Come build new worlds with us at the MWC's (formerly Tin House Workshop) 2026 Speculative Online Workshop. We’ve got the community and the craft, bring your own creativity! Applications due June 3rd! Fee waivers available! Apply: mccormackwritingcenter.org/speculative-...

Ready to write boldly, dream big, and meet other like-minded writers? Apply by June 3rd for our 2026 Speculative Online Workshop! This scholarship is open to any author identifying as Native American and/or Indigenous in North America. Apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/speculative-...

This virtual intensive explores the productive relationship between shame and literary craft, examining how writers can harness feelings of discomfort and vulnerability to create more authentic, resonant work. Writing exercises included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/what...

Build new worlds and connect meaningfully at the 2026 Speculative Online Workshop! Debut 40 Scholarship: This award is intended for writers over 40 who have not yet published a book (chapbooks do not count against this requirement). Apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/speculative-...

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Online generative workshop with me this Sunday! Write some strange places with me!

Join us for the 2026 Speculative Online Workshop where “what if” is just the beginning. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with an agent, get feedback, and get the feel for the next steps in your writing journey! Apply today: mccormackwritingcenter.org/speculative-...

We're delighted to announce our First Book and Next Book Summer Residents, Victoria Newton Ford and Kate Wisel! We're so proud to be able to support their work, and hope you will help us celebrate them, too! ⁠ Learn more here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/mccormack-wr...

It’s been six months of moon wobbling! happy half birthday to my little book!

Step beyond the ordinary and join our 2026 Speculative Online Workshop! Whether you’re building new worlds or bending time and reality, this workshop will help you sharpen your craft and push your ideas beyond the limits of the “possible.” Apply today: mccormackwritingcenter.org/speculative-...

Today was for bravery: I submitted an application to my first ever writers workshop with @mccormackwc.bsky.social 🤯 Mostly posting here to help celebrate & cheer on any of my fellow applicants. What an opportunity! No matter what: keep dreaming, & creating, all. Onwards!📚 📖 ✍️ 🌍

Fellow SpecFic writers…. 👀 👀 👀

really thrilled to be joining the faculty at MWC (which you may know as Tin House) for this speculative fiction workshop in October. applications open now, hope to see you there!

Speculative fiction is a way to question existing systems, reimagine futures, and uncover deeper truths. Join a community of writers ready to push beyond the limits of the ordinary at our 2026 Speculative Fiction Workshop. Learn more and apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/speculative-...

Step into the surreal, imaginative, and otherworldly at the 2026 Speculative Fiction Workshop with the McCormack Writing Center (formerly Tin House Workshop).  Scholarships and fee waivers available! Apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/speculative-...

as always @mccormackwc.bsky.social is killing it

Applications for the MWC (formerly Tin House Workshop)’s 2026 Speculative Fiction Workshop are now open – a place where your fantastical, weird, haunted, and boundary-pushing stories will be nurtured. Scholarships and fee waivers available! Apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/speculative-...

We'd like to extend a warm welcome to our April Residents, A.D. Lauren-Abunassar and Farheen Raparthi! Please help us in supporting them by attending their Constellation reading on Thursday, May 14, from 7pm to 9pm in-person or online. Link: www.youtube.com/@constellati...

In this intensive, through generative prompts and exercises, we’ll challenge ourselves to write familiar places with fresh perspectives and words. This workshop encourages creative exploration and is suitable for writers at any stage! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/writ...

This virtual intensive explores the productive relationship between shame and literary craft, examining how writers can harness feelings of discomfort and vulnerability to create more authentic, resonant work. Writing exercises included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/what...

In this generative workshop we’ll explore how to write characters inspired by the self in ways that leave room for them to grow into their own truths! Writing exercises included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/writ...

Join us for an Open House! Together, we’ll discuss our upcoming programming (2026 Speculative Online Workshop, 2026 Autumn Workshops) and answer common questions about scholarship selections, our reading fellowship program and more! Sign-up here: mccormackwritingcenter-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In this generative craft intensive we’ll explore how characters’ bodies and gestures evoke emotions in readers. While we’ll focus on fiction, the exercises and readings apply to creative nonfiction writers, too. All are welcome! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/evok...

Through world-building and writing exercises, this GENERATIVE intensive will delve into crafting fantastical, magical, and strange settings that stem from the world around us and the world of our minds! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/stra...

Let's start Monday with a win: contributor @mickmakesmagic.bsky.social will be an instructor at the @mccormackwc.bsky.social 2026 Oregon Summer Workshop! buff.ly/82r4JvV

T is for THUNDERBIRD by Dorothea Lasky (Wave Books, 2012). “I cannot see you baby of air I put you in your bed and you get out” From “Baby of Air,” a poem I’ve been obsessed with since encountering it at Tin House (now @mccormackwc.bsky.social) workshop in 2013. www.wavepoetry.com/products/thu...

In this generative intensive, we’ll use prompts to create story-worthy characters and explore how elements such as repetition, reversals, and suspense and tension-building can help us determine the contours of the worlds we create! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/an-o...

In this intensive, through generative prompts and exercises, we’ll challenge ourselves to write familiar places with fresh perspectives and words. This workshop encourages creative exploration and is suitable for writers at any stage! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/writ...

In this generative workshop we’ll explore how to write characters inspired by the self in ways that leave room for them to grow into their own truths! Writing exercises included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/writ...

This intensive will offer strategies to help writers generate artist statements and project summaries and make applications feel more manageable and less stressful! We’ll also touch on how to select writing samples, preparation, and more! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/dont...

Through worldbuilding exercises, excerpts, and generative writing, this generative intensive will delve into crafting fantastical, magical, and strange settings that stem from the world around us and the world of our minds! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/stra...

Working through familial and historical archives, this generative craft intensive engages how we can grapple with the difficulty of research through memoir, poetry, and hybrid texts! Together, we will discuss, write, and share. Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/the-...

In this generative craft intensive we’ll explore how characters’ bodies and gestures evoke emotions in readers. We’ll also play with writing exercises that place us inside our characters’ bodies, and much more! All are welcome! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/evok...

Calling all Portland friends!!! ⁠ Please join us on Thursday, April 23rd for a night of readings in partnership with the Carolyn Moore Writers House! A reception will conclude our evening together. We hope to see you there!

As a longtime reader and fan of Tin House books, I can hardly believe that I'll be going to the @mccormackwc.bsky.social's workshop in Oregon this summer! I’m so excited and terrified! I can’t wait! #mwcsummer

In this intensive, we'll move back-and-forth between conversation and generative exercises. The goal is for you to leave the seminar with new writing you’re excited about and strategies to help you keep writing! Materials included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/noti...

In this generative workshop we’ll explore how to write characters inspired by the self in ways that leave room for them to grow into their own truths. Writing prompts and exercises included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/writ...

Explore our craft intensives for writers! ⁠ ⁠ Each intensive offers focused time, thoughtful guidance, and a supportive learning environment to help writers grow, experiment, and deepen their practice. ⁠Scholarships are always available! Learn more: mccormackwritingcenter.org/classes/

In this intensive, through generative prompts and exercises, we’ll challenge ourselves to write familiar places with fresh perspectives and words. This workshop encourages creative exploration and is suitable for writers at any stage! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/writ...

This virtual intensive explores the productive relationship between shame and literary craft, examining how writers can harness feelings of discomfort and vulnerability to create more authentic, resonant work. Writing exercises included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/what...

In this generative intensive, we’ll use prompts to create story-worthy characters and explore how elements such as repetition, reversals, and suspense and tension-building can help us determine the contours of the worlds we create! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/an-o...

Through worldbuilding exercises, excerpts, and generative writing, this generative intensive will delve into crafting fantastical, magical, and strange settings that stem from the world around us and the world of our minds! Scholarship available! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/stra...

In this intensive, we'll move back-and-forth between conversation and generative exercises. The goal is for you to leave the seminar with new writing you’re excited about and strategies to help you keep writing! Materials included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/noti...

This intensive will offer strategies to help writers generate artist statements and project summaries and make applications feel more manageable and less stressful! We’ll also touch on how to select writing samples, preparation, and more! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/dont...

In this intensive, through generative prompts and exercises, we’ll challenge ourselves to write familiar places with fresh perspectives and words. This workshop encourages creative exploration and is suitable for writers at any stage! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/writ...

Working through familial and historical archives, this generative craft intensive engages how we can grapple with the difficulty of research through memoir, poetry, and hybrid texts! Through readings exercises, we will discuss, write, and share. Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/the-...

In this generative intensive, we’ll use prompts to create story-worthy characters and explore how elements such as repetition, reversals, and suspense and tension-building can help us determine the contours of the worlds we create. Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/an-o...

In this intensive, we'll move back-and-forth between conversation and generative exercises. The goal is for you to leave the seminar with new writing you’re excited about and strategies to help you keep writing! Materials included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/noti...

In this intensive, through generative prompts and exercises, we’ll challenge ourselves to write familiar places with fresh perspectives and words. This workshop encourages creative exploration and is suitable for writers at any stage! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/writ...

Applications for the McCormack Writing Center (formerly known as Tin House Workshop)'s Summer Residencies close TODAY! Each Residency includes a stipend, Lyft credit, private housing, public reading, and more! Apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/residencies/