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Announcing the launch of Writing Services at The Writers Grotto!

The Writers Grotto is pleased to announce the launch of our Writing Services. With a mix of bespoke and flat fee services, clients can find the perfect fit for their writing needs. Visit our classes and event page to see the full list of writing services currently offered. More writing services will be added throughout the year, so check back often, or contact us at classes(at)writersgrotto.org to request a writing service to fit your needs.

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Autofiction: Combining Memoir and Fiction with Jenny Bitner is named one of Reedsy's best of 2023!

The Writers Grotto is pleased to announce that Jenny Bitner's class "Autofiction: Combining Memoir and Fiction" has been named one of Reedsy's best of 2023! Congratulations to Jenny Bitner - we're thrilled to have you teach with The Writers Grotto!

Upcoming Classes & Events

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9:00-11:00am PT

How To Write A Children's Book With Lisa Lerner

7:00-8:30pm PT

Write Away with Laurie Ann Doyle

7:00-8:30pm PT

Celebrating Our Students - A night of student works from January - June 2023

7:00-8:00pm PT

Spring Classes Virtual Open House

7:00-8:00pm PT

Spring Write-Ins: Wednesday, April 12th with Laurie Ann Doyle

6:30-8:30pm PT

Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig

6:30-8:30pm PT

Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig

6:30-8:30pm PT

Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig

6:30-8:30pm PT

Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig

6:30-8:30pm PT

Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig

6:30-8:30pm PT

Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig

6:30-8:30pm PT

Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner

6:30-8:30pm PT

Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner

6:30-8:30pm PT

Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner

6:30-8:30pm PT

Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner

6:30-8:30pm PT

Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner

6:30-8:30pm PT

Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner

6:00-8:30pm PT

Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden

6:00-8:30pm PT

Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden

6:00-8:30pm PT

Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden

6:00-8:30pm PT

Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden

6:00-8:30pm PT

Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden

6:00-8:30pm PT

Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden

6:00-8:00pm PT

Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner

6:00-8:00pm PT

Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner

6:00-8:00pm PT

Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner

6:00-8:00pm PT

Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner

6:00-8:00pm PT

Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner

6:00-8:00pm PT

Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner

6:00-8:00pm PT

Autofiction: Combining Memoir and Fiction with Jenny Bitner

6:00-8:00pm PT

Talk to Me: Writing the Personal Essay with Audrey Ferber

6:00-8:00pm PT

Join the Bay Area Literary Community with Leigh Lucas

6:00-8:00pm PT

Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner April 11th, 2023

6:00-8:00pm PT

Writing The Unconscious with Jenny Bitner

6:00-8:00pm PT

Story Craft: The Elements of Fiction with Doug Henderson

6:00-7:30pm PT

Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson

6:00-7:30pm PT

Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson

6:00-7:30pm PT

Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson

6:00-7:30pm PT

Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson

6:00-7:30pm PT

Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson

6:00-7:30pm PT

Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson

6:00-7:30pm PT

Grotto Nights with San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Event

6:00-7:30pm PT

Grotto Nights with San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Event Feb. 7th

6:00-7:30pm PT

Grotto Nights with San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Event March 7th

6:00-7:00pm PT

Book Club: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Mark Wallace

6:00-7:00pm PT

Book Club: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Mark Wallace

6:00-7:00pm PT

Book Club: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Mark Wallace

6:00-7:00pm PT

Book Club: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Mark Wallace

6:00-7:00pm PT

Book Club: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Mark Wallace

6:00-7:00pm PT

Write-In with Audrey Ferber

6:00-7:00pm PT

Write-In with Sabina Khan-ibarra

6:00-7:00pm PT

Write-In with Audrey Ferber

6:00-7:00pm PT

Winter Write-In: Jan 18th, 2023 with Maw Shein Win

6:00-7:00pm PT

Winter Write-In: Jan. 25th, 2023 with Rita Chang-Eppig

6:00-7:00pm PT

Winter Write-In: Feb. 1st, 2023 with Rita Chang-Eppig

6:00-7:00pm PT

Winter Write-In: Feb. 8th, 2023 with Rita Chang-Eppig

6:00-7:00pm PT

Winter Write-In: Feb. 15th, 2023 with Maw Shein Win

6:00-7:00pm PT

Winter Write-In: Feb. 27th, 2023 with Jenny Qi

6:00-7:00pm PT

Winter Write-In: March 13th, 2023 with Jenny Qi

6:00-7:00pm PT

Winter Write-In: March 27th, 2023 with Jenny Qi

6:00-7:00pm PT

Spring Write-Ins: Wednesday, April 5th with Jenny Bitner

6:00-7:00pm PT

Spring Write-Ins: Monday, June 19th with Jenny Qi

6:00-7:00pm PT

Spring Write-Ins: Monday, June 26th with Jenny Qi

5:00pm PT

Salesforce Park Poetry Series, Feb. 2nd

5:00pm PT

Salesforce Park Poetry Series, Feb. 16th

5:00pm PT

Salesforce Park Poetry Series, March 2nd

5:00-7:00pm PT

Writing Family Stories with Susan Ito

5:00-7:00pm PT

Writing Family Stories with Susan Ito

5:00-7:00pm PT

Writing Family Stories with Susan Ito

5:00-7:00pm PT

Writing Family Stories with Susan Ito

5:00-7:00pm PT

Writing Family Stories with Susan Ito

5:00-7:00pm PT

Adoption, Kinship & Family: A Writing Workshop with Susan Ito

5:00-7:00pm PT

Adoption, Kinship & Family: A Writing Workshop with Susan Ito

5:00-7:00pm PT

Adoption, Kinship & Family: A Writing Workshop with Susan Ito

5:00-7:00pm PT

Adoption, Kinship & Family: A Writing Workshop with Susan Ito

5:00-7:00pm PT

Adoption, Kinship & Family: A Writing Workshop with Susan Ito

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading and Meeting, November 18th 2022

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading and Meeting Feb. 17th, 2023

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading + Meeting and New Member Welcome

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading + Meeting May 19th

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading + Meeting - June 23rd, 2023

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading + Meeting - July 21st, 2023

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading + Meeting - August 18th, 2023

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading + Meeting - September 22, 2023

5:00-7:00pm PT

Reading + Meeting - November 17th, 2023

5:00-6:30pm PT

Use AI to Improve Your Writing with Laird Harrison

4:00-5:00pm PT

Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Nov. 15th

4:00-5:00pm PT

Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Nov. 22nd

4:00-5:00pm PT

Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Nov 29th

4:00-5:00pm PT

Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Dec. 13th

4:00-5:00pm PT

Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Dec. 20th

4:00-5:00pm PT

Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Dec. 27th

4:00-5:00pm PT

Creative Writing for Kids with Lisa Lerner

3:00-5:00pm PT

Work-In-Progress Workshop with Lindsey Crittenden

3:00-4:30pm PT

Imagery Intensive with Lindsey Crittenden

3:00-4:30pm PT

Imagery Intensive with Lindsey Crittenden

2:00-4:30pm PT

Jumpstart Your Writing for 2023 with Elizabeth Forsyth

2:00-4:00pm PT

DIY Author Events with Elizabeth Forsyth

2:00-4:00pm PT

DIY Author Events with Elizabeth Forsyth May 23rd, 2023

2:00 - 5:00pm PT

Artist Reception with Leah Korican - Normalize the Incredible

Member Spotlight

Faith Adiele

Faith Adiele (http://adiele.com) is author of two memoirs, including Meeting Faith (PEN Open Book Award), and co-editor of Coming of Age Around the World: A Multicultural Anthology. Media credits include My Journey Home (PBS), Sleep Stories for the CALM App, and HBO-Max series, A World of Calm. One of Marie Claire Magazine’s “5 Women to Learn From,” she teaches at California College of the Arts and Stonecoast Low-Residency MFA. A graduate of Harvard, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, Faith is host of African Book Club (Museum of the African Diaspora) and founder of Traveling While BIPOC Workshop (VONA/Voices).

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Featured Work

The Orca and the Spider: On Motherhood, Loss and Community

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Grace Loh Prasad

About the grieving orca, Louise Bourgeois’s monumental spiders, and the loneliness of being a mother in diaspora without a support system.

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