All Programs

Craft of Writing Classes

The Craft of Poetry - VIRTUAL

  • Date: 09-28-2023 to 11-2-2023
  • Time: 7:00 pm ET to 9:00 pm ET
  • Tuition: $195.00
  • Open to: All Genders 16+

Poetry is as diverse as the poets who write it. Let's discover together techniques, terms, genres, and inspiration as you find and hone your own poetic voice.

Surreal Magical Curiosities - IN-PERSON

  • Date: 10-29-2023
  • Time: 1:00 pm ET to 4:00 pm ET
  • Tuition: $45.00
  • Open to: All Genders 18+

Participants will discuss the differences and similarities between fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, and newly coined "curio" fiction.

Speciality Classes for All Genders

WWf(a)C offers a rich array of specialty classes and workshops. Our specialty classes offer theme-based opportunities for writers and those wishing to explore other forms of creativity in addition to writing. Specialty Classes incorporate WWf(a)C circle practices into each session. Check back often as we offer new programs regularly!

Let's Be Perfectly Queer - 8-Week - TUESDAYS - VIRTUAL - $199

  • Date: 09-26-2023 to 11-14-2023
  • Time: 7:00 pm ET to 9:30 pm ET
  • Tuition: $199.00
  • Open to: All Genders 18+

In this eight-week virtual class, we will continue to explore our own writing within the broader context of queer literature. Please click on "Learn More" to read about our Sliding Scale Tuition for this class! PLEASE NOTE: The Oct 31 Tues class will take place on Thurs, Nov 2.

Let's Be Perfectly Queer - 8-Week - TUESDAYS - VIRTUAL - $149

  • Date: 09-26-2023 to 11-14-2023
  • Time: 7:00 pm ET to 9:30 pm ET
  • Tuition: $149.00
  • Open to: All Genders 18+

In this eight-week virtual class, we will continue to explore our own writing within the broader context of queer literature. Please click on "Learn More" to read about our Sliding Scale Tuition for this class! PLEASE NOTE: The Oct 31 Tues class will take place on Thurs, Nov 2.

Let's Be Perfectly Queer - 8-Week - TUESDAYS - VIRTUAL - $99

  • Date: 09-26-2023 to 11-14-2023
  • Time: 7:00 pm ET to 9:30 pm ET
  • Tuition: $99.00
  • Open to: All Genders 18+

In this eight-week virtual class, we will continue to explore our own writing within the broader context of queer literature. Please click on "Learn More" to read about our Sliding Scale Tuition for this class! PLEASE NOTE: The Oct 31 Tues class will take place on Thurs, Nov 2.

Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds - In-Person at Cincinnati Art Museum

  • Date: 09-30-2023
  • Time: 1:00 pm ET to 3:30 pm ET
  • Tuition: $35.00
  • Open to: All Genders 16+

Participants will engage in a docent-led tour of the exhibit, after which facilitators Elena Estella Green and Diane Debevec will lead a circle for all to reflect on their experience with the art through intentional writing, listening, and sharing.

Listening to Nature's Wisdom - VIRTUAL

  • Date: 10-21-2023
  • Time: 10:00 am ET to 1:00 pm ET
  • Tuition: $35.00
  • Open to: All Genders 16+

Nature has so much to teach us about living from a more centered place in our bodies. Take time to slow down and open your senses in order to listen more deeply to what the natural world has to say to you.

Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960 - In-Person at the Taft Museum of Art - $35

  • Date: 10-22-2023
  • Time: 12:00 pm ET to 2:30 pm ET
  • Tuition: $35.00
  • Open to: All Genders 16+

Participants will engage in a docent-led tour of the exhibit, after which facilitators Meg Howes and Diane Debevec will lead a circle for all to reflect on their experience with the art through intentional writing, listening, and sharing.

Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960 - In-Person at the Taft Museum of Art - $25

  • Date: 10-22-2023
  • Time: 12:00 pm ET to 2:30 pm ET
  • Tuition: $25.00
  • Open to: All Genders 16+

Participants will engage in a docent-led tour of the exhibit, after which facilitators Meg Howes and Diane Debevec will lead a circle for all to reflect on their experience with the art through intentional writing, listening, and sharing.

SoulCollageĀ® Saturday: New Beginnings Start in Darkness: Exploring Transitions - IN-PERSON

  • Date: 11-11-2023
  • Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
  • Tuition: $55.00
  • Open to: All Genders 16+

Gift yourself a morning to ground in to soul-tending, self-care, and the transformational practice of SoulCollageĀ®.

Specialty Classes for Women

WWf(a)C offers a rich array of specialty classes and workshops. Our specialty classes offer theme-based opportunities for writers and those wishing to explore other forms of creativity in addition to writing. Specialty Classes incorporate WWf(a)C circle practices into each session. Check back often as we offer new programs regularly!

Autumn Sunday Afternoons: Writing Together - VIRTUAL

  • Date: 10-1-2023 to 12-10-2023
  • Time: 2:00 pm ET to 4:30pm ET
  • Tuition: $185.00
  • Open to: Women 18+

If you'd like to write in community this autumn, but on a more relaxed schedule, please join us for this six-part series, happening on alternating Sunday afternoons.

Specialty Class Series for All Genders

WWf(a)C offers specialty classes for All Genders that occur weekly or monthly. Participants may register for any or all of the classes, to provide flexibility for participants' schedules. Specialty Classes incorporate WWf(a)C circle practices into each session.

Take Heart: A Monthly Contemplative Poetry Circle - October 21 - VIRTUAL

  • Date: 10-21-2023
  • Time: 10:00 am ET to 11:30 am ET
  • Tuition: $25.00
  • Open to: All Genders 16+

This class will be offered the 3rd Saturday of each month during 2023. Participants may register for any (or all) of the classes as it suits their schedules. "Take Heart" is a brave space where we look for meaning in poetry with no wrong answers. A poem or poems will center the circle with contemplation and community as the focus.

Take Heart: A Monthly Contemplative Poetry Circle - November 18 - VIRTUAL

  • Date: 11-18-2023
  • Time: 10:00 am ET to 11:30 am ET
  • Tuition: $25.00
  • Open to: All Genders 16+

This class will be offered the 3rd Saturday of each month during 2023. Participants may register for any (or all) of the classes as it suits their schedules. "Take Heart" is a brave space where we look for meaning in poetry with no wrong answers. A poem or poems will center the circle with contemplation and community as the focus.

Community Programs for All Genders

Community Programs and Events

  • Date: 09-9-2027
  • Time: Varies
  • Price: Varies
  • Open to: All Adults

Stay tuned for upcoming events!

Retreats for Women

Retreats

  • Date: 08-6-2029
  • Time: Varies
  • Price: Varies
  • Open to: Women

Future Retreats are currently in the planning stages.

Classes and Samplers for Young People

All programs focus on topics relevant to youth today and encourage participants to speak out through the art and power of writing.

Classes and Samplers for Young People

  • Date: 04-30-2030 to 04-30-2031
  • Time: Varies
  • Price: Varies
  • Open to: Varies

Stay tuned for information and registration for upcoming programming!

Continuing Education for our Leaders

These programs are designed for the extended leadership community of WWf(a)C. Some offerings are for individuals who have completed at least one of the Women Writing for (a) Change leadership programs.

Continuing Education for our Leaders

  • Date: 12-3-2029
  • Price: Varies
  • Open to: WWf(a)C Leadership Graduates

Stay tuned for future offerings!

Core Classes - 8 week

The featured focus of our Core Classes is writing in community over a period of several weeks. While some writing technique is taught in each class, emphasis is placed on writers pursuing their own forms of written expression (e.g., poetry, memoir, fiction, non-fiction or journaling).

All Gender Core Class Fall Term Thursday PM - 8-week - IN-PERSON

  • Date: 09-21-2023 to 11-9-2023
  • Time: 6:30 pm ET to 9:00 pm ET
  • Tuition: $260.00
  • Open to: All Genders 18+

Join us for this 8-week long In-Person Thursday evening class.

Affinity Circles

Affinity circles support writers who share a specific identity or life experience. Affinity circles seek to provide a gathering space for complete vulnerability and trust among the participants.

Between Starshine & Clay - Sept 23 - VIRTUAL - $25 Tuition

  • Date: 09-23-2023
  • Time: 3:00pm ET to 4:30pm ET
  • Tuition: $25.00
  • Open to: Women & Nonbinary Writers of Color

Women and nonbinary people of color have always needed our own spaces to reflect, to share, to heal, and to lift each other up. This affinity circle is by and for women and nonbinary people of color, with only writers of color on the page and in the room.

Between Starshine & Clay - Sept 23 - VIRTUAL - $15 Tuition

  • Date: 09-23-2023
  • Time: 3:00pm ET to 4:30pm ET
  • Tuition: $15.00
  • Open to: Women & Nonbinary Writers of Color

Women and nonbinary people of color have always needed our own spaces to reflect, to share, to heal, and to lift each other up. This affinity circle is by and for women and nonbinary people of color, with only writers of color on the page and in the room.