Writing Classes & Retreats 2025
By Tongass Mist Writing
Please visit Tongass Mist Writing Events Page to see their continuing series of in-person and online writing classes and retreats.
Here is a sampling in 2025:
Saturday, Jan. 4 via Zoom – “Write Your Family in Your Own Voice” – Elizabeth Mayorca offers this intimate class on writing your family in your own voice for the second time! You are welcome to attend 1 or all 4 classes in this series. Writers will enjoy a dynamic 2 hours during each class exploring examples in literature, prompts, writing and conversation. Read More and Register. Classes 2, 3 and 4 held on Saturdays Jan. 11, Jan. 18 and Jan. 24.
Thursday, Jan. 16 or Thursday, Feb. 13 via Zoom – “Writing Intimacy & Sex” – Oregon writer Melissa Matthewson will explore writing about sex and intimacy. In what ways can we embrace the sensuality of our prose, poetry. Can we plunge into the depths of our psyches and stories by writing about topics like sex, sexuality, bodies and intimacy? We will talk about these subjects, both in literature and philosophy and write about them together. Read More and Register.
Thursday, Jan. 23 via Zoom – “Your Poetic Heart” – Come join poet John Roedel as he leads you in a two-hour workshop on his approach to writing poetry. Bring a pen, a journal and your open heart as John leads you off the beaten path and into the words waiting inside of you for you to discover them. Read More and Register.
Wednesday, Mar. 5 in-person in Sitka, Alaska – “Writing the Wild: Evolution of the Nature Essay” – 5 week class (Mar. 5-April 2) located in Sitka, Alaska. Join Sitka writer Brendan Jones on the Sitka Fine Arts Campus to chat about journaling and move your writing from early stages toward a well crafted piece of writing with broad appeal to readers. This course is designed for writers interested in understanding and participating in the reflective and explorative tradition of nature writing. Read more and Register.
May 29 through June 2 in-person in Sitka, Alaska – “Tongass Writing Retreat with Amy Butcher and Brendan Jones” – Beloved Sitka and award-winning authors Brendan Jones and Amy Butcher partner with Tongass Mist Writing in this fantastic wilderness and creative writing retreat opportunity! Space is limited to 12 writers. Read more details.
