Write with Renée
Write with Renée Workshops use the Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) method.
Developed by Pat Schneider, the AWA method is a non-judgemental approach to workshop writing which recognizes that we are all writers, and that writing happens in community. Through guided prompts, we write together to unleash the writer in each of us.
I am a registered AWA Affiliate, fully trained in the method.
Participant numbers in my workshops are limited to 8, so that we can fully engage with the work we will generate. Read my mission statement here.
2025-2026 Workshops
This year's workshops are creativity-themed! From September through November, we’ll explore strategies for engaging creativity in writing, and from January to March 2026, we’ll look to specific creativity skills to invite creativity into our work!
Future Workshops and Offerings
April 2026 -- Poetry Workshop in celebration of National Poetry Month
May and June 2026 -- 6-week Online Course using Creative Problem Solving as a Tool for Writing
Stay tuned for details!
WHAT WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS SAY
Love the energy you bring to the online format!
-- Danielle M.
This was a great workshop!
-- Workshop Participant
intriguing prompts
-- Workshop Participant
Enjoyable
-- Workshop Participant
Renée is skillful at creating a warm and supportive learning environment.
-- Dianne P.
Inspiring
-- Workshop Participant
I have one poem and the beginnings of 2 more. This seldom happens to me at a workshop.
-- F.S.R.
"I would definitely take the opportunity to do another workshop with Renée"
-- R. M.
About
Renée M. Sgroi (she/her) edited the poetry anthology, Written Tenfold (Poetry Friendly Press, 2018), and has published two poetry collections, life print, in points (erbacce-press, 2020) and In a Tension of Leaves and Binding (Guernica Editions, 2024), shortlisted for an International Rubery Award, and a CBC Books 2024 fall poetry book preview list and CBC Books 2024 November anticipated book. Renée's poems have most recently been published in such literary journals as Room Magazine, FreeFall Magazine, yolk literary magazine, Augur Magazine, Funicular Magazine, Parentheses Journal, Literary Review of Canada, and Pinhole Poetry.
Renée is a certified Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) affiliate, and offers writing workshops to emerging writers using the Amherst method. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Science degree in Creativity and Change Leadership from SUNY Buffalo State University, and has taught adult learners for more than 25 years. A member of The Writers’ Union of Canada, the League of Canadian Poets, Canadian Authors Association, the Association of Italian-Canadian Writers, and The Ontario Poetry Society, Renée is also a contributing editor for Arc Poetry Magazine.