry Center is pleased to announce the Fall 2016 season of classes and workshops, an exciting mix of writing-intensive generative poetry studios, lively workshops, and rigorous writing seminars in both poetry and prose. Registration opens for all of our classes on August 22, 2016. 

We're also thrilled to announce a policy change in our need-based scholarships: an improvement and expansion of our Campau/Inman scholarships program. We are now able to offer, each season, four full scholarships to cover the tuition cost of a course offered in the Classes & Workshops program. The scholarships are valued anywhere from $45 (for a single-session craft class) to $256 (for an eight-week workshop), according to recipient interest. Application is simple, and any community member is eligible to apply for a scholarship if they can attest to personal financial need. Selection is by lottery. Application deadline is set for August 20, 2016, so please spread the word to working writers for whom tuition would otherwise be a prohibitive financial strain.

The six courses this season include:

Beyond Measure: Experiments in the Music of Poetry, taught by Samuel Ace. Six Monday evenings beginning September 19.

The Art of the Chapbook, taught by Joni Wallace. Eight Tuesday evenings, beginning September 27.

Writing the Wild: A Poetry Intensive, taught by Pamela Uschuk. The weekend of October 15-16.

Nonfiction as Reconstruction: Writing from Memory, taught by Francisco Cantú. Six Tuesday evenings, beginning October 18.

Writing at the Threshold: Poetic Practices in Encounter, taught by Yanara Friedland. Six Monday evenings, beginning November 7.

Writing Past Pain and Into Possibility, taught by Camille Dungy. Wednesday evening, November 16.

So, whether you're interested in the ways repetition and rhythm and phrasing can drive meaning in a poem; considering whether and how your next poem can engage the aesthetic and the political; concerned in nonfiction prose with techniques for writing from personal and collective memory; ready to develop your work into a chapbook-length suite or series; willing to apply some techniques of cartography and contemporary border studies to your writing practice; or just wanting to "howl out" some uninhibited, brave new poems, we may have something for everyone. Be in touch if we can be of any help.

Again, please note that open registration for all courses begins August 22, 2016. Once again this season, our Submittable electronic enrollment manager makes registration and payment simple. On the morning of August 22, all courses will be live for registration via this link.

Meanwhile, please peruse the course descriptions and more information about the Classes & Workshops program and the Campau/Inman scholarships at our Classes & Workshops page.

See you in class!