Next Trimester Starts January 1, 2027
Finish your book, start a new one, write a series of essays or a collection of short stories, or just find out what happens when you commit to a sustained writing practice.
Write your marvelous novel, wild memoir, hard-hitting nonfiction book, eclectic story or essay collection, or hybrid delight in the Literary Kitchen. Whether you’ve got a work-in-progress, an idea you’re ready to start writing to, or if you just want to show up, experiment, and see what happens if you say, Why not try and write something big this year? Come with your curiosity and your willingness to surprise yourself.
This immersive online workshop is built around two core commitments: writing into the joy and getting the work done. You’ll get weekly assignments, peer critique, and direct feedback from Ariel as you work in a community of writers who take the work seriously, take themselves lightly, and show up for each other.
Open to writers at all levels working in all genres. Beginners welcome. Grumpy old seasoned authors also welcome.
How It Works
Our trimester schedule follows a 3-months-on, 1-month-off pattern, with weekly or monthly submission deadlines. We meet September–November (December off), January–March (April off), and May–July.
The majority of our work takes place on a text-based asynchronous forum—log in when you like.
Optional monthly Zoom meetings are held the first Sunday of each month, Noon–2 pm Pacific / 3–5 pm Eastern, and are recorded for those who can’t attend.
Winter / January-March: Experiments in Turret and Fiction—Hybridity, Research, and Borrowing from Genre
Learn to use techniques from romance, noir, fantasy, and solar punk as well as documentary and research in your work of any genre. And learn to incorporate journalism and research into more creative narratives.
Reading list TBA.
Spring / April-June: Writing to Publish
For the Spring/Summer trimester we’ll shift our focus a little bit to publishing, but of course we’ll keep writing! Students will have the option to create and publish a chapbook or book or their work, or to be a part of the anthology collective.
Reading list TBA.
Tuition
One Trimester, Winter or Spring:
$1,100 — a $250 deposit saves your spot — Venmo @Ariel-Gore-1 with your email address
Two Trimesters, Winter and Spring:
$2,050 — a $300 deposit saves your spot — Venmo @Ariel-Gore-1 with your email address
Email arielfiona at gmail with questions.
About Ariel Gore Ariel Gore is a Lambda Award-winning author of 13 lucky books of fiction and nonfiction, including her most recent, Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer. She has been teaching and mentoring writers for over two decades. Literary Kitchen alumni have published stories, chapbooks, and books with publishers large and small.
