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Memoir and Personal Essay Two-Saturday Workshop
UCLA Extension
In-person workshop in Los Angeles at UCLA Extension, over two Saturdays from 7 November 2026. A weekend-shaped alternative to the term-length courses: memoir and personal essay craft compressed into two full days rather than eleven weeks, which suits writers who cannot commit to a weekly evening. Latest-starting in-person option in the current catalogue.
Website: https://www.uclaextension.edu/writing/creative-writing/co...
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
November, 2026
Based in Los Angeles
Level: Any
Length:
2 Saturdays
Writing Your Memoir
The Women's Institute of Houston
In-person single session in Houston, $135, taught by Hank Roubicek, Ph.D. Wednesday 2 September 2026, 10:00am-12:00pm at the Women’s Institute of Houston. A two-hour orientation to memoir as a form rather than a writing course: what separates a memoir from an autobiography, how to choose the slice of life or theme worth building a book around, and where to start. Suits someone deciding whether they have a memoir in them.
Website: https://www.wih.org/product/writing-your-memoir-3/
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
September, 2026
Price:
$135.00
Based in Houston
Level: Beginner
Length:
1 session (2 hours)
Class size: 8
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Yearlong in Memoir: Advanced Cohort
Hugo House
In-person yearlong cohort in Seattle, $1,810, taught by Cara Stoddard. Thirty sessions from 24 September 2026 to 10 June 2027 at Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Pitched at advanced memoirists rather than beginners: writers arrive with a project already underway and work it through a full year of craft study and group critique.
Website: https://hugohouse.org/product/yearlong-in-memoir-advanced...
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
September, 2026
Price:
$1,810.00
Based in Seattle
Level: Advanced
Length:
30 sessions (Sep 2026 - Jun 2027)
In-person course in Portland, $360, taught by Sarah Cannon. Six Tuesday evenings, 22 September to 3 November 2026, 6:00-8:00pm at Literary Arts, 716 SE Grand Ave. A memoir class about the people who have been left out of the draft - how to write the relationships a writer has been avoiding, and how their absence shapes the story being told.
Website: https://literary-arts.org/event/where-is-your-mother-fami...
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
September, 2026
Price:
$360.00
Based in Portland
Level: Any
Length:
6 sessions
Reviving Old Fiction: A Re-Visioning Workshop
Attic Institute
Generative online workshop exploring fiction in a “re-visioning” approach. Uses readings and writing to move participants “into new poems” (described on the page), guided by poets William Stafford, Matsuo Basho, Kobayashi Issa, Jane Kenyon, Harryette Mullen, and Marie Howe. Held on Zoom with a set weekly schedule during the workshop term.
Website: https://www.attic-institute.com/workshops/p/lucky-languag...
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
November, 2026
Price:
$249.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
4 weeks
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Short and Sweet: Prose Poems, Flash Fiction and Mini-Memoirs
The Writing Salon
This course focuses on short forms of writing, encouraging participants to explore prose poems, flash fiction, and mini-memoirs through techniques like free association and juxtaposition. Students will analyze works by authors like Lydia Davis, write their pieces, and share feedback.
Website: https://www.writingsalons.com/
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
March, 2026
Price:
$240.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
3 sessions, each lasting 2.5 hours
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Letters, Prayers, and Confessions: Forms for Emotional Writing (McCormick)
The Writers Studio
This six-week online course explores emotional writing through letters, prayers, and confessions. Students learn to create intimacy and vulnerability through structured address, enhancing their emotional storytelling.
Website: https://courses.writerstudio.com/
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
March, 2026
Price:
$395.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
6 weeks (1 lesson per week)
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
This course focuses on strategies for writers to manage their own marketing without high costs, covering how to leverage community support, contact venues, engage with book clubs, and find funding opportunities.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
May, 2026
Price:
$75.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
1 session, 2 hours
Class size: 50
How To Write A Memoir
Writers Write
This online course provides tools to construct a memoir, organize memories, find themes, and understand plot and story archetypes. Includes 14 modules, a workbook, and immediate online access.
Website: https://www.writerswrite.co.za/
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$249.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
14 modules
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Writing a Memoir
Curtis Brown Creative
Includes video modules, weekly writing tasks, resources, professional feedback, and a student forum to support interactive learning.
Website: https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
April, 2026
Price:
£230.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
6 weeks
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
This course combines humor and online learning to enhance team dynamics, creativity, and resilience in remote work environments. It includes interactive content led by experts in organizational leadership.
Website: https://www.edx.org/
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$240.00
Online course
Level: Beginner
Length:
2 months, 3 skill-building courses, 1-2 hours per week
Class size: Unlimited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Life Stories Intensive
The Writer's Center
Focuses on memoir, blog writing, and using personal life experiences as story foundations. Participants learn to identify their story's essence and engage readers through fictional techniques.
Website: https://writer.org/
Categories: Memoir
Start date:
April, 2026
Price:
$45.00
Online course
Level: Any
Length:
1 session of 2.5 hours
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
