These online workshops are conducted live, over Zoom. I am also available for in-person workshops in classrooms or other sites. TO REGISTER, PLEASE EMAIL: montereybound AT gmail DOT com.
8-WEEK SERIES
Thursdays,
September 17th – November 5, 2026.
Sundays,
September 20th – November 8, 2026.
Theme: Place
(more details to follow)
These workshops are Pay-What-You-Can. Thursdays: 9-11am Pacific / 12-2pm East Coast / 5-7pm Ireland & UK
Live guest poet Sunday, November 8th, 2026 – Kari Gunter-Seymour! (All Welcome.)
Kari Gunter-Seymour is the immediate past Poet Laureate of Ohio and recipient of an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship, IPPY Bronze Award NYC Big Book Award, a National Federation of Press Women Award and Feathered Quill Award. She is the executive director of the Women of Appalachia Project and editor of its anthology series, Women Speak, finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award. Gunter-Seymour is a retired instructor in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and the founder, curator, and host of “Spoken & Heard,” a seasonal performance series featuring poets, writers, and musicians from across the country. She is the editor of I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing: Ohio’s Appalachian Voices, funded through the Academy of American Poets and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation which was awarded a Best Book Award 2022. She was selected to serve as a 2022 Dodge Poetry Festival Poet and is a Pillars of Prosperity Fellow for the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio. Her work has been featured in a variety of journals and publications including World Literature Today, American Book Review, Rattle, Poem-a-Day, Katie Curic’s Wake Up Call, The LA Times and The New York Times.
To learn more about the SOBI guest poet series, click here.
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TO REGISTER or for MORE INFO, PLEASE EMAIL ME: montereybound AT gmail DOT com.
*Other times available by popular demand. See below for suggested fees.
Can’t commit to eight weeks? Try one of the stand-alone workshops coming this fall.
Times as above. $25/€25. Free for paid Subscribers of the Ask the Poet Substack.
Intimate groups: No more than eight participants.
Personalized follow-up material: Based on what comes out of each session.
Contemporary voices: With a focus on marginalized voices & a live guest poet hour.
Live writing time: Not just quick-writes, also longer explorations (30-45 min).
Affordability: Pay-what-you-can
Workshops can be tailored to the needs of the participants.
That being said, the general format I follow begins with a short warm-up exercise to play with language and get our minds on topic. After the warm-up, we read 1-2 poems/poets, exploring them for craft as well as our own emotional responses. We move from the poems into writing prompts and writing time. Then, the group re-convenes to share writing or process as each individual wishes; there is no obligation to do so. Unless the writer is interested in particular feedback or requests no feedback, those with something to offer about what was shared speak briefly on something they appreciated about what they heard. As we all understand the writing is fresh and unfinished, the focus is not on critique but rather on craft and techniques of using the writing of others toward generating our own. Normally, the sessions also include a guest poet hour where I engage a published poet in conversation. Past guests: Michael Kleber-Diggs, Nancy Miller Gomez, January Gill O’Neil, Francesca Bell, Claire Wahmanholm, and Nuala O’Connor. See Workshop Guest Poets.
The core SOBI (Small Observances, Big Ideas) workshops are ongoing and run in 8-week blocks that take place weekly in two-hour sessions. Groups range from 4-8 people.
Write me at montereybound AT gmail DOT com to reserve your spot. If you are interested in alternative meeting times, please contact me–with four people interested we can make it happen. I’m also available for private sessions.
Online Writing Workshops (my teaching approach).
Poetry is Not a Luxury Series for Women.