Creative Writing Workshops

Taller ONLINE: 8 sesiones, los días jueves, de 4:00 a 5:00 pm, hora Miami. Las fechas son: 4, 11, 18 y 25 de abril & 2, 9, 16 y 23 de mayo. Completa este Formulario para inscribirte en el Taller de la Divina comedia. El taller se propone permitir un acercamiento a la Divina Comedia, que Borges consideraba el mejor libro nunca escrito en la historia de la humanidad, no solamente a quien tenga experiencia de la literatura y especialmente de la italiana,…

Taller de creación literaria de 4 semanas con Juan Carlos Chirinos, ONLINE Los sábados febrero 17, 24 y marzo 2, 9. De 10:00 am – 12:00 m (hora de Miami, by 10am) En la mirada de los gatos: cómo escribir, hoy, historias góticas en español y no morir en el intento (ni descubrir el agua tibia.) Un taller que abordará las características góticas de la narrativa fantástica considerada «clásica» y la producida en español en nuestros días, haciendo un breve repaso por algunos de los textos contemporáneos más relevantes,…

Tuesdays, October 3, 10, 17, 24 (4 weeks)  7:00 – 9:00 p.m. EST (2 hours) In Person, MDC Wolfson Campus In this four-week workshop, we will look at how image and detail can be used to deepen meaning in creative nonfiction. The first session will focus on generating topics from image and detail. The remaining sessions will cover how image and detail can be used to strengthen dialogue, descriptions of setting and place, and characterization.…

This class is sold out. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email Alannys Milano at amilano@mdc.edu. September 30, 2023, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST (3 hours) Virtual via Zoom (link provided after registering) Registration $65 It’s entirely possible to write factually about complex family history and ancestral harms while making space for creativity. Come explore ways of integrating empiricism, feeling, and imagination. Bring a pen, notebook, and index cards.…

Tuesdays, September Sept 5, 12, 19, 26 (4 weeks) | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. EST Virtual via Zoom / Register to receive link Registration: $200 Sylvia Plath’s bees, Ada Limon’s lady horses, any poet’s ode to a beloved. How can we use images in our writing to propel our poems in new directions? Together, we’ll read poems looking for the essence of image-making and how an image can spark a poem, building through repetition, place,…

SOLD OUT! Lamentablemente, ya no hay cupo para el taller. Para apuntarse a la lista de espera, por favor registre sus datos en esta página: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJDEUdzD-P_Qvg7NFvNPT1u5jcPNJW9Fnbo7N_eCw9IabJdA/viewform?usp=sf_link Le informaremos si surge una oportunidad de que participe. Gracias por su interés.   Taller de creación literaria con Héctor Abad Faciolince ONLINE: Septiembre 5, 6 y 7 de 7:00 a 9:00 pm (hora Miami) Hay muchas maneras de concebir la fantasía. Esta, sin embargo, no está desligada de la experiencia, sino que –como los sueños– se nutre de ella.…

5 weeks: Tuesdays, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. EST Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus Can you use your native language/slang in your writing? Should you translate, when, and how much? When and how much should you explain your culture or community in your writing? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions, you are not alone. Typically, these questions boil down to audience—who you are talking to, or rather, who you want to talk to. Often the confusion comes because much of what we are still told regarding what good writing looks like is from the lens of Western neocolonialism.…

1 Day Masterclass: Thursday, June 29, 2023 Virtual / Register to receive Zoom link Registration: $50 Capacity: 50 Alex Segura, acclaimed and bestselling author of the comic book noir novel, Secret Identity, walks students through the best way to integrate the most powerful elements of different genres to create something wholly new and innovative. Alex will share his experiences mixing graphic novel storytelling in the prose/mystery medium and his noir-tinged superhero tales, like The Awakened and The Black Ghost. Scholarships Available for MDC Students Miami Book Fair is offering two (2) full-tuition scholarships for MDC students interested in attending the above-listed creative writing workshop.…

One day | May 18, 2023 – 7:00 to 8:30 PM Registration: $35 In this seminar, we will discuss what an agent does, the Big 5 Publishers vs. Indie Publishers, what the publication process looks like, the money of publishing, and other “publishing overview” questions and concerns. We will also go over the dos and don’ts of the query letter, with sample letters provided as examples. If there is interest and time, we will discuss the elements of a book proposal.…

Various times, as appointed (Mon. – Fri.). All appointed times in EST. 15-minute manuscript consultations are limited to 25 people. Online via Google Meet | Register to receive link Once you have registered online, please submit the following materials by 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, April 28, 2023. SUBMIT MATERIALS Genres Accepted: Literary, historical, and upmarket book club fiction; narrative nonfiction; memoir. Manuscript materials must be formatted in a single document as follows: • A query letter or 1-page synopsis. • The opening 10 pages of your manuscript.…

Tuesdays, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2023 (4 weeks) at 7:00 – 9:00 PM EST In-Person, MDC Wolfson Campus (300 NE 2nd Avenue) Pay-What-You-Can Pricing: To ensure that these special workshops facilitated by our Emerging Writer Fellows are as accessible as possible to the widest audience possible, we’re putting it into your hands to pay what you can for this workshop. Choose a ticket price, ranging from $35 to $100, based upon what feels right to you.…