From the Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Poets & Writers, in an article by Seth Abramson on “The Top MFA Programs”, there is a list of “Writing Classes Outside of Academia.”
Self has heard of most of them, except for the one in Huntington Beach (Tebot Bach). Here’s the list, from p. 88:
Gotham Writers Workshop, New York City
555 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1402
New York, NY 10018
Grub Street, Boston
160 Boylston Street, Fourth Floor
Boston, MA 02116
The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis
Suite 200, Open Book
1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Richard Hugo House, Seattle
1634 Eleventh Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
San Diego Writers, Ink, San Diego
P. O. Box 34374
San Diego, CA 92163
Tebot Bach, Huntington Beach
P. O. Box 7887
Huntington Beach, CA 92615 – 7887
Writers At Work, Los Angeles
4022 Fountain Avenue, Suite 202
Los Angeles, CA 90029 – 2220
The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD
4508 Walsh St.
Bethesda, MD 20815
(Self is reading here, Feb. 19 2010! Stay tuned for more details)
