Please note that the 826 Valencia office will be closed for the holidays from December 20 to January 4. Thank you for your patience while we process workshop sign-up materials in the order that they are received in early January.

In the evenings and on the weekends, we offer a broad variety of FREE workshops to elementary, middle, and high school students—right here in our writing lab. They feature not only fiction and non-fiction writing, but also other forms of word-driven creativity, including cartooning, bookmaking, and debate. Each workshop is designed and taught by talented volunteers, many of them published authors, magazine founders, teachers, and filmmakers.

Take a look at our calendar to browse for upcoming workshops. Each workshop listed occurs once a week on the same day, at the same time, for the duration of the number of sessions indicated. Because each workshop will build upon the ideas learned in the previous session, students are asked to attend all sessions of a workshop. If you miss one that sounds good, don't fret; it will likely be offered again.

Please note that on our calendar open workshops are indicated in green, workshops with wait list spots available are orange, and closed workshops are blue. We encourage you still to sign up for workshops that are wait listed - there's usually a good chance that spaces come available!

All workshops require a refundable deposit check of $25. Please make your checks out to "826 Valencia," and write the student’s name and the workshop title on the bottom of the check. Your check will not be deposited unless the student is a no-show or you indicate "donation" on the check.

Feel free to drop it off, or mail it to:
Workshops
826 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA
94110

If you have any questions, please email us at workshops@826valencia.com.

Inspired to run a workshop of your own? Download information on how to go about this here and then draft your own proposal using this guide.

Looking for adult workshops? Check out our monthly Writer’s Seminars for Adults.