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Announcing my Spring 2024 Private Virtual Writing Workshops

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Announcing my SPRING 2024 poetry and creative nonfiction private online writing workshops!

Wednesdays 6-8 pm ET, I’m offering another session of my popular poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry.” The title is always the same but the readings, prompts, craft talks are always different, so you can take it again and again! We’ll read very recent poetry, I’ll provide original prompts to help inspire your new poems, we look at craft elements, we’ll workshop your poems. Writers at all levels are welcome! Class begins Wednesday April 3.

Thursdays 6-8 pm ET, I’m offering my also popular “Short-Form Creative Nonfiction.” Join me for this workshop in which we’ll read and discuss recent micro and flash nonfiction essays, using prompts I’ve written inspired by the readings to help motivate us to create new work! In this course, participants will write 2 micro essays and 2 flash essays. Writers at any level are welcome, including poets and fiction writers! Class begins Thursday April 4.

Registration is now open, and it closes on Sunday March 31.

Details & registration available at my website christophercitro dot com under “Private Classes” tab.

Register soon as spaces fill quickly!

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Announcing my private Zoom-based Winter Writing Workshops!

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Join me for my private Zoom-based winter workshops!

On Wednesdays 6-8 pm ET, I’m offering another session of my popular poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry.” The title is always the same but the readings, prompts, craft talks are always different, so you can take it again and again! We’ll read very recent poetry, I’ll provide original prompts to help inspire your new poems, we look at craft elements, we’ll workshop your poems. Writers at all levels are welcome! Class begins Jan 31.

On Thursdays 6-8 pm ET, I’m offering my also popular “Introduction to the Lyric Essay.” This workshop will usher you into the wild and fun world of the lyric essay, a popular form of the contemporary experimental creative nonfiction essay. If you are a nonfiction writer wanting to engage with this popular form, this is the class for you! If you are a poet wanting to branch out into a new genre, this is the class for you! If you have never written creative nonfiction before, this is the class for you! Writers at all levels are welcome. Class begins Feb 1.

Registration is now open, and it closes on Sunday January 28.

View class details and register at my website:

https://christophercitro.com/private-classes/

Join me for a Zoom-based class: History of the Prose Poem: from the 1800s to the Present!

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I’m delighted to announce that I’m teaching History of the Prose Poem: from the 1800s to the Present for The Downtown Writers Center. This inexpensive, 8-week Zoom-based class is open to anyone anywhere (you do not have to be a member of the YMCA to take this class).

We’ll read prose poetry, from its establishment in 1842, through Modernism, the surreal 70s, up to today. This online class features audio and video for a fun session each week, including handouts for further reading and exploration. Intended for both writers and readers who love poetry and wish to gain a deeper experience of this form. No prior knowledge required.

https://www.ymcacny.org/creative-writing-workshops

Join me for a weekend of virtual generative poetry workshops April 5-7, 2024 for the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing!

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I am thrilled to announce that I’m teaching a special weekend of virtual generative poetry workshops through the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing April 5-7, 2024! Give yourself the gift of a concentrated weekend of fun writing prompts, with audio, video, & poetic inspiration, all in a welcoming, inspiring environment with an awesome fellow group of poets! We’ll get a bunch of new poems drafts begun! Plus I’ll give a poetry reading and there will be open mics for attendees to share and celebrate their work! Hot damn this is going to be a blast. Register now!

For more info (including info about fellowships) and to register:
https://www.mvicw.com/weekend-seminars

I’m teaching at the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing 2024!

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Oh yes!! I am profoundly excited to announce that Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing is back for 2024!!! And I’ll be returning as faculty, teaching seminars in poetry, the lyric essay, and publishing, along with awesome fellow faculty for an inspiring week of creative writing on the island. Come join us for an experience you’ll cherish. Registration is open now!

Announcing my late fall online poetry workshop!

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Friends! Announcing my late fall poetry workshop: “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry.” Warm up your end-of-year writing with my popular 6-week combination generative, craft, and workshop class via Zoom, with entirely new readings, prompts, and craft talks every time I teach it. Registration is now open. And it closes November 13. Class begins Wednesday November 15. Join us!

😀 Details & registration available http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/. Register soon as spaces fill quickly! 😀

Announcing my summer 2023 private Zoom workshops!

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Announcing my 2 private summer Zoom workshops starting in July: my poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” & my “Creative Nonfiction Workshop.”

Both classes have all new readings and materials each time I teach them.

Heat up your writing this spring! Join us! 

Details & registration available http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/.

Register soon as spaces fill quickly! 

I’m teaching at Kettle Pond Writers Conference this June!

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Yippee! Kettle Pond Writers Conference is back for 2023, and I’ll be teaching there again! There’s still time to apply for the writing residency, June 17-24! Join us for a week in the Adirondacks with readings, craft lectures, generative workshops, and plenty of time to write by the lake. A wonderful week of writing in a magical place surrounded by inspiring people. Join us!

More information here: https://www.kettlepondwriters.com

I’m Teaching a Seminar on the History of the Prose Poem This Spring Online via The Downtown Writers Center!

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I’m teaching an online 8-session (Thurs 6-8:00 pm ET) seminar on the history of the prose poem starting starting April 20 for the Downtown Writers Center. I believe this is the final week to register, so don’t delay if you’re interested. Join me Thursday evenings for a fun, inspiring tour of the prose poem from its start to the present day. Registration is inexpensive and open to the public. You can register with a credit card by calling (315) 474-6851 x380.

To learn more about The Downtown Writer’s Center and download the spring class schedule, with all of their awesome class offerings, visit the Center’s website: https://ymcacny.org/creative-writing-workshops.

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