Writing Alone and With Others

AWA’s core belief is simple: every person is a writer, and every writer deserves a safe environment in which to experiment, learn, and develop craft. AWA provides facilitator-led writing workshops for all who wish to write.

Writer of short stories, literary novels, poems, & essays. Amherst Writers & Artists Writing Workshop Facilitator.

Queer Jewish writer in Northern California. Published in Longreads, Sonora Review, The Rumpus, Creative Nonfiction. Leads workshops using the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method. Working on a memoir, Just Some Things We Can't Talk About.

Jan Haag is a writer, AWA workshop leader (as well as an AWA instructor and editor of AWA Press) and a poet and writer in Sacramento, California.

International-Australian writer and general creative. Passionate believer in the power of human connection. Founder of Amsterdam Writers and the workshop Writers' Stretch & Tone. Author of the Substack: Bright Side Writings.

I write to survive being human.

Author of ekphrastic poetry and prose, historical fiction, and memoir. Amherst Writers & Artists certified affiliate leading workshops in writing the past and writing family history.

Sherri Levine is a poet, educator, mental health advocate, and squirrel lover who lives in Portland, OR with her partner and stepson Adrian and her stepdog Myla. She is happiest outdoors hiking in nature. Please visit her sherrilevine.com

I write fiction, poetry, short stories and a little memoir. I am an Amherst Writers' trained facilitator leading groups for 10 years including with a magnificent group of writers in prison.

Creating a vibrant life & inspiring others to live Older, Bolder & Better!! Get ready to be around awhile. 85+ is one of America’s fastest-growing demographics.

Julie Mariouw is an AWA facilitator and ANFT forest therapy guide, who combines metaphor, the senses, and nature together with writing, to create healing and increased creativity in her students. Visit: https://www.wellspringwritingworkshops.com

I am a Louisiana-based author exploring the intersection of identity, community, & connection. I offer in-person workshops & retreats that help writers tap into their creative flow. I am passionate about fostering safe spaces for creative expression.

Wearer of many hats: sociologist, narrative medicine, writer, editor. Forever fascinated by the stories we tell.

Christian. Wife. Mom. Actor. Author. Audiobook narrator. AWA Executive Board member and podcast host. I write from imagination, life experience, and lessons learned. Stories shared with hope to inspire and linger long after the page is turned.

Workshop Leader for Writing the Wave. Louise’s work has been published in Woodsqueer Literary Journal, Pure Slush, Mayday Magazine, shortédition, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Philadelphia Stories, Peregrine Journal, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Carla Hanson taught in California public schools for three decades. She grew up in northwestern Montana on the Flathead Indian Reservation and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes.