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The Art of the Response: a 4-week online manuscript feedback workshop

In this 4-week workshop, participants will receive feedback on up to 20 pages of writing while offering feedback to others. The writing shared can be a shorter work of fiction or creative non-fiction, or an excerpt from something longer. We will emphasize close reading and different ways to see and respond to others' writing (which of course will help us see our own writing in new ways as well.) Participants must be able to attend all sessions and be willing to read and respond to up to 40 pages of others' writing each week.

8 participants max. $300

Intro session Tuesday, Sept 8, 2026 6-7pm PST

Tuesdays, 5-7pm

Sept. 22

Sept. 29

Oct. 6

Oct. 13

Please reach out at info@seawolfbooks.com if you have questions!

About the Facilitator

Charlie J. Stephens is a writer from the Pacific Northwest. Born and raised in Salem, Oregon, Charlie has lived all over the U.S. as a bike messenger, wilderness guide, high school English teacher, and seasonal shark diver (for educational purposes only.) They earned an M.A. from San Francisco State University in 2009. Resident of Port Orford on the southern Oregon coast, they are the owner of Sea Wolf Books & Community Writing Center. Charlie's short fiction has appeared in Electric Literature, Best Small Fictions Anthology, New World Writing, Original Plumbing/Feminist Press, and elsewhere. Their debut novel, "A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest" was published by Torrey House Press in April 2024. It was long-listed for The Center For Fiction's 2024 First Novel Prize, and is a finalist for the Oregon Book Awards/Ken Kesey Award for Fiction and the Indie Foreword Award in LGBTQ+ fiction. Their new collection of short stories was published by Buckman in early March, 2026. More at charliejstephenswriting.com.