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Announcing my WINTER 2026 Zoom-based private poetry workshop!

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I just opened registration for my WINTER 2026 private Zoom-based poetry workshop. It will take place, as usual, Wednesday evenings 6-8 pm Eastern Time. It begins February 11 and runs for 6 classes.

“In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry.” Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET. 6 weeks, starting February 11. We’ll read recently published poetry from literary journals and books, generate new poems with the help of prompts that I create, and spend the bulk of each class in a fun, inspiring poetry workshop. In this course participants will write and receive workshop comments on five original poems. Writers at all levels are welcome. I teach In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry often, and every time the readings are all new, so you can take it again and again!

Registration is now open, and it closes on Sunday February 8.

FYI my current workshop filled really quickly, so if you’re planning to register, maybe sooner than later?!

View the class details and register at my website: https://christophercitro.com/private-classes/

Announcing my late fall private poetry workshop!

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In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry. Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET. 6 weeks, starting December 3 (skipping December 24 and 31). We’ll read recently published poetry from literary journals and books, generate new poems with the help of prompts that I create, and spend the bulk of each class in a fun, inspiring poetry workshop. In this course participants will write and receive workshop comments on five original poems. Writers at all levels are welcome. I teach In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry often, and every time the readings are all new, so you can take it again and again!

Participants will receive:

  • 6 two-hour live Zoom classes
  • weekly pdf packets of sample poems from recent literary journals and books, focusing on craft elements and themes
  • original writing prompts written by me inspired by each week’s sample poems
  • workshop comments from the class and me on your five original poems

This is a live online writing workshop. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link prior to the beginning of classes. Registration will close when full (12 students). The class requires a minimum of 6 registered participants. Register early, as spots fill quickly.

Registration fee: $275

Registration deadline: Sunday November 30

Class begins: Wednesday December 3

Click here to register by credit card: https://square.link/u/MUWXeJMq

Announcing my three FALL 2025 writing workshops!

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Announcing my FALL 2025 creative writing online workshops! Yeah! Registration opened today!

~My 3-week How to Submit Your Creative Writing to Literary Journals on Tuesdays starts Sept 30.

~My 6-week poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” on Wednesdays starts Sept 24.

~My 6-week Intro to the Lyric Essay workshop on Thursdays starts Sept 25

All classes take place 6-8 Pm Eastern Time via Zoom.

See https://christophercitro.com/private-classes/ for more info and to register!

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! 😀

I’m teaching at this summer’s virtual Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing!

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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be teaching at this summer’s virtual Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing June 6-13! LOOK at this list of my fellow instructors: Alexander Weinstein, Adrian Matejka, Tia Clark, Britton Shurley, Amelia Martens, Wendy Rawlings, Joshunda Sanders, Elizabeth Schmuhl, Keith Taylor, Matthew Gavin Frank, Phong Nguyen, and John T Howard. Register now and join us!!!
https://www.mvicw.com/

Teaching August 7 – 9 at the 2015 August Occasion

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I’m thrilled to announce that I will be on the poetry faculty of the 2015 August Occasion, sponsored by The Downtown Writer’s Center of Syracuse, NY.

Three days of writing workshops, readings, food and inspiring company will take place August 7 – 9 at the beautiful Harding Farm in Clinton, NY. My fellow instructors are Sarah Freligh and Jasmine Bailey (poetry); Sarah Freligh and David Lloyd (fiction); Sarah Freligh, Megan Davidson, and Linda Lowen (creative non-fiction).

Registration is inexpensive and open to the general public. For more info and to register today click HERE.

I’m teaching a poetry workshop this spring in Syracuse

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I’m thrilled to announce that I will be teaching a poetry writing workshop called “Improving the Blank Page” this spring at The Downtown Writer’s Center in sunny Syracuse, NY.

Improving the Blank Page with Christopher Citro. Weds., 6:30-8:00. 8 weeks, starting April 8, 2015. Nicanor Parra once said, “In poetry, everything is permitted. With only this condition, of course: you have to improve on the blank page.” In this workshop, we’ll read and discuss contemporary poetry from a writer’s perspective and create fresh poems of our own. We’ll share new work based on prompts and exercises, and improve on a few blank pages along the way.

Registration is open to the public. To learn more about The Downtown Writer’s Center, download the spring class schedule, and register for this workshop, visit the Center’s website HERE. Feel free to share with anyone in the area who might be interested!