Announcing my 6-week SUMMER 2026 private poetry workshop, “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry,” which meets on Wednesdays 6-8 pm ET, starting July 8.
Class takes place on Zoom and can be recorded to watch later if you are absent.
Earlybird discounted registration has just opened and closes July 1.
Regular registration closes July 7.
Click this link for more info and to register by credit card.
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:
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
In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry. Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET. 6 weeks, starting February 19. 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!
Short-Form Creative Nonfiction Workshop. Thursdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET. 6 weeks, starting February 20. In this class I’ll provide craft talks, original writing prompts, and we’ll take recent micro and flash literary essays apart to see how the writers achieved their astonishing effects in condensed forms. Then we’ll workshop your own short-form creative nonfiction essays. I teach this class often, and the readings are always different. If you’ve taken it before you can always take it again and the class content will be new. Writers at any level are welcome, including poets and fiction writers!
Registration is now open, and it closes on Sunday February 16.
Details & registration available at: https://christophercitro.com/private-classes/
Register soon as spaces fill quickly!
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 September 11.
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 liberating 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 Thursday September 12.
Registration is now open, and it closes on Monday September 9.
Details & registration available at:
https://christophercitro.com/private-classes/
Register soon as spaces fill quickly! 😀
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!
Announcing my 2 private Spring Zoom workshops starting in April: my poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” & my creative nonfiction workshop “Adventures in The Lyric Essay.”
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! 😀
Announcing my 2 private winter Zoom workshops starting at the end of January! I’m offering my poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” (always new readings each time I teach it) & “Adventures in the Lyric Essay,” my popular workshop on this exciting Creative Nonfiction genre.
If you’ve taken my “The Lyric Essay” class before, this is an all NEW class with new readings! If you don’t have experience with the lyric essay, this class is ALSO for you, as I’ll provide a brief introduction to the form in the first class. Heat up your writing this winter! Join us!
Details & registration available at http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/
Register soon as spaces fill quickly!
Howdy! I’m teaching 2 private fall Zoom workshops starting in September: my basic poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” (always new readings each time I teach it) & “The Lyric Essay,” my popular workshop on this exciting Creative Nonfiction genre. Supercharge your writing this fall! Join us! 😀 Register soon as spaces fill quickly! 😀
Details & registration available at http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/.
I’m offering a 6-week private Zoom poetry workshop this summer! Wednesdays 6-8 pm ET. Classes begin the last week of June 2022.
Please visit my website for more info and to register. http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/
Register early as classes will cap at 12 participants each. Feel free to share this with anyone who might be interested! 😀
I’m offering private Zoom classes this Spring! One’s a short-form creative nonfiction workshop and the other is a discussion seminar where we’ll read and chat about contemporary world poetry (in English). Classes begin the last week of April 2022. Register early as classes will cap at 12 participants each. Feel free to share this with anyone who might be interested! 😀
For more info and to register visit http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/!