Sevilla Writers House
Sevilla Writers Workshops
Sevilla Writers House believes a well-rounded, thorough writing education shouldn't put you tens of thousands of dollars in debt . All of our workshops are offered on a sliding scale and designed to foster community and provide you MFA-level guidance and feedback. Workshop groups are kept relatively small so you receive ample attention on your work.
Upcoming Summer Workshops
Our last batch of summer workshops are currently enrolling!
4-Week You Should Write Your Memoir
with Ayser Salman
SATURDAYS, AUGUST 22 - SEPTEMBER 12
10a PT - 12p PT
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
In this interactive workshop, writers will do exercises to identify the themes in their own lives, which often directly translate into the stories they write. I'll share what worked for me in my writing process and offer feedback on participants' answers as well as writing exercises. At the end of the course, writers should have a good idea of what their story is - or at least a jumping-off point to sit down and write. And for those writers who don’t want to publish their real-life story, my belief is that the best stories anyone writes are those which are personal. Together, we'll help you uncover that.
AYSER SALMAN was born in Iraq back before it became a curiosity and moved to the United States when she was a toddler. Her book, “The Wrong End of the Table,” a comic memoir about growing up Iraqi Muslim in Kentucky was published March 5, 2019 by Skyhorse Publishing. Ayser is currently developing it as a TV series. She also teaches short film writing at her grad school alma mater, LMU. Ayser also regularly publishes online articles and essays inspired by her ‘spirited' Iraqi family and their immigrant shenanigans and seems to never run out of ideas – much to her mother’s chagrin.
SLIDING SCALE TUITION: $110 - $165
6-Week Intermediate Poetry
with Brandon Amico
SATURDAYS, AUGUST 29 - OCTOBER 3
10a PT - 12p PT
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Participants will generate new poems weekly and will receive multiple group critiques of their work. Discussions around craft will be forefronted in the group discussions, as well as ways attendees can improve the poem in front of us and the ones that will follow it. Participants will leave with a better ability to hone and craft their poems, an understanding of useful tactics and ideas to employ in their work, and prompts to be used to generate more work in the future.
BRANDON AMICO is the author of Disappearing, Inc. (Gold Wake Press, 2019). He is a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow, the recipient of a North Carolina Arts Council Regional Artist Grant, and the winner of Southern Humanities Review’s Hoepfner Literary Award for Poetry. His poems have appeared in The Adroit Journal, Blackbird, The Cincinnati Review, Kenyon Review, and New Ohio Review, among others, and will be included in Best American Poetry 2020
SLIDING SCALE TUITION: $170 - $240
4-Week Romance Writing for Today's Feminist
with Emma Canady
SUNDAYS, AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 13
10a PT - 1p PT
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
By looking at the history of the romance genre, dissecting the tropes and methods of the genre, and then crafting your own manuscript, this class aims to give students a holistic understanding of one of the most popular genres of fiction today. Students will gain not only a marketable understanding and approach, but they will also be able to follow the trends of the market and apply that to their own work. Students who want to not only learn to write, but to write within the genre, will thrive in this course.
EMMA CANADY is a freelance writer and editor based in St. Louis, MO. She publishes romance shorts with Bryant Street Publishing on Scribd under pseudonym and has ghostwritten over two dozen successful, published romance novels. When she's not writing or hanging out with her dog, Emma can be found putting her media degrees to use by binge-watching trashy television.
SLIDING SCALE TUITION: $110 - $165
TESTIMONIALS
What People Are Saying
"I am just so impressed with the quality of the workshops and seminars offered and of the instructors brought in to give them. I’m so glad this is available online so that I can participate without being in a big city like L.A. or NYC. Thank you for what you do! [Sevilla] really stands out from all the workshops and seminars I take, both online and in person pre-COVID."
Emma Burcart
Writer, North Carolina
"...I appreciated the collaborative tone and intelligent approach of the curriculum, and it already has made a huge difference in my work. Absolutely flawless execution. It's especially amazing that you offered such an amazing workshop via Zoom during these trying times..."
Dev Rogers
Writer
4-Week Reading Your Work for Writers
with Jeremy Radin
MONDAYS, AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 21 (does not meet on 9/7)
6p PT - 8p PT
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
In this performance-focused workshop, writers will bring in a piece each week that they want to rehearse reading aloud. Rehearsal is a necessary process for many writers who wish to perform their work, just as it is for actors. Of the rehearsal process, he said: "The process is fun, rewarding, exciting. But it is also frightening." In this 4-week workshop, Radin will guide you through the rehearsal process and foster a supportive, nurturing virtual space to help writers become more effective, engaging performers, even online.
JEREMY RADIN is an actor, writer, teacher, and amateur gardener. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as Ploughshares, Crazyhorse, The Colorado Review, Gulf Coast, and The Journal. He's the author of Slow Dance with Sasquatch (Write Bloody, 2012) and Dear Sal (2017). As an actor he recently appeared in the film The Way Back and has worked in television and onstage for over twenty years. He is a founding member of The Public Assembly, a theater company in Los Angeles. He's taught acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, with the Hollywood Immersive Program, and The Get Lit Players at Get Lit.
SLIDING SCALE TUITION: $110 - $165
6-Week Poetry for Actors
with Jeremy Radin
WEDNESDAYS, AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 30
6p PT - 8p PT
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Through the reading and writing of poetry, this class will reconnect actors with language. Each week, actors will read and discuss a poem, followed by writing to a prompt based on the work. Participants will then read and discuss the work generated.
JEREMY RADIN is an actor, writer, teacher, and amateur gardener. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as Ploughshares, Crazyhorse, The Colorado Review, Gulf Coast, and The Journal. He's the author of Slow Dance with Sasquatch (Write Bloody, 2012) and Dear Sal (2017). As an actor he recently appeared in the film The Way Back and has worked in television and onstage for over twenty years. He is a founding member of The Public Assembly, a theater company in Los Angeles. He's taught acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, with the Hollywood Immersive Program, and The Get Lit Players at Get Lit.
SLIDING SCALE TUITION: $170 - $240
The Weekly Writing Sesh
with Lyndsay Hall
TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 1-29
6p PT - 7p PT
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Each week, writers will write to a guided exercise with the goal of generating more work that excites them, pushes their boundaries, and explores their creativity. After ample writing time, participants will have the opportunity to share their work aloud with the group. Bonus: you can foster community with other writers. Bring your dinner, your wine, or your joint - we're hanging out and writing!
Sign up by the week or purchase multiple weeks at a time and receive editorial feedback on a finished piece.
LYNDSAY HALL has taught creative writing to adults and children through Sevilla and a national nonprofit Writopia Lab for six years. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles; while there, she served as managing editor for the program’s literary journal, Lunch Ticket. She attended the Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop, New York University’s Writers in New York program, and the Bread Loaf Conference in Sicily. Lyndsay has been the first reader of submissions for Slice, Antioch University’s Lunch Ticket Special, and Union Literary, an agency. She served as the executive editor of Writopia Lab’s 10 year anniversary anthology. Her essay, “A Saline Solution,” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Hobart Pulp, Little Fiction | Big Truths, juked, xoJane, The Avalon Literary Review, and Lunch Ticket, among others.
TICKET RANGE: $15 - $65
TESTIMONIALS
What People Are Saying
"I know it's only week 1, but I'm already excited by the output in this class. [K-Ming Chang has] curated the best selection of readings, I love how diverse the group is (and by extension the writing), and I just jammed out a piece I didn't know I had in me."
Ashanya Indralingam
Writer, Amsterdam