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Writing By Writers GET THE LEAD OUT! is an online generative workshop that brings all levels of writers together for a weekend of inspiration, craft and the generation of new work.
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When: January 22 - 24, 2027 online over Zoom.
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Tuition: $800 includes one three-day workshop, admittance to all craft talks and readings.
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Format: Craft workshops will begin in the afternoon of Friday, January 22, 2027, at 1:00pm Pacific and end on Sunday, January 24, 2027, at 4:30pm Pacific. Each day will feature a craft talk by one of our faculty members and participants will split into small groups where they will dissect the art and craft of writing through lectures, writing exercises and class discussions. We won’t be reading and critiquing manuscripts, but rather closely examining elements of craft with the intention of allowing participants to see their work with deeper insight while also generating new material. Each participant will have the opportunity to work in a small group setting with all three faculty members. Whether you are just getting started or have projects that need new life, this workshop will offer inspiration and insight to take you to the next level.
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Faculty: Alan Chazaro, Pam Houston and TBD
GET THE LEAD OUT!
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Alan Chazaro
Alan Chazaro is the author of These Spaceships Weren't Built For Us (Tia Chucha Press, 2026), Notes from the Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge (Ghost City Press, 2021), Piñata Theory (Black Lawrence Press, 2020), and This Is Not a Frank Ocean Cover Album (Black Lawrence Press, 2019). He is a graduate of June Jordan’s Poetry for the People program at UC Berkeley and was selected as a Lawrence Ferlinghetti Poetry Fellow at the University of San Francisco. His work can be found in NPR, The Guardian, SLAM, GQ, L.A. Times, and more. Prior to becoming a traveling journalist and poet, he worked as a full-time educator for 12 years, with experience as a high school English teacher and graduate-level creative writing professor. He was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area as the son of Mexican immigrants, and is currently based in Veracruz.
Pam Houston
Pam Houston is the author of the short story collection Cowboys Are My Weakness, the memoir Deep Creek: Finding Hope In The High Country, and seven other books of fiction and nonfiction. Her books have won multiple Western States,
Mountains and Plains and Colorado Book Awards and her stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories, the O Henry Prize Anthology and Best American Short Stories of the Century. She teaches creative writing at The Institute of American Indian Arts and UC Davis, is cofounder and creative director of the literary nonprofit Writing By Writers and fiction editor at the environmental arts journal Terrain.org. She lives on a homestead at 9,000 feet near the headwaters of the Rio Grande. Her book of essays on kinship, Animals Taught Me Everything, will be published by Torrey House Press in
October, 2026.
Workshop Schedule*
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22
1:00 – 1:15 pm Welcome & Orientation
1:15 – 3:15 pm Craft Workshop with Pam Houston
4:00 – 6:00 pm Small Group Sessions
6:00 – 6:30 pm Contest Winner Readings
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23
10:00 – 12:00 pm Craft Workshop with Paul Lisicky
2:00 – 4:00 pm Small Group Sessions
4:30 – 5:30 pm Faculty Readings
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24
10:00 – 12:00 pm Craft Workshop with CMarie Fuhrman
2:00 – 4:00 pm Small Group Sessions
4:00 – 4:30 pm Wrap-up
* PLEASE NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Registration Details
GET THE LEAD OUT! is open to all levels of writer and is limited to approximately 20 participants per small group to ensure and intimate setting. All the session will be held over Zoom. The total cost of the workshop is $800.
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Cancellation Policy: If you cancel up to 30 days before the event your tuition will be refunded minus a $150 cancellation fee. Refunds for cancellations made less than 30 days before the event are contingent upon filling your place and will be made only if your place is filled. In the unlikely event that we must cancel a workshop and you do not wish to transfer to another workshop, you will receive a full refund.