10 Best Writing Classes in Seattle

Hybrid Seattle course, $725, taught by Nicholas O'Connell, who has run The Writer's Workshop since 2001. Eight Wednesday evenings, 14 October to 2 December 2026, delivered by video conference with at least one in-person class in Seattle. Capped at 15, and the fee includes one-to-one conferences with the instructor on your own manuscript alongside six set assignments. Genre-agnostic narrative craft - memoir, novel, short story, personal essay or travel writing.

In-person course in Seattle, $490 (early-bird $441), taught by Nicole Hardy. Eight Saturday sessions, 26 September to 21 November 2026 at Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave (no class 10 October). Personal essay specifically rather than general creative nonfiction, and open to introductory and intermediate writers in the same room.

In-person course in Seattle, $390 (early-bird $351), taught by Alma Garcia. Six Thursday evenings, 1 October to 5 November 2026, 7:10-9:10pm at Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Capped at 15 seats. The introductory tier of the fiction sequence, covering the basic machinery - character, scene, point of view - for writers without prior workshop experience.

In-person single-session generative workshop in Seattle, sliding-scale pricing, taught by Tara Campbell. Saturday 26 September 2026, 10:00am-1:00pm at Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Three hours of prompt-driven drafting in the speculative register - aimed at intermediate and advanced writers who want new material rather than an introduction to the genre. Sliding scale, not free: payment is required at a self-selected tier.

In-person yearlong cohort in Seattle, $1,835, taught by Miriam Tobin. Thirty sessions from 22 September 2026 to 8 June 2027 at Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. The stated outcome is a complete full-length play by the end of the year - this is writing for the stage, not performance training.

In-person yearlong cohort in Seattle, $1,830, taught by William Carty. Thirty sessions from 24 September 2026 to 3 June 2027 at Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. A year of poetry with a fixed group - long enough to build a manuscript rather than a handful of individual poems.

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.

In-person yearlong cohort in Seattle, $1,810, taught by Ramon Isao. Thirty sessions from 22 September 2026 to 8 June 2027 at Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. A full academic year on the short story with the same group throughout - the format is a sustained cohort rather than a drop-in workshop, so expect to draft, circulate and revise multiple complete stories across the year.

In this course, learn screenplay writing, practice writing scenes and short scripts, receive feedback on your work. Covers screenplay formatting, structure, target audience, treatments, log lines, and marketing strategies.

This course focuses on improving creative writing skills, exploring writing from life, generating imagery, crafting essays, memoirs, and short stories, and developing editing skills.