We believe that creative writing can play a vital role in personal development. Our writing classes are open to everyone. We provide a warm, supportive writing community for writers of all levels. Gemini Ink offers excellent, fair-cost workshops by published writers year-round.
Gemini Ink is an approved TEA provider for CPE (Continuing Professional Education). Educators seeking recertification can attend our classes and earn a certain number of credits for partaking in the workshop.
Parking at Gemini Ink
Gemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full, do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
Upcoming Classes
Adult
Students under 18 are accepted into adult classes on a case-by-case basis. If you are under 18, please have a parent or guardian call Gemini Ink at (210) 734-9673.
Mondays, Sep 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2024, 6:30-8:30pm CST via Zoom
Writing for Change: How to Craft Effective Social Justice Articles with Sara Ramey
In this four-week course, experienced social justice advocate Sara Ramey will combine lecture and group discussion to help participants gain an overview of writing effective social justice articles.
Wednesday, Sep 11, 6:30-8pm, in-person at Gemini Ink
LitMinds: A Book Club at Gemini Ink
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Saturday, September 14, 2024, 9am-3:30pm CST Class Cancelled
Telling Stories from the Teaching Trenches with Amie Charney
In this one-day storytelling workshop for educators of all backgrounds and experiences, we will follow the Moth model of storytelling to script and tell our own creative nonfiction stories.
Wednesdays, Sep 18, 6:30-8:30pm CST, via Zoom
Veteran’s Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
This free monthly workshop is open to all active-duty military, veterans, retirees, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome.
Wednesday, Sep 18, via Zoom @ 7-8:30PM CST, Free, RSVP
The Big Texas Author Talk: A Free Monthly Online Reading Series from Writing Workshops Dallas & Gemini Ink
Featuring AYOKUNLE FALOMO, author of Autobiomythography of
Saturday, September 21, 2024, 10am-2:30pm CST (including a 30-minute lunch), online via Zoom
Making AI Your Friend: Three Ways Writers Can Use Tech to Enhance Their Craft and Achieve Their Goals with Javier Ortega-Araiza
In this one-day workshop, author Javier Ortega-Araiza will help participants adapt to AI’s impact on the writing industry and learn to collaborate with technology. Students will explore AI tools, such as ChatGPT, and become familiar with how writers can use them to bolster their creative practice.
Thursday, Sep 26, 6:30–8pm, Free, at Poetic Republic Coffee
Gemini Ink Author Reading & Community Open Mic
Featuring Eddie Vega, San Antonio Poet Laureate, 2024-2027
Last Monday of Every Month, Sep 30, 6:30-8:30pm CST, in person or via Zoom
Open Writer’s Labs
These peer-driven workshops, held the last Monday of each month, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry, flash fiction, and short creative non-fiction.
Tuesdays, October 1 & 8, 2024, 6:30-8:30pm CST, in-person at Gemini Ink
Funny Bones: Craft a Calavera Poem with San Antonio Legend Anthony Flores
Explore the comedic and poetic mischief of creating a calavera poem in honor of Día De Los Muertos.
Wednesdays, Oct 2, 9, 16 & 23, 6:30-9pm CST, via Zoom
Delving into the Celtic Isles: Inspiration from International Poets with Veronica Golos
In this four-week generative poetry workshop we will explore rhythm, rhyme, humor, and the rich history of celtic ancestry with four Irish poets: Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Medbh McGuckian, Eavan Boland, and Seamus Heaney.
Thursdays, Oct 3, 10 & 17, 6:30-8:30pm CST, Hybrid (in-person at Gemini Ink and online via Zoom)
Unearthing Your Inner Voice: A Creative Nonfiction Workshop with Award-Winning Columnist Cary Clack
In this 3-session workshop, students will use texts and writing exercises to dig and discover who they are, what they think, and how to capture their voice on the page.
Wednesdays, Oct 16, 6:30-8:30pm CST, via Zoom
Veteran’s Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
This free monthly workshop is open to all active-duty military, veterans, retirees, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome.
Wednesday, Oct 16, via Zoom @ 7-8:30PM CST, Free, RSVP
The Big Texas Author Talk: A Free Monthly Online Reading Series from Writing Workshops Dallas & Gemini Ink
Featuring Joshua Robbins– Title TBA
Saturday, Oct 19, 2024, 10am-1pm CST, in-person at Gemini Ink
Be the Writer You Are: Set Yourself Free with New Approaches to Creative Writing with C.L. “Rooster” Martinez
It’s time to set yourself free from the things that hold your writing practice back! Be the Writer You Are is a one-day, four-hour generative workshop centered on throwing out everything we have learned about creative writing and, instead, tapping into our intrinsic desire to write and be heard.
Saturday, Oct 26, 10am–12pm, Free
Poets & Coffee with Alexandra van de Kamp
Join Gemini Ink’s Executive Artistic Director, Alexandra van de Kamp, for an informal craft conversation about what’s happening right now in the world of poetry.
Last Monday of Every Month, Oct 28, 6:30-8:30pm CST, in person or via Zoom
Open Writer’s Labs
These peer-driven workshops, held the last Monday of each month, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry, flash fiction, and short creative non-fiction.
Saturday, Nov 2, 10am-2:30pm CST (includes a 30-minute lunch), in-person at Gemini Ink
The Mythology of Me: Applying Poetry and Narrative Therapy to Personal Stories with Aaron Deutsch and Dr. Heather Pitamber
In this 1-day generative workshop, co-led by poet Aaron Deutsch and Licensed Professional Counselor Heather Joy Pitamber, participants will explore the practice of Narrative Therapy, a counseling technique that empowers participants to “rewrite” their story for a future that reflects who they really are, what they are capable of, and what their purpose is.
Friday, Nov 8, 6:30-9:30 pm, at the McNay Art Museum
Inkstravaganza 20204: Razzmatazz & All That Jazz: An Evening in Celebration of Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson
Join us for an unforgettable, festive evening celebrating the extraordinary achievements of Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson, our 2024 Recipient of The Award for Literary Excellence. Ticketed gala.
Saturday, November 9, 2024, 10am-1pm CST, online via Zoom
To Praise the Ruined World with Sheila Black
In this one-day workshop, we will read poems by Naomi Shihab Nye, Adam Zagajewski, Frank O’Hara, Roger Reeves, January Gil O’Neil, and others that demonstrate how praise can be a tool for understanding and transcending even the hardest truths.
Wednesday, Nov 13, 6:30-8pm, in-person at Gemini Ink
LitMinds: A Book Club at Gemini Ink
Thursdays, Nov 14 & 21, 2024, 6:30-8:30pm CST, via Zoom
What Happens Inside: A Body Horror Workshop with Leticia Urieta
When it comes to our bodies, there is little we fear more than the inevitability that our bodies will change, can fall ill, and will die. Body horror helps us to write about the absurdity, beauty, and horror of being corporeal. This two-session virtual workshop will focus on reading and discussing stories of body horror that affect us and engage with stories of illness, trauma, loss, power, monstrousness, and reclamation.
Wednesdays, Nov 20, 6:30-8:30pm CST, via Zoom
Veteran’s Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
This free monthly workshop is open to all active-duty military, veterans, retirees, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome.
Wednesday, Nov 20, via Zoom @ 7-8:30PM CST, Free, RSVP
The Big Texas Author Talk: A Free Monthly Online Reading Series from Writing Workshops Dallas & Gemini Ink
Featuring Anel Flores– Cortinas de lluvia/Curtains of Rain
Last Monday of Every Month, Nov 25, 6:30-8:30pm CST, in person or via Zoom
Open Writer’s Labs
These peer-driven workshops, held the last Monday of each month, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry, flash fiction, and short creative non-fiction.
Dec 7 & 8, Sat: 10am-2:30pm CST, (incl 30-minute lunch); Sun: 10am-1pm CST; via Zoom
Get Inside Your Character’s Head: Effective Storytelling Across Genres with Daniel Peña
In this 2-day multi-genre generative workshop, we will explore how to uncover a character’s fundamental truth and use it to shape a strong protagonist who creates persona-driven fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.
Wednesdays, Dec 18, 6:30-8:30pm CST, via Zoom
Veteran’s Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
This free monthly workshop is open to all active-duty military, veterans, retirees, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome.
Wednesday, Dec 18, via Zoom @ 7-8:30PM CST, Free, RSVP
The Big Texas Author Talk: A Free Monthly Online Reading Series from Writing Workshops Dallas & Gemini Ink
Featuring Carmen Calatayud– Title TBA
Last Monday of Every Month, Dec 30, 6:30-8:30pm CST, in person or via Zoom
Open Writer’s Labs
These peer-driven workshops, held the last Monday of each month, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry, flash fiction, and short creative non-fiction.
Youth
Enjoy these free online mini-lessons from some of our Partner Classes faculty!:
How online classes work.
For our multi-session workshops, we’ve partnered with Wet Ink, the only online platform designed exclusively for writing workshops to bring top-notch creative writing workshops to you. Led by published, professional writers, our classes are intentionally small so that each writer can get the time and attention their work deserves.
Our classes meet in a dedicated online classroom where you can interact with your classmates and instructor. Craft materials, lectures, reading assignments, and writing prompts are all available through the online classroom. Students also post their work, and provide and receive feedback within the Wetink platform.
What you get:
- Access workshops 24/7, anytime from anywhere
- New writing prompts and lectures posted every Monday
- Interact with instructor and other class participants on a lively platform
- Generate new drafts by the end of every workshop
- Recieve feedback from the instructor and your peers
- Be fueled by new ideas that take you far beyond the workshop
- Access workshops for 2 weeks beyond the final class date
- All students are emailed a packet of all lectures to keep for your future writing and documentation. Incredibly valuable!!
Wetink and Zoom meeting links will be sent via email to all registered participants 30 minutes prior to the start of the first class. If you don’t see it in your Inbox, please check your Spam folder.
For detailed instructions on how to use Zoom, see Zoom video tutorials here.