ONLINE Writing Creatively About Grief: Personal Narrative and Poetry Workshop
8 Weeks | Thursdays | Begins January 15, 2026
9am-11am PT | 10am-12pm MT | 11am-1pm CT | 12pm-2pm ET | 1pm-3pm AT
Instructor: Jacob Scheier
MEMBER PRICE: $320.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $425.00
In this eight-week workshop-course, you will write and workshop short works of personal narrative (prose) and poetry about grief and loss in a safe and welcoming environment. Along with workshopping our creative work, we will read together (during class time) published poems and short works of personal narrative about grief and discuss the literary techniques and devices employed by the authors. As your instructor, I will also provide prompts for in-class writing exercises. Each participant will have an opportunity to workshop a poem and a short work of personal narrative.
The subject of grief, for the purposes of this workshop, is not necessarily limited to the loss of a loved one, but can include other types of grief and loss, such as separation/divorce, estranged familial relationships, the ending of friendships, and grief of a societal nature (e.g. climate grief).
Writers of all level of experience are welcome.
This class is an interactive online workshop using Zoom.
Jacob Scheier is a Governor General’s Award winning poet, as well as a creative nonfiction writer. He has published three full-length collections of poetry with ECW Press, and his poems have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. He is also the author of a hybrid work of memoir and literary journalism: My Never-Ending Acid Trip—published as an ebook by The Toronto Star. His works of personal narrative have appeared in numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail and Brick Magazine. He has been facilitating writing workshop on grief for over a decade, including for the Toronto Metropolitan University’s (formerly Ryerson University) School of Continuing Education, the peer support organization Bereaved Families of Ontario, and with First Nations communities in Ontario and in the Yukon. To learn more about him and his work go to jacobscheier.ca
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