The Cabin’s free and open online writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. It is hosted by writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

Advanced Poetry Workshop with Kerri Webster

In this five week workshop, poets interested in taking their work to the next level will hone their skills via generating and workshopping new poems. This class is ideal for those who’ve participated in the Cabin’s drop-in nights, taken previous poetry workshops, or have been writing for a while and feel ready to share their work in a supportive and engaged community of like-minded poets. We’ll also discuss literary journal and book publication. Workshop limited to twelve participants.

Time: 

Thursdays, 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: The Erma Hayman House – 617 Ash St, Boise, ID 83702

Dates:

Thursday, February 12

Thursday, February 19

Thursday, February 26

Thursday, March 5

Thursday, March 12

Kerri Webster currently serves as Writer in Residence for the State of Idaho. She is the author of four books of poetry: Lapis (Wesleyan University Press, 2022), The Trailhead (Wesleyan, 2018), Grand & Arsenal (University of Iowa, 2012), and We Do Not Eat Our Hearts Alone (University of Georgia, 2005). She has taught at Washington University in St. Louis and Boise State, and as a Writer in the Schools for the Cabin. The recipient of honors including a Whiting Award, the Iowa Prize, the Lucille Medwick Award and a Chapbook Fellowship from the Poetry Society of America, the Lynda Hull Memorial Prize, an Alexa Rose Foundation Grant, and three Literature Fellowships from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, Webster’s poems have appeared in journals including Poetry, the Boston Review, Denver Quarterly, the Los Angeles Review, Colorado Review, Grimoire, Guernica, Indiana Review, Washington Square Review, Kenyon Review, Antioch Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, and Poetry Northwest.

The Cabin’s free and open online writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the third Tuesday of each month. It is hosted by writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open online writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. It is hosted by writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Psychology of Writing with Kalee Schwarting

In this workshop, Kalee Schwarting LCPC, will teach you how to apply principles of psychology to your writing. Learn how psychology can help you craft believable characters, write realistic dialogue and create settings and conflict that resonate with the real human experience. The workshop will include guidance on how to write strong characters of all ages, how to accurately and sensitively portray mental illness and disabled characters, and how to understand and write trauma, and how to craft deeply convincing dialogue. Improve your grasp on the human condition and your prose in this 6-week workshop.

Time: 

Thursdays, 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: The Cabin – 801 S Capitol Blvd

Dates:

Thursday, March 5th

Thursday, March 12th

Thursday, March 19th

Thursday, March 26th

Thursday, April 2nd

Thursday, April 9th

Kalee Schwarting is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with a background in trauma, grief, and crisis intervention. She studied psychology and creative writing at the College of Idaho and received her M.S. in counseling from Northwest Nazarene University. Kalee writes poetry & fiction when she isn’t seeing clients at her clinical practice.

The Cabin’s free and open online writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the third Tuesday of each month. It is hosted by writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held at The Cabin from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. It is hosted by writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

Writing for the Internet Age with Hannah Phillips

In this workshop, we’ll study modern-day authors who are asking the same questions, writing contemporary narratives about the digital age with keen observation, humor, and wisdom. We’ll visit inspiration-rich pockets of the Internet with artists’ eyes and dig deeper into our characters’ relationships with technology. We’ll also share online resources for writers and tips for “logging off” when needed. Together, we’ll create work that both captures and cuts through the Internet’s noise. 

Time: 

Thursdays, 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: Zoom

Dates:

Thursday, April 16

Thursday, April 23

Thursday, April 30

Hannah Phillips is a fiction and screenwriter originally from the Endless Mountains region of Pennsylvania. She has her MFA in creative writing from Boise State, as well as a teaching certification in English Language Arts, and is the creator of the TV pilot OUT which was produced by Boise’s Narrative TV Initiative and premiered at the Egyptian Theatre in 2024. Hannah teaches online, as well as in-person in the Seattle area. She is currently at work on her first novel, which is partially about social media influencers and has led her down many, many Internet rabbit holes.

The Cabin’s free and open online writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the third Tuesday of each month. It is hosted by writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

Well-seasoned words: Let’s write about food with Sonya Feibert

Food is a universal love language. It unites us; it excites us; it tickles our olfactory system and brings up core memories. Great food can even haunt us. Your first deep dish pizza. The huckleberry milkshake that got away. Meyer lemon zest that whisks you back to childhood trips along the Central Coast. During focused writing sprints, we’ll explore the connection between food, memory, and place. Inspired by generative prompts and food writing from the greats, we’ll begin to craft mini essays (or one longer essay) that celebrate our great food loves and the rich memories connected to them. With model texts from some of the great food writers, we’ll practice using sensory language to make our writing robust, dynamic, and full of flavor — like any great dish. You’ll come away with material for 1-3 mini essay drafts, or a longer essay that you choose to expand upon, as well as tools to bring the senses, particularly taste and smell, into your writing. 

Time: 

Wednesday, 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: Zoom

Dates:

Wednesday, April 22

Sonya Feibert (she/her) is a writer, storyteller, comedian, and improviser. Like a true Gemini, she has her hands in many cookie jars but only eats the ones with chocolate chips. She’s been a Story Story Night Slammer of the Year finalist and has performed regionally and internationally at places like Treefort and the Edinburgh Improv Festival. Sonya excels at finding knick-knacks she doesn’t need at thrift stores and free libraries. Her best party
trick is raising each eyebrow independently. Learn more at yesandsome.com.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held at The Cabin from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. It is hosted by writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open online writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the third Tuesday of each month. It is hosted by writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.