What We Are

We are a teaching collective of three acclaimed, award-winning writers offering classes in three disciplines: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Our writing has been recognized by institutions such as the Pulitzer, the National Book Awards, the National Book Critics Circle, Lambda Literary, the Carol Shields Prize, the National Endowment for the Arts, and more.

Classes are structured as follows:

  • Spring Term 2026: a four-month generative online class that meets every other week with faculty, focused on building your body of work. During this semester, we’ll explore in-class writing exercises while establishing habits and frameworks that will help you sustain your writing practice.

  • Fall Term 2026: a four-month online workshop that meets every other week with faculty, where we’ll work together to shape and revise your work. We’ll have time and space for everyone to workshop multiple pieces. We’ll also discuss and—if this is a goal of yours—work toward publication.

Beyond classes, we’ll also offer:

  • Cross-disciplinary lectures throughout the year open to all participants.

  • Space for a shared online writing session that brings together all three classes on the weeks we’re not meeting.

  • Opportunities to form community: our hope is that the relationships you make will be long-lasting (many of our former students have been meeting regularly for years).

Other details:

  • The first class will start February 5, 2026, Thursday across all disciplines.

  • The sign-up deadline is January 20, 2026.

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Who We Are

The Ministry of Words’ classes will be taught by Fatimah Asghar, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, and R. O. Kwon. We have taught at places including Stanford University, Saint Mary’s College, Scripps College, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Tin House Writers Workshop, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Community of Writers, and more.

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