New Writing Classes
Each of our classes is designed to help writers find new communities and deepen their craft in a thoughtful, supportive environment.
We have five new writing classes coming up. Each is designed to help writers find new communities and deepen their craft in a thoughtful, supportive environment.
Details are below. Space in each class is limited.
We offer a sliding scale for all courses, as well as a reduced rate for those who cannot attend live but would like access to the recordings. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at info@consequenceforum.org.
Thank you.
Flash Fiction as Resistance
with Diane Callahan
Saturday, May 2 | Online
12p – 2:30p ET
Cost: $30
In a time when conflict and global crises can feel overwhelming, flash fiction offers a powerful way to capture human experience in a brief but vivid form. This two-hour intensive explores how stories under a thousand words can convey emotion, resistance, and meaning through carefully chosen images, inventive structures, and compressed language.
In a supportive space, we’ll read examples from Consequence, discuss key techniques of flash fiction, and write together using guided prompts focused on the human consequences of war and geopolitical violence. Through these exercises, you’ll begin drafting a new flash fiction piece and gain practical tools for approaching the genre.
Translating Poetry
with Dr. Fathima M.
Saturdays, May 9 and 16 | Online
10:30a – 12:30p ET
Cost: $35 for one class (either one) / $60 for both
In times of violence and displacement, translating poetry can become an act of empathy, resilience, and resistance. This two-session workshop explores the art and theory of poetry translation, inviting participants to engage deeply with language while encountering poems that speak to broken homes, conflict, and human struggle.
In a supportive learning space, we’ll examine the challenges and possibilities of translating poetry and practice translating selected poems together. Participants will develop practical translation skills, deepen their understanding of poetic language across cultures, and gain confidence working with complex texts.
When Worlds Collide: Writing to Visual Art
with Dr. Barbara Krasner
Mondays, June 1, 8, 22, and 28 | Online
6:30p – 8:30p ET
Cost: $100
Explore the ancient practice of ekphrasis—writing inspired by visual art—to unlock vivid, sensory approaches to conflict and complexity. In this generative workshop, you’ll respond to curated images through timed exercises, then develop selected pieces further. Using the Amherst Writers & Artists method, participants may share work and receive strengths-based feedback in a supportive, critique-free space. Open to all levels and genres, this course helps you produce new drafts, identify your writing strengths, and deepen your creative engagement with art.
Slowing Down and Speeding Up: Playing with Time and Detail in Prose
with Michele Lent Hirsch
Tuesday, June 9 | Online
7:30p – 9p ET
Cost: $25
How does manipulating time affect the emotional impact of a piece of prose?
In this generative session, we’ll explore the effects and uses of expanding and compressing time on the page. Through discussion and guided exercises, participants will experiment with pacing, detail, and narrative movement to create more dynamic and intentional prose.
Witness to History: A Nonfiction Workshop
with Carol Bergman
Saturdays, June 6 – 27 | Online
1p – 3p ET
Cost: $105
Writing about personal experiences of war or geopolitical violence can be both powerful and challenging, requiring care with truth, representation, and craft. In this workshop, writers transform lived experiences into compelling personal essays, beginning with oral storytelling and expanding into research and drafting. In a supportive, trust-based environment, participants receive thoughtful feedback to guide revision. Open to all, the course equips writers with a strong draft and a clear path forward.