For writers of all levels:

• Laura Hope-Gill, the first poet laureate of the Blue Ridge Parkway and director of Asheville WordFest, will teach �Up our Game: The Wild and Technical Aspects of Making Poems,� for beginning and advanced poets. Each class will look at a different technical aspect of poetry and explore how the technique supports the poet�s engagement with imagination and expression. This 1o-week class meets from 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 13, at Grateful Steps, 159. S. Lexington Ave., Asheville.
• �We Are What We Eat: Let�s Write About Food!� is a workshop led by novelist and creative nonfiction author Marjorie Klein that will use food as a touchstone for fictional narratives and memoir. Klein�s first novel, �Test Pattern,� was a Barnes & Noble �Discover Great New Writers� selection. This 10-week workshop meets from 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 14, at Randolph Learning Center, 90 Montford Ave., Asheville.
• Brian Lee Knopp, author of the memoir �Mayhem in Mayberry: Misadventures of a P.I. in Southern Appalachia,� (2010 Malaprop�s bestseller) teaches �The Devil You Know: The Art, Skill and Thrill of Writing Your Memoir.� The course involves in-class �lifestorming� sessions and writing, at-home writing and reading assignments, and a chance for �a daring rescue of the truth trapped inside your life�s labyrinth.� This 10-week class meets from 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 14, at Malaprop�s Bookstore/Caf�, 55 Haywood St., Asheville.
• �Advanced Poetry and Flash Fiction: Glimpsing Yourself through Archetypal Imagery� will be led by Katherine Soniat, whose fifth collection of poems, �The Swing Girl,� is forthcoming from Louisiana State University Press. Using photographs and Jung�s �The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetype,� the workshop will help participants �re-vision� their writing and unlock latent parts of their creativity. This 10-week course meets 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 14, at Randolph Learning Center, 90 Montford Ave., Asheville.

• Vicki Lane, author of the 2010 novel, �The Day of Small Things,� and the Elizabeth Goodweather mystery series (Bantam Dell), will lead �The First Forty: A Fiction Workshop for Intermediate or Advanced Writers.� This course is for writers with a novel in progress or in need of final polishing who want their first 40 pages to catch the attention of agents, editors and publishers. This 10-week class meets 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 14, at Randolph Learning Center, 90 Montford Ave., Asheville.

• Novelist Tommy Hays, executive director of the GSWP and lecturer in the Master of Liberal Arts Program at UNC Asheville, will lead �Keeping Ourselves Company: An Advanced Creative Prose Workshop.� This course, with an emphasis on reading and critiquing each other�s work, is for advanced prose writers embarking on new works or with projects in progress. Hays, the author of �The Pleasure Was Mine,� �Sam�s Crossing,� and �In the Family Way,� will respond at length to participants� submissions. This course meets from 6-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, beginning Sept. 1, at Asheville School.
• The �Prose Master Class,� taught by Elizabeth Lutyens, is a next step for experienced writers with an ongoing project � essays, stories, a novel or memoir � looking for an intensive writing and critiquing experience. This workshop is for those who are committed to writing well and writing a lot, who are ready to commit to giving the best possible attention to others� works. Lutyens is editor of �The Great Smokies Review,� a graduate of the MFA in Writing Program at Warren Wilson College, and is completing a novel set in the 1860s. The �Prose Master Class� will be limited to eight participants; admission is by invitation from Tommy Hays. This course meets from 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Aug. 30, at Asheville School.

For more information or to register, visit unca.edu/gswp or call 828/251-6099.