?24PearlStreet's Fall 2022 Catalog is Here

Welcome to Fall at 24PearlStreet! It’s time to draft or revise your poetry, fiction, memoir, essay, YA novel, or hybrid writing. Enroll now in one of our online 1, 4, or 8-week LIVE via Zoom or asynchronous workshops—or in a 3-hour September Sprint workshop.

Our outstanding returning faculty includes Susanna Sonnenberg, Elissa Altman, Brendan Constantine, Tyler Mills, Ann Hood, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Nova Ren Suma, Chloe Garcia Roberts, Deborah Taffa, Erin Belieu, Dorianne Laux, Brian Turner, Martha Rhodes, Reif Larsen, Leila Chatti, Chloe Caldwell, and more. Exciting new 24PearlStreet faculty include Joan Kwon Glass, Erika Wurth, Cleyvis Natera, Melissa Studdard, Joseph Legaspi, and more.

Register now for a 24PearlStreet online workshop. Early registrants receive 15% off their tuition before September 19th by applying the code FALL2022EARLY at checkout.

September Sprint: 3-Hour Generative Poetry Workshops

The Controlling Image
Dorianne Laux

September 22nd from 2-5pm EST
September Sprint, Poetry
Examine how the personal “I” is used to disclose much and yet retain a sense of mystery.

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Global Voices: A Workshop Focusing on 4 Poetic Approaches
Brian Turner

September 28th from 1-4pm EST
September Sprint, Poetry
Meet and learn from the work of several contemporary poets spanning the globe, then explore four poetic forms and approaches: the sound spiral, the reversal, visual poetry, and poetry of witness.

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Upcoming Fall Workshops

How to Successfully Pitch, Promote, and Fund Your Creative Projects
Kristina Marie Darling

October 10th - December 2nd
8-week asynchronous, Multi-Genre
This workshop covers writing persuasive pitches; crafting applications to fellowships, residencies, and grants; promoting creative work; and more.

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Seeing A Poem in a Map of the World
Curtis Bauer

October 10th -14th
1-week asynchronous, Poetry
This generative workshop will urge us to create a habit of close looking, slow seeing, and deep engagement with the world we inhabit.

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Lost + Found: a Generative Poetry Workshop
Leah Umansky

October 17th - November 11th
4-week asynchronous, Poetry
In this workshop you’ll cultivate practices of poetic engagement with various encounters.

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Write Your Memoir Like an Animal
Gayle Brandeis

October 17th - November 11th
4-week asynchronous, Memoir
This workshop will help memoirists set their lions of truth loose, and help them become lionhearted writers, attacking the page with ferocity and grace.

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Student Testimonial

"I was one of the six lucky workshop participants in John Murillo's [24PearlStreet] workshop last week. Truly one of the best teachers I've had. Would follow him anywhere. You've done a great job running the workshops overall."

-Emily Pease, Novelist, 24PearlStreet Student

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Scholarship Opportunity

Accepting Applications NOW

In partnership with the Institute of American Indian Arts, 24PearlStreet has allocated 5 scholarships, worth $600 each, for Indigenous American writers to attend any 2022 Fall session online workshop in poetry, short fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, YA novel writing, and more.

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Featured Work by 24PearlStreet Faculty

Someone by Joseph O. Legaspi

Somewhere someone rises far earlier than you before the faintest glimmer blues the darkest dark wakens without alarm without body roused by the nightingales neighbor friend or stranger who hasn't seen his sunlit children faces a cold sink oh caffeinated sleepwalker march daily industry with necessity down one flight then up two is heaven in someone warm beside you

Learn More about Joseph O. Legaspi's workshop with 24PearlStreet here.

Upcoming Event/Save the Date

Wilder Words
A Virtual Reading

Thursday, September 15th
6pm EST

Join 24PearlStreet Fall faculty Leila Chatti, Reif Larsen, Clayvis Natera, Erika Wruth—and more—in this free event, crafted to celebrate creativity. Hosted by Jennifer Jean.