Teaching, Workshops, and Retreats
2023
Castle Hill Center for the Arts
Writing the Story That You Must Tell
August 14th-August 18th
Waitlist available
Maine Media Workshop
Permission and the New Memoirist
August 7th-August 11th
Class size: 10
NOTE: THIS IS A LIVE, RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP
24 Pearl/ Fine Arts Work Center
Permission, Intimacy, and the Heart of the Story
June 5th-June 30th
Class size: 15
NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE. ASYNCHRONOUS WORKSHOP
Rutgers Community Workshop
On Permission, Story Ownership, and Memoir: Overcoming Silencing and Shame
May 6th
2022
Elissa Altman and Katherine May, A Day-Long Retreat in Rockport, Maine
August 8th, 10 am - 6 pm
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Telling Your Story: Permission and the New Memoirist
Residential workshop
June 30th - July 5th 2022
The Magic of Voice: Getting to the Core of Your Story
April 7th - June 9th, 2022
This workshop is full. Waitlist available.
2021
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Telling Your Story: Permission and the New Memoirist
June 28th-July 3rd
Waitlist available
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
Master Class
10-week master class in memoir/personal essay
February 23rd - April 27th, 2021
Note: This is an online class, by application
Deadline closed
2020-2021
Master Class
Voice, Memoir, and Story
10-week workshop in memoir/personal essay
December 2020 - February 2021
Note: This is an online workshop
SOLD OUT
2020
Maine Writers & Publishers Association
10-week workshop in memoir/personal essay
September 15th - November 17th
Camden, Maine
Note: This is an online workshop
SOLD OUT
Maine Writers & Publishers Association
July 18th
Camden, Maine
Note: This is an online workshop
SOLD OUT
24 Pearl
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown
Intimacy. Permission, and the Heart of the Story
July 13th-August 7th
NOTE: This is an online workshop
SOLD OUT; WAITLIST AVAILABLE
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown
Telling Your Story: Permission and the New Memoirist
June 28th-July 3rd
NOTE: This workshop is sold out; waitlist is available.
[POSTPONED UNTIL 2021]
24 Pearl
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown
Intimacy, Permission, and the Heart of the Story
January 27th-February 23rd
SOLD OUT
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown
Telling Your Story: Permission and the New Memoirist
June 29th-July 4th, 2019
Sold out
Literature & Larder
Narrative Food Writing with Diana Henry
Glin Castle, Ireland
2018
Sold out
1440 Multiversity
Scott’s Valley, California
Writing Your Story, Feeding Your Soul
Writing + Meditation
November 2018