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Winter/Spring 2021 Calendar

​All Workshops, Classes, & Events

All PVWW's Workshops and Events are Held Virtually, on Zoom!
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Working on a manuscript? Learn about our year-long manuscript Groups
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One-Day Class: Blue
Multi-Week Workshop: Red
For Young Writers: Orange
Free Event: Green


​JANUARY 

Saturday, January 9 (6 - 8pm) • FREE EVENT
Year-Long Manuscript Group Reading (Fiction) and Program Open House

with the 2020 Year-Long Fiction Manuscript Group and All Year-Long Program Instructors


Saturday, January 23 (1 - 4pm EST) • ONE-DAY CLASS
The Five-Year Plan: Using Long-Term Planning Strategies to Turn Dreams Into Reality

with Francine Puckly

Mondays, January 25 - March 1 (1 - 3pm EST) • 6 Weeks • MULTI-WEEK WORKSHOP
The Art of Memoir Workshop

with Celia Jeffries

Tuesdays, January 26 - March 30 (6 - 8pm) • 10 Weeks • MULTI-WEEK WORKSHOP
Generative and Community-Building Workshop
with Kate Senecal


Saturday, January 30 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours • ONE-DAY CLASS
You're Making a Scene: How to Write Lively & Memorable Scenes in Fiction & Nonfiction Narratives 
with
Áine Greaney


​FEBRUARY

February 1 - 28 (Asynchronous • No live meetings) • 4 Weeks • MULTI-WEEK WORKSHOP
Creating and Sustaining a Daily Writing Practice
with Liz Bedell


Saturday, February 20 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours • ONE-DAY CLASS
Marketing Your Book Online
with Fungai Tichawangana

Saturday, February 20 (3 - 5pm EST) • 2 Hours • ONE-DAY CLASS
Where Poetry Begins: The Art of the First Line
with Anders Carlson-Wee


Mondays, February 22 - March 29 (6 - 8pm EST) • 6 Weeks
Creative Writing Fundamentals
with Carolyn Zaikowski

Saturdays, February 27 - April 3 (3 - 5pm EST) • 6 Weeks
Novel Constructor: Kickstart Your First Draft!
with Kate Senecal

Sunday, February 28 (1 - 4pm) • 3 Hours
Unearthing the Deeper Story: A Revision Workshop
with Arya Samuelson


​MARCH

Saturday, March 6 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours
Mining Memories: An Introduction to Memoir-Writing
with Anita Gill

Mondays, March 8 - 29 (6 - 8pm EST) • 4 Weeks
Taking Shape: Experimenting with Form in Poetry
with Gail Thomas


Saturday, March 13 (1 - 4pm EST) • 3 Hours
Outline Your Novel: Building a Story with Solid Bones
with Joy Baglio


Saturday, March 20 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours
First Impressions: Beginnings in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
with Simon Han


Saturday, March 20 (3 - 5pm EST) • 2 Hours
The Living Image: Creating Images That Move
with Anders Carlson-Wee

Wednesdays, March 24 - April 14 (6 - 8pm EST) • 4 Weeks
Creating Tiny Universes: Introduction to Flash Fiction
with Joy Baglio


Saturday, March 27 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours
Mining the Past: Writing the Children's Novel
with Naila Moreira


​APRIL

Thursdays, April 1 - 29 (6 - 8pm EST) • 5 Weeks
Writing About Sex (Expanded)
with Caroline Belle Stewart


Saturday, April 3 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours
Writing Mythical Transformation in Fairytales and Fiction
with Lara Ehrlich


Tuesdays, April 6 - May 25 (6 - 8pm EST) • 6 Weeks
Short Fiction Intensive
with Carolyn Zaikowski


Wednesdays, April 7 - May 26 (6 - 8pm EST) • 8 Weeks
Making Meaning From Memories: An Examination of Memoir-Writing Technique
with Anita Gill


Saturday, April 10 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours
Novella Writing Fundamentals
with Olivia Kate Cerrone


Saturday, April 10 (3 - 5pm EST) • 2 Hours
Playing With Language: Revision Strategies Through Generative Translation
with Liz Bedell


Sunday, April 11 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours
What Literary Agents Want You To Know
with Ashley Lopez


Saturday, April 17 (1 - 4pm EST) • 3 Hours
Worldbuilding in Science Fiction
with James Cambias


Sunday, April 18 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours
Playing with Language: Revision Strategies Through Generative Translation
with Liz Bedell


Mondays, April 19 - May 10 (6 - 8pm EST) • 4 Weeks
Revising and Polishing Your Poems
with Gail Thomas 


Mondays, April 19 - May 24 (6 - 8pm EST) • 6 Weeks
Advanced Flash Fiction Workshop
with Joy Baglio 


Saturday, April 24 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours
Memoir and Metaphor: Capturing Core Themes of Our Lives
with Arya Samuelson


Tuesdays, April 26 - June 29 (6 - 8pm EST) • 10 Weeks
Generative and Community-Building Workshop
with Kate Senecal

MAY

Sunday, May 2 (1 - 4pm EST) • 3 Hours
Details, Details
with Sara Rauch


Tuesdays, May 4 - June 22 (6 - 8pm EST) • 8 Weeks
Intro to Fiction Workshop
with Drew Johnson


​Saturday, May 8 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours
Humor Writing 101
with Anita Gill


​Sunday, May 16 (1 - 3pm EST) • 2 Hours
Query Letter Clinic
with Ashley Lopez

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Wednesdays, May 19 - June 23 (6 - 8pm EST) • 6 Weeks
Reading Like a Writer: Studying Emily Wilson's The Odyssey
with Liz Bedell


​Thursdays, May 20 - July 8 (6 - 8pm EST) • 8 Weeks
Advanced Fiction Workshop
with Kate Senecal

JUNE

SUMMER DATES TBA • 8 Weeks
Generative Creative Writing Workshop for Teens
with Liz Bedell

Tuesdays, June 1 - 22 (6 - 8pm EST) • 4 Weeks
Character-Building Deep-Dive
with Carolyn Zaikowski


Wednesdays, June 9 - 30 (6 - 8pm EST) • 4 Weeks
Point of View Intensive for Fiction Writers
with Kate Senecal
​
Mondays, June 14 - July 19 (6 - 8pm EST) • 6 Weeks
Poetry Fundamentals
with Carolyn Zaikowski

​Sunday, June 27 (1 - 4pm EST) • 3 Hours
Unearthing the Deeper Story: A Revision Workshop
with Arya Samuelson
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"Can't say enough about PVWW, Joy, and her amazing team of teachers! Writing is very much about the ability to sit in your seat for hours and put pen to paper, but coming to PVWW has helped me build a community around my writing, breathe new life into my efforts, and get out of my own head a bit. And beyond that, I've learned lots of practical, nuts-and-bolts techniques that have vastly improved my work."
- Emily Everett, Editor at The Common

Contact Us

Email: joy@pioneervalleywriters.org
Phone: 518-645-1113 
Location: Northampton, MA

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