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.
Thu, Sep 10, 17, 24 & Oct 1, 6:30–8:30pm CT, Online via Zoom
Read Like a Writer with Bestselling Author Laura Castoro
Train your eye for literary craft with bestselling author Laura Castoro and learn to read the way writers do! In this four-week workshop, we will explore how to read more deeply and deconstruct how authors set mood, manipulate conventions, and play with boundaries.
Sat, Sep 12, 10am–3pm CT, In person at Gemini Ink
Diving into the Kiddie Pool: Writing for Picture Books with Diane Bertrand
Turn a family story, childhood memory, or narrative poem into a picture book! In this one-day workshop, we’ll explore how successful children’s authors build characters, develop story arcs, create page turners, and play with language.
Tue, Sep 15 & 22, 6:30–8pm CT, Online via Zoom
Writing the Difficult From a Reservoir of Love with Brian Turner
Literary Masters Lecture Series
In this two-part intensive, award-winning poet and memoirist Brian Turner will share techniques for transforming painful experiences into meaningful, resonant writing. Through craft-focused lessons, you’ll learn how to approach challenging subjects with a broader, more grounded perspective that honors the humanity of the story.
Fri, Oct 2, 10am–3pm CT, In person at Gemini Ink
Poetry in Dangerous Times: From Witness to Resistance with Demetria Martínez & Dr. Norma E. Cantú
During this one-day retreat, we will explore poets who have not only borne witness to injustice, but who have done so from a place of hope and resistance. We will then build a “portfolio” of our own work to sustain and nourish our vision and activism in these times.
Tue, Oct 6, 13, 20 & 27, 6:30–8:30pm CT, Hybrid
Creative Writing for Newbies with Christen Barrón
Do you want to explore creative writing but don’t know where to begin? In this hands-on workshop, participants will receive a gentle, fun introduction to creative writing and the opportunity to dabble in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to see which resonates most.
Sat, Oct 10, 10am–2:30pm CT, Online via Zoom
From Observation to Discovery: Writing Personal Essays on Art with Jehanne Dubrow
Sharpen your powers of observation through ekphrasis! Through guided writing exercises, we’ll write about our art discoveries while engaging the five senses and using concrete, specific details, then weave description, research, and personal experience into an ekphrastic personal essay.
Mon, Oct 26, 6:30–8pm CT, In person at Gemini Ink
Truth as A Poet’s Raw Material with Kathy Fagan
Literary Masters Lecture Series
In this special Literary Masters Lecture, learn strategies for bringing truth to your work! Award-winning poet Kathy Fagan will discuss how weaving the narrative and lyrical, personal and political, autobiographical and historical can crystallize truth.
Tue, Nov 3 & 10, 6:30–8:30pm CT, Online via Zoom
Finding Your Audience: A Guide to Book Launch Success with Violeta Garza
In this two-session workshop, we will develop your brand, craft an elevator pitch, draft promotional materials, and build a marketing plan. Students will create their own content and receive instructor and peer feedback.
Mon, Nov 30, Dec 7, 14 & 21, 6:30–8:30pm CT, In person at Gemini Ink
Fun with Forms: An Intermediate Poetry Workshop with Jonathan Fletcher
Join us for this intermediate workshop and have fun with form poetry! In this four-week class, we will study contemporary poets and explore advanced poetic forms including ghazal, pantoum, golden shovel, sonnet, and more.
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.
Our next dates are Saturdays, Aug 29, Sep 26, Oct 31!
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!
We partnered with Wet Ink, an online platform for writing workshops, to offer top-notch creative writing classes. Led by published writers, our small classes ensure personalized attention for each writer.
Our classes take place in an online classroom where students interact with classmates and instructors. All materials, lectures, assignments, and prompts are accessible there. Students also post work and exchange feedback on the Wetink platform.
