Writers' Group - Focus on Fiction & Essay

This group will focus on fiction and essays, but creative writers of all genres are invited to discover and hone their writing skills in this monthly writers' group. Before each scheduled class, you will receive a prompt from the instructor, which you may use to prepare a piece for class or write something entirely on your own. One week before class, you will email your writing to the entire group for review. During class, the group will discuss each writer's work with a focus on constructive feedback, growth and encouragement. The instructor will provide written feedback for each submitted piece Participants are encouraged, but not required, to provide written feedback to each other as well. The Winter/Spring sessions are currently scheduled to all be online. There may be a few that end up being in person depending on Sherry's schedule and availability to be in person. 

Sherry Kempf. Sherry holds an MFA with an emphasis in Creative Nonfiction from Hamline University (2000). Her professional background includes teaching creative writing at Creative Arts High School (1997–2010), serving as adjunct faculty in education at St. Catherine University (2000–2010), and leading professional development courses for the St. Paul Public Schools Office of Equity (2010–2022). Her work spans a range of genres and has been published in MinnPost, RiverTeeth, Barnraiser, Minnesota Parent, Minnesota Poetry Calendar and others. Since 2020 she has focused on fiction, and recently completed her first novel.