Creative Writing Workshops for Teens
in Toronto and Online
Weekly after-school and weekend classes in
Creative Writing for Teenagers.
For teenagers with interests in Poetry, Short Fiction, Novel Writing, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Fantasy, Science Fiction and more. Our creative writing workshops inspire a love of words! Explore creative writing in our supportive and nurturing small-group classes, and develop skills that will stay with you all life long. Writers are invited to submit work to our annual anthology at the end of each semester, and to share their work in a public celebration and reading, each spring. We never repeat a class, so students can take our creative writing programs year after year. Our Creative Writing instructors are writing professionals with extensive teaching experience.
These workshops are for teenagers who:
Are beginner or experienced writers.
Want to be part of a community of writers.
Enjoy varied writing prompts and projects.
Want to explore plot, character, setting, structure and editing as they discover their writer’s voice and experiment with form and style.
Creative Writing Workshops for Teen Writers
Bloor West Village, Toronto and Virtual
The Joy of Words: An Adult Writing Salon
Ages 18+, Hybrid: In our Bloor West Village Studio or Virtual:
Saturdays, 9.30am-11.00pm EST
8 weeks, starting Saturday 21 September
Leave the cares of the world behind and reconnect with your creative self! There’s something in this writing workshop for everyone – seasoned writers hoping to rediscover the joy of writing, curious beginners and anyone who feels they have a story to tell. We’ll gather over morning coffee to write, laugh and share. Each week we will meander through 2-3 creative writing prompts, mining our lives for story and exploring everything from poetry to memoir, fantasy to flash fiction, open letters to journalling. We’ll discuss techniques – but our main focus will be the pleasure of writing.
ALL of us can be creative, finding joy in the words we write and the stories we tell. Whether you’re hoping to reignite a passion, reconnect with your creative self or try something you’ve never done before, join us for this 8-week course and find inspiration in the words you write.
Writers are welcome to join this program in our Toronto studio or from anywhere in the world.
Our studio is located in Bloor West Village just a 5 minute walk from Runnymede subway with ample parking closeby, making this course an option for anyone across the GTA. The instructor is Julie Hartley, Centre Director and Creative Writing Retreat Host. You can read her bio HERE
Special Introductory Fee: $280 Schedule Apply Now! […]
Creative Writers Belong Here!
Over the past few years our exciting courses and talented instructors have placed Centauri Arts at the forefront of creative writing schools in Ontario – and now we’re offering programs for adults, too! Here’s everything you need to know about our Creative Writing courses and instructors…
Summer Programs for Youth in Creative Writing
This summer, writers aged 11-17 can choose from several exciting specialist writing camps! Join us in the studio for week-long camps in ‘Short Story Creation’ or ‘Writing for TV & Film… or check out ‘Character Quest’ which explores the creation of characters for all genres. We have an all-encompassing ‘Poetry and Fiction’ camp at the end of the summer, and writers too far away to join us in person can select our Virtual Creative Writing Salon, instead. Check out all writing camps here!
Year-Round Writing Programs for kids and teens – Now Open for Registration!
Our Creative Writing Salons run from September to January, and February to May, and they include all genres and all styles of creative writing. Explore everything from Poetry to Podcasting, Stories to Screenwriting, Fantasy to Fan Fiction, Sci Fi to Songwriting and Plotting to Play writing! Our creative writers contribute to an online magazine at the end of semester 1, and we publish an anthology of student writing at the end of the year. Choose from:
Saturday Creative Writing Salon (ages 12-18)
Wednesday Virtual Writing Salon (ages 11-18)
Junior Writers’ Salon on Tuesday evenings (ages […]
WHY CENTAURI?
We have 29 years’ experience offering top notch arts courses for children and teens, taught by some of the most talented and experienced arts instructors you will find anywhere. Our guiding philosophy: when you combine creativity and technique with a focus on community and inspiration, the outcome is a learning and growing experience unlike any other.
