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4277 Westview Ave, Powell River, BC

That's a wrap on Short Fiction Foundations & The Open Poem! Both workshops were such a success, all thanks to the talented & curious folks who joined each class to share their ideas, thoughts, questions, and writing.

Lookout for more writin

Starting the first week of February 2026 I will be hosting two separate 6-week long creative writing workshops at the tiw&scaron;ɛmawtxʷ Vancouver Island University campus!

Sign up for "Short Fiction Foundations" or "The Open Poem&quo

Introducing Short Fiction Foundations! Join us every Thursday from February 5th to March 12th for this six-week, all-levels workshop.

Each session will focus on a key element of storytelling, from characters and settings to dialogue and POV.

Learn

The creative writing workshops I've designed to instruct at Vancouver Island University are available to everyone - no university enrollment or credits required.

Check out VIU's Community Education and Training course schedule for the newest additi

The Open Poem is back! After a successful fall workshop, this 6-week course will be running every Tuesday from February 3rd to March 10, 2026.

Designed to be casual and fun, this community workshop will dig into the art of poetic expression - withou

Whether it's professional or personal, Cowgirl Grammar will never cease to be bold, creative, and wildly precise - & don't you forget it 🤠

Every year I gleefully participate in the @cv2magazine 2-Day Poem contest, and every year I end up with a wonderfully rachet poem that manifests from the ugly side of my art and, after some adjustments and editing, parades around as what I can only c

You heard it here first folks! I'll be starting up a fresh series of poetry classes this October at the VIU Powell River tiw&scaron;ɛmawtxʷ campus! Stay tuned for more details 💃🏼

My party trick: Transform any writing prompt into a tragedy - just head to cowgirlgrammar.com for proof (if you dare), as my new (flash) fiction piece, "Wolf," is a perfect example of how I quickly turn happy into sad in under 500 words.