Guide to Writers Conferences & Writing Workshops
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The Opening: A Center for Innovative Writing Courses
Established
1996
Program Description
Overcome your hesitation & playfully explore your writing, while getting realistic encouragement, group support & practical problem-solving fr. a writing professional. Weekly classes, retreats, tele-classes. ALL genres. Book completion our specialty.
Programs/Year
20 +
Program Length
1 day wkshops, retreats 12 week classes
Group Size or S:T Ratio
5-8
Program Focus
Fiction, Nature, Non-fiction, Autobiography/Memoir, Poetry
Faculty
Andy Couturier, MA, is an essayist, poet and professionally-trained writing teacher. Author of Writing Open the Mind & A Different Kind of Luxury. He has taught at Cal. State University, SF MOMA, UC Santa Cruz, and he offers a Teacher Training Program.
Costs
Apx. $16 per classroom hour.
U.S. Locations
Santa Cruz, Oakland, and Online, California
Global Locations
Japan
Months
Year round
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Contact
Andy Couturier
The Opening
147 South River Street, Suite 203
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
United States
Phone: 831-728-9983
E-Mail:
The Opening
147 South River Street, Suite 203
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
United States
Phone: 831-728-9983
E-Mail:
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We are a community of writers. We build connections and create educational experiences for established and aspiring writers across genres. Oct 21-25, 2026 Jackson WY.
We are a community of writers. We build connections and create educational experiences for established and aspiring writers across genres. Oct 21-25, 2026 Jackson WY.
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