New Years Resolution Workshop
Jan 3 – 17, 2026
In-Person – Harvey Milk Center for the Arts
50 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA
Instructor: Alexandra Kostoulas
Schedule: Saturdays | 10:30am-1:00pm
Tuition: $300
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Our Vision
Helping Creative Writers Emerge
What We Do
We believe that great writing rises from the community. We help poets and storytellers craft work that matters, narrates the world around them, and challenges the status quo.
What We Do
We believe that great writing rises from the community. We help poets and storytellers craft work that matters, narrates the world around them, and challenges the status quo.
Writing Instruction
Through our classes, seminars, and
workshops, we provide an intimate and empowering learning environment for writers of all walks from life.
Our Impact
SFCWI transforms people with ideas into writers, and writers with manuscripts into published authors. Our programs give writers a platform to publish and perform their work.
Find Community
Our workshops, performances, and programs foster belonging among independent thinkers, incubate diverse ideas, and refine skills for writers of all ages and backgrounds.
Testimonials
SFCWI’s workshops provided me with skills that let me go deep into my writing. I return to these skills again and again—going deep, getting to the emotional core of a character—and it’s paying off so much.
Tracey Lien
The author of the internationally bestselling novel, All That’s Left Unsaid. Winner of the Indie Book Award, MUD Literary Prize, Davitt Award, and New Australian Fiction Prize
As a poet, I thought I didn’t have the background to tackle the dramatics. But, workshopping with other writers from different aspects and backgrounds has helped me jump into a new genre. The instructors created a fun, supportive environment that taught us the beauty of writing for screen and stage. I’m definitely coming back!
Abe Becker
Published poet, playwright, instructor, and Grand Slam Champion of Cal Slam and Berkeley Poetry Slam
The SF Creative Writing Institute has successfully created a community for writers to connect, grow, and nourish each other as artists. Both seasoned and new get to improve their craft. As a forever writer, poet, and educator, I owe my creative transformation to their programs.
K.R. Morrison
Bay Area writer, drummer, educator, Award-nominated of the poem, Her Alter
The classes are challenging but in a good way. When I started, all I had was heart. I didn’t have passion until I saw it in the eyes of the other students. That ignited me. I knew then that I wasn’t the only one searching for something different in our work, wanting to love poetry more. I’m on fire now and all I want to do is write. All thanks to the institute and the instructors.
G. Macias Gusman
Poet, fiction writer, and has work in publications like The Borfski Press and Bay Area Generations Anthology
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