FAWC Online, the Fine Arts Work Center Online Writing Program

10/01/2025

NINTH STREET WOMEN is a two hour art-making create-a-thon taught by Laura Shabott. Students will select an artist from Mary Gabriel’s Ninth Street Women book to be your muse; for example: Lee Krasner, Elaine De Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, or Joan Mitchell. You will create your own art in reaction and response to your selected artist. To prepare, you will choose paint, collage, drawing, video or film as your medium (or a mixed media combination).

For those of you who want to respond with prose or with poetry along with visual, or with written words only, all forms of expression are welcome. Register here:

https://fawc.org/fawc-online/ninth-street-women-capstone-seminar/

09/29/2025

ART & ACTIVISM is a 1 week online fiction workshop taught by novelist Vanessa Hua on November 3rd-7th at 7pm-9pm (Eastern). Students will explore the meaning of community, family, power, and survival in 2025. This generative class includes guided exercises and in-class readings. Students will leave with material to refine later, and the inspiration and tools to do so. Register here: https://fawc.org/fawc-online/art-activism/

09/22/2025

HOW TO HAIBUN: WRITING IN LEAPS WITH BOUNDS an online workshop with Tim Green and Katie Dozier on October 10th and 11th at 2-5pm ET.

In this workshop, students will explore the rich history of haiku and haibun, from Basho’s timeless travel logs to an array of modern innovations. By the end of this generative workshop, you’ll have your own original haiku and haibun, and a new understanding of the way poetry moves. Register here:

https://fawc.org/fawc-online/how-to-haibun-writing-in-leaps-with-bounds/

04/23/2025

11/07/2024

How can we craft poetic endings that feel surprising yet inevitable, and what does it mean for a poem to have "earned" its ending? Explore these questions in an upcoming virtual workshop with Nathan McClain, which will run from December 9 - December 13, 2024.

LIVE via Zoom: 3-5pm (Eastern Time) What does it mean for a poem to have “earned” its ending? And how do we craft poems that are both memorable and reward re-reading? In this workshop, we will address these questions, as well as discuss poetic structure, counterpoise, and identify strategies for...

10/24/2024

Are you worried about AI’s impact on originality, creativity, and production? On Thursday, November 14, at 6 PM, join us for a virtual panel featuring award-winning writers who will discuss their hopes, dreams, and fears about artificial intelligence.

We have an incredible group of panelists, including Oliver de la Paz, Katie Dozier, Keith Holyoak, and Jennifer Jean -- we hope to see you there!

https://fawc.org/events/ai-the-creative-writing-life/

10/16/2024

"Laughter is a powerful social response that transforms ME feelings into WE experiences," writes poet Jennifer L. Knox, who will teach a workshop on the intersection of poetry and comedy from October 21 - 25.

Learn more here: https://fawc.org/24-pearl-street/intersections-of-comedy-poetry-live/

10/16/2024

How do we bring creativity to our political imagination and political imagination to the creative process? Join Andrea Lawlor for Utopian Writing: a Generative Seminar this Sunday, October 20, from 12 - 2 pm EST. If you don't have the time to commit to a weeklong workshop, this is the perfect opportunity to briefly connect with visionary writing that imagines new possibilities and radical hope.

Register here: https://fawc.org/24-pearl-street/sprint-workshop-with-andrea-lawlor-live/

09/09/2024

Experiment with the poetic deployment of space in an upcoming workshop with former poet laureate of Philadelphia, Airea D. Matthews!

“The Visual Poem” is a generative workshop that will equip students with a heightened understanding of line, syntax, diction, stanza, and visual grammar. By the end of the workshop, participants will understand how to visually render the logical, emotional and political spheres of their work, using nothing more than the page, their words, and their imagination.

Airea D. Matthews is the author of Simulacra, which won the 2016 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, and Bread and Circus, which won the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry. Her honors include a Guggenheim, a Rona Jaffe award, and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and Cave Canem. Matthews' work has appeared in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times, and Best American Poets.

Learn more about Matthews’ workshop by visiting https://fawc.org/24-pearl-street/the-visual-poem-live/