AWA Workshops for Women & Nonbinary Writers

“Nicole is a wonderful, inspiring, and insightful guide who created a safe place to reclaim my writing practice.”

Boost your writing confidence and (re)ignite your enthusiasm for self-expression. Each workshop follows the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method, using a variety of open-ended prompts to spark memory, imagination, and observation — with timed periods to generate fresh writing — then reflecting back what’s strong and memorable. No critiques!

Registration is OPEN for 2025 workshops: 

$240 for each 6-week series

~ For more INFO or to REGISTER: https://www.pencil-and-pen.com  ~

Pencil & Pen meets you wherever you are in the writing process, with a mutually supportive writing community and mentoring support. My business name reflects the basic tools a writer needs, and speaks to the physicality of writing and its revisionary stages — from those first pencil strokes to committing ideas to paper with a pen.  

Amherst Writers & Artists is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is to support the voices of established and emerging writers, to free silenced and marginalized voices, and to promote respect for the artist in all writers. AWA defines a writer simply as "someone who writes." The basic philosophy: Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level.