Workshops

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Upcoming Workshops

Prompt-Writing Hour (online in Zoom!)

Sunday, October 27, starting at 8:30 p.m. Eastern

I’ll be hosting the first seasonal prompt-writing hour with me in Zoom! The first workshop will be Sunday, October 27 starting at 8:30pm Eastern. This is a pressure-free generative workshop and a creative space to write together. If you’ve taken generative workshops with me previously, the prompts will be ones I haven’t shared in classes before. If you want to attend, just subscribe to a Writer membership at my newsletter site, and you will have a free invite to every prompt-writing hour I have coming up! Subscribers also get a new writing prompt on the first of every month, and posts on writing craft. MORE INFO HERE

Crafting the Young Adult Novel (online asynchronous workshop)

November 11 to December 6, 2024

Number of Participants: 15
Price: $650.00
Discounts available for early registration and for students & teachers!
Format: 4-Week Asynchronous Online Workshop

Want to join me for a generative asynchronous online class this fall? I’m bringing back my Crafting the Young Adult Novel class with 24PearlStreet, which is Fine Arts Work Center’s online home for writers. This four-week course is enrolling *right now*—no need to apply, just sign up!—and we begin on November 11. This workshop is for those who are writing a YA novel of any genre, at any stage in the process. There will be letters and videos from me, prompts and exercises and opportunities to create new writing and deepen what you already have for your YA novel, a place to connect with your cohort and optionally share what you’ve written, and a private Zoom conference with me. My previous sessions of this class a couple years ago were an incredibly fruitful, connective time and I’m so looking forward to doing it again with a whole new group of writers! Only 15 spots are available…

DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE:
  • Registration discount: 10% off by using the code: NOVA24FALL
  • Students and teachers qualify for a 20% discount: The student and teacher discount is for anyone who is over 18 and is a teacher currently working at, or a student currently enrolled in, a K-12 school, community college, 4-year college, or graduate program. Use code: STUDENT/TEACHER20OFF
SCHOLARSHIPS:
  • $600 General Scholarships and Partner Scholarships for Indigenous American writers available (deadline Sept 16th). More info here

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Feel free to contact me with any questions!

Coming in January 2025: A new craft intensive with Tin House, and the January prompt hour! Sign up to my workshops mailing list for announcements before they are shared on social media.

Past Workshops:

2024

  • Tin House Online Seminar: Character Craft in YA Fiction with Nova Ren Suma: April 21–June 20, 2024.

2023

  • Crafting the YA Novel Creative Lab at the Winter 2023 SCBWI Conference: Weekend intensive, Feb. 10–12, 2023, New York City.
  • Tin House Craft Intensive: Memory Trove: A Generative Fiction Workshop with Nova Ren Suma (Online): May 2023.
  • Tin House Craft Intensive: Haunt Your Fiction: Writing Ghost Stories with Nova Ren Suma (Online): September 2023.
  • Tin House Craft Intensive: Haunt Your Fiction: Writing Ghost Stories with Nova Ren Suma (Online): October 2023.
  • Making Magic: Writing and Refining Fantastical and Otherworldly Stories at the Highlights Foundation, October 2023, Honesdale, PA. Co-led with Anna-Marie McLemore and featuring special guests Alison Green Myers, Alexandra Villasante, and Kat Brzozowski.

2022

  • Fine Arts Work Center/24PearlStreet Workshops: Crafting the Young Adult Novel (Asynchronous, with live elements): Summer Session July 18–August 12, 2022.
  • Fine Arts Work Center/24PearlStreet Workshops: Crafting the Young Adult Novel (Asynchronous, with live elements): Fall Session Nov. 7–Dec. 2, 2022.

2021

  • Tin House 2021 YA Fiction Workshop (Virtual): Feb. 11–15, 2021. Second annual YA fiction workshop directed by Tin House. Faculty: Jennifer De Leon, Mason Deaver, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Yamile Saied Méndez, Mark Oshiro, Ben Philippe, Nova Ren Suma, Ashley Woodfolk.
  • Paranormal Fiction Workshop with the Manhattanville College MFA in Creative Writing Program (Virtual): October 23, 2021.
  • Canceled due to COVID-19:
    —2021 Djerassi YA Novel Workshop

2020

  • Postponed or canceled due to COVID-19:
    —Making Magic at Highlights Foundation (postponed to 2023)
    —Ghosts, Witches, and Craft: A Salem Writing Retreat (canceled)

2019

  • Blue Stoop YA Novel Weekend Intensive: April 6–7, 2019. Indy Hall, Philadelphia, CA. Sponsored by Blue Stoop.
  • Djerassi YA Novel Writing Workshop: May 4–10, 2019. Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.
  • Ghosts, Haunts, and Haints: Paranormal Writing Weekend: June 28–30, 2019, Charleston, South Carolina. Co-led with intuitive and medium Holly Raychelle Hughes.

2018

  • Djerassi YA Novel Alumni Reunion Workshop: April 16–21, 2018. Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.

2017

  • New England SCBWI Conference: April 21–23, 2017. Sheraton Monarch Place, Springfield, MA. Conference faculty. Workshop leader of two first pages workshops.
  • Djerassi 2017 YA Novel Writing Workshop: June 19–24, 2017. Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.
  • SCBWI 46th Annual Summer Conference: July 7–10, 2017. JW Marriott at LA LIVE, Los Angeles, CA. Conference faculty. Workshop leader of two Monday intensives.
  • Highlights Foundation Books with Bite Workshop: October 4–8, 2017. The Highlights Foundation, Honesdale, PA. Co-taught with Micol Ostow.

2016

  • Djerassi 2016 YA Novel Writing Workshop: March 6–12, 2016. Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.
  • Djerassi YA Novel Alumni Reunion Workshop: March 17–23, 2016. Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.
  • Highlights Foundation Books with Bite Workshop: October 19–23, 2016. The Highlights Foundation, Honesdale, PA. Co-taught with Micol Ostow.

2015

  • Djerassi 2015 YA Novel Writing Workshop: June 21–26, 2015, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.
  • Columbia University Young Adult Novel Writing Workshop: July 6–August 12, 2015. Columbia University, School of the Arts Writing Program, New York, NY.
  • Highlights Foundation Books with Bite Workshop: September 16–20, 2015, The Highlights Foundation, Honesdale, PA. Co-taught with Micol Ostow.
  • A Week in Residency with Nova Ren Suma Workshop: November 8–14, 2015, the Writing Barn, Austin, TX.

2014

  • Djerassi Writes: YA Novel Workshop: Feb. 9–14, 2014, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.
  • Djerassi Writes: YA Novel Workshop (second session): June 22–27, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.
  • The Craft of Creativity: The Inaugural Showcase Featuring the Master Class Room Instructors: Sept. 8, The Writers Room, New York, NY.
  • Highlights Whole Novel Workshop with Sarah Aronson and Nancy Werlin: Sept. 10–11, Highlights Foundation, Honesdale, PA. Special guest author.
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