“A warm nest that inspires the writer in all of us.”

—Katie S.

Our Latest News

  • With warmth and a touch of the sardonic, Instructor Jeff Chon’s stories in This Is the Afterlife (Dec 2022) deal with how we navigate the fallout of what came before—and the ways we’re then destined to navigate the fallout of those subsequent actions. It is a study in the recursive nature of fate, how the end of one action’s lifespan leads to the birth of another, and how the most unexpected and bizarre twists in our lives are inevitable, even when they’re undeserved.

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  • Like a hanging mobile, the stories in Instructor Jennifer Lewis’ The New Low move around each other, creating ever-changing insights between its characters, each of whom struggle with identity, addictions, judgments, and life’s contradictions.

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  • Instructor Allison Landa’s memoir Bearded Lady is a tale of hiding and revealing, of secrets and salvation, of how what we believe sets us apart actually unites us. It’s the story of what happens when you can no longer push down your deepest humiliation and instead must truly face the world.

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  • Student David Stewart’s collection of memoir essays True North, Down South is coming out on September 20, 2022. To write this book, David attended many workshops at The Writing Salon with facilitators Kathleen McLung, Kerry Muir, and Julie Bruck.

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  • Student C. Eliot Mullins was a featured poet for the June 2022 edition of Cathexis Northwest Press. Two of the poems featured were written during her poetry mentorship with Instructor Erin Rodoni.

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  • Instructor Lori Ostlund has taken over as the new Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction Series Editor. The award is given to one unpublished short story collection each year.

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  • Student Ana Maria Carbonell’s short story The Grapevine recently appeared in The Acentos Review, a journal that promotes Latinx writers. Ana Maria started the story in instructor Elaine Beale’s class and workshopped parts of it in instructors Lori Ostlund and Anne Raeff’s class.

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  • Student Sara McAulay’s poem Get in line and stay there was published in Rise-Up Review

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Student Reviews

The Writing Salon
5.0
Based on 36 Reviews
Mysti Z.
Mysti Z.
2016-09-09 15:46:28
I just finished a 9-week course "Fiction Workshop - Build & Refine Your Storytelling Skills" with Cary Groner and here are my thoughts: This course is...
Dulce V.
Dulce V.
2016-04-29 16:56:02
I recently came across the pleasure to sit with Kate Montgomery in her 'Mapping the Story' one day workshop. It was my first class with The Writing Salon...
Kristina G.
Kristina G.
2016-02-21 18:04:16
I have taken many creative writing classes, but have received little instruction on craft. The writing salon gave me the tools to consider craft in my...
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