Our workshops bring together writers of all backgrounds to create, revise, and share work in a space that celebrates every voice.
We believe that creative writing can play a vital role in personal development. Our writing classes are open to everyone. We provide a warm, supportive writing community for writers of all levels. Gemini Ink offers excellent, fair-cost workshops by published writers year-round.
Gemini Ink is an approved TEA provider for CPE (Continuing Professional Education). Educators seeking recertification can attend our classes and earn a certain number of credits for partaking in the workshop.
Tuesday(s), April 28 & May 5, 12, 19, 26, 6:30-8:30pm CT, via Zoom
Poetry’s Cinematic Propositions with Elena Karina Byrne
Over five-weeks, we will explore the intersections between cinema and poetry, and imagine the poet as director, cinematographer, actor, screenwriter, stage designer, documentarian, and editor–all at once. Through an eclectic mix of poems, essays, and screenplay excerpts, we’ll uncover how poetry and film share the key elements of discovery, the transformative tools of language and image, and the uniting of the speaker’s inner and outer worlds.
Saturday, May 2, 10am-1pm CT, via Zoom
Launch Your Substack with Jennifer Nguyen
If you are looking to develop a marketing strategy for your long-term writing goals, this class is for you. Participants will reflect on where they are as writers, where they want to go, and how they want to use a Substack to get there.
Saturday, Wed, Jun 3, 10, 17 & 24, 6:30-8:30pm CT, via Zoom
Exploring Africa: Inspiration from International Poets with Veronica Golos
In this four-week generative poetry workshop, we will read, discuss deeply, and draw our inspiration from foundational African poets Chris Abani (Nigeria), Kwame Dawes (Ghana), Tsitsi Jaji (Zimbabwe), and Agostinho Nato (Angola).
Sat, Jun 6, 13, & 20, 10am-12pm CT, Hybrid (online via Zoom and in-person at Gemini Ink)
Rooted in Stories with Daniel Ramirez
In this workshop, we will use ancestry as a lens to excavate our sense of connectedness from within. We will imagine belonging as a series of concentric circles: starting with family, widening to community, and expanding outward to the Earth as a whole.
Tue, Jul 7 & 14, 6:30-8pm CT, via Zoom
Finding Voice Through Dialogue with Carmen Tafolla
Literary Masters Lecture Series
Award-winning author of more than 40 books, Dr. Carmen Tafolla presents a two-part Master Class focused on shaping characters’ voices, so they reflect depth, individuality, and authenticity. In session one, we will explore examples of compelling dialogue and review useful tools, patterns, and exercises that can be used long after the lecture ends.
Sat, Jul 11, 10am-2pm CT, In-person
Haunted Histories: The Masters of Latina Horror with Elizabeth Gonzalez James
In this one-day workshop, we will begin with an overview of what horror is and how it works. Then we’ll discuss several works by Latina authors, paying close attention to how they blend fact and fantasy. We will examine how truth and storytelling often co-mingle in the Latin American literary tradition, specifically how horror is used by marginalized voices to tell their truths.
Sat, Aug 8, 10am–2pm CT, In-person
Dig Into Your Subconscious to Enliven Your Writing with Carmen Calatayud
In this one-day workshop, we will use guided writing exercises and meditative prompts to quiet the inner critic and awaken the intuitive voice that lies just beneath the surface of everyday thought. Through the study of surrealist writers, we will explore how symbols, images and fragments from the subconscious can transform into powerful narratives.
Tue, Aug 11 & 18, 6:30-8pm CT via Zoom
Finding the Fire: Revising and Revisioning the Poem
Literary Masters Lecture Series
In this two-part lecture, Laurie Ann Guerrero will offer insight into her process of revising and revisioning poems—listening for urgency, clarifying imagery, and taking creative risks. Participants will learn her revision sequence and then participants will each workshop one short poem of their own in an atmosphere of generous, serious attention.
Our next dates are Saturdays, April 25, May 30, June 27, July 25!
Attention parents, guardians, and mentors! If you know a teen (ages 13-19) who loves writing or wants to try it out, please share this opportunity with them. The Teen Writing Circle (TWC) meets on the last Saturday of every month. Teens can explore different writing styles, share their work (optional), and have fun! Learn more.
Thank you to the H. E. Butt Foundation and Impact San Antonio for their generous support of this program!
Enjoy these free online mini-lessons from some of our Partner Classes faculty!:
Parking at Gemini Ink
Gemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full, do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
For our multi-session workshops, we’ve partnered with Wet Ink, the only online platform designed exclusively for writing workshops to bring top-notch creative writing workshops to you. Led by published, professional writers, our classes are intentionally small so that each writer can get the time and attention their work deserves.
Our classes meet in a dedicated online classroom where you can interact with your classmates and instructor. Craft materials, lectures, reading assignments, and writing prompts are all available through the online classroom. Students also post their work, and provide and receive feedback within the Wetink platform.
What you get:
Wetink and Zoom meeting links will be sent via email to all registered participants 30 minutes prior to the start of the first class. If you don’t see it in your Inbox, please check your Spam folder.
For detailed instructions on how to use Zoom, see Zoom video tutorials here.
