Register for Classes | Fee Waivers | Refund Policy | Code of Conduct
Poets & Writers is pleased to offer courses to help you deepen your writing practice and get published. All classes are offered live online via Zoom and provide ample opportunity for interaction with the instructor and peers. Please join us!
Please note: Full participation in an atmosphere of mutual trust is key to learning. For that reason, our workshops and classes are not recorded. Please plan to attend all sessions at the scheduled time. If you have questions or need additional information, please email programs@pw.org.
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Fee Waivers
Poets & Writers aims to ensure equitable access to classes for writers who might not otherwise be able to cover registration fees. To that end, a limited number of fee waivers are available for each class. We encourage applications from writers traditionally underrepresented in publishing, including, but not limited to, writers who identify as Black, Indigenous, persons of color, immigrants, writers with disabilities, LGBTQ+ writers, writers residing outside of major cities, and writers who do not have an MFA or equivalent degree.
Please submit fee waiver applications no later than two weeks before the first session of the selected class. If granted a fee waiver, you will be responsible for a nominal $25 fee.
Fee waivers are made possible by the Amazon Literary Partnership.
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Refund Policy
If you are unable to attend a course for which you have registered, please submit a refund request to programs@pw.org. We will issue a full refund for cancellations submitted at least one week before the class starts. Cancellations in the week leading to the start date of class will receive a fifty-percent refund. No refunds will be issued once the course begins. We believe that full participation provides the best opportunity for learning and community building, and we encourage participants to make every effort to attend all scheduled sessions.
Code of Conduct
Poets & Writers strives to provide a safe space where its employees, instructors, and the public can come together to connect, communicate, and collaborate with creativity, open-mindedness, and respect for all. Every individual must abide by simple guidelines that prioritize honesty, safety, integrity, and privacy for this community. Poets & Writers reserves the right to remove those who violate these guidelines.
To that end, Poets & Writers will not tolerate hate speech or harassment of any kind. Examples of harassment include offensive comments related to one’s personal, professional, religious, or political identity; unwelcome comments regarding an individual’s lifestyle choices and practices; deliberate misgendering or using inappropriate pronouns; gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behavior; threats of violence; incitements of violence towards any individual or group; deliberate intimidation; stalking or unwanted following, online or in the physical world; unwelcome sexual attention; and continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease. Poets & Writers observes that respectful disagreement or reasonable and respectful critique made in good faith does not constitute harassment.
Additionally, as members of a creative community, each one of us bears the responsibility to participate in discourse in a manner characterized by intellectual honesty and creative integrity. Members must respect the intellectual property rights of others. Any breach of this intellectual responsibility is a breach of faith with the rest of our creative community. It undermines our shared intellectual culture, and it cannot be tolerated. Individuals failing to meet these responsibilities will be removed from our classes.
To report any issues or violations, please email programs@pw.org.