Schools
classes • workshops • groups
ORP’s hub for writers, artists, and readers to connect through classes, workshops, and community gatherings. Check out our upcoming offerings below, and fill out the contact form to be the first to know about future programs.
This page will be updated as more classes are added.
A Gathering of Poets (Registration Open)
Online through Google Meet
Sunday, July 12, 8:00–9:30 pm EDT
Free to attend — Sliding scale donation optional
Writing is often a solitary practice where we spend long stretches of time traveling alone on our unique creative paths. Yet, poetry began as a way of sharing our hopes, despairs, and insights with each other. As the world’s oldest form of literature, poetry first emerged as oral storytelling, long before the written page ever came into existence.
In honor of this ancient tradition, Oyster River Pages will bring together editors and contributors for an evening of live poetry readings. Poets from our most recent annual issues will read their poetry, creating space for connection and conversation, nurturing our collective human experience in this increasingly digital modern world.
You’re Also Eligible: Reimagining the ENvironmental Writer (save the Date)
Online through Google Meet
Session 1: Sunday, September 13
Session 2: Sunday, September 20
8:30–10:00 am EDT
$200 — Limited slots available
Partial scholarships available
National Geographic Explorer and Penguin Random House author Thammika Songkaeo interrogates the mental barriers we face when shaping stories about ‘the environment’ from our own homes.
Challenging the notion that environmental writing must follow a set template, this 2-part course asks: How have we been conditioned to view nature through a pre-packaged lens? What inherited assumptions are we unknowingly recycling, and how can we become engaged environmental writers from anywhere in the world? By challenging biased perspectives, we can learn to write genuinely about our environment as it undergoes a radical transformation—reflecting our true relationship with our ecosystem, no matter where we live.
Registration opens in July.
Sign up for early access at this link.
(You will receive a private registration link 48 hours before public enrollment opens.)