Write what keeps calling
Laguna Writers offers workshops and retreats designed to help you rediscover your voice without pressure, critique, or perfection.
Here, writing begins with a prompt, unfolds in community, and grows through encouragement.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Dates in 2026:
Saturday, July 18th
Saturday, August 15th
Sunday, October 4th
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Investment: $75 per workshop (or sign up for all three for $200)
What’s included: A guided writing session with facilitated feedback and a takeaway poem and prompt
Upcoming Date: Sunday, June 7, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: Outer Sunset District: 44th Avenue and Vicente Street, in San Francisco
Investment: $200 (early bird $175)
What’s included: Take home poems and prompts, plus brunch, and a homemade dessert!
Hello, dear readers and writers.
Life is a paradox.
Paradox can create tension in a piece of writing, and this prompt can help you do that. It can also help you make sense of difficult circumstances, whether they’re you’re own, or those of a character you’re working with. And it all starts with these two lists: “The worst that could happen,” and “The best that could happen.”
Kitchen Inheritance: Memories and Recipes from my Family of Cooks
This collection of narratives and recipes tells a non-traditional coming of age story. Part food memoir, part family recipe book, this is the story of a man on a journey, which ultimately leads him to see himself as part of a large and growing family.