the celium workshop

workshop | residency | community | mentorship

Online September 2026 - May 2027
&
In-person June 16-27, 2027

A 10-month online workshop culminating in an in-person residency, facilitated by Cal Angus.

Overview

  • Monthly 3-hour workshop in which students workshop each others’ manuscripts-in-progress. 1st Sunday of the month, Sept-May, 10am-1pm PST on zoom. 

  • June 2027 capstone writing residency, 4 days, 5 nights, at a retired farmhouse in New Hampshire (to be scheduled between June 16-27, 2027)

  • One-on-one sessions with w/ Cal online & in person, including written feedback.

  • Access to weekly online cowriting sessions, including with other celium alums, with the option to continue beyond the end of the residency.


Cost: $1,500. 1 full and 2 partial scholarships available (see below).

Applications open June 1 and close July 31, 2026.
Scholarship applications close July 6.

Access the application here.

Description

I’ve been teaching independent classes, most between 6 and 14 weeks, for the last five years almost entirely online. Many writing groups, books, and beloved friendships have sprung from these classes. But lately this timeline has begun to feel very short, especially in relation to the span of time required to incubate a full work. Thus, the celium workshop was dreamed up to allow for a longer span of time in which to workshop and revise a longer project, receive feedback, and build foundational connections with each other and the texts we’re working with. 

The celium residency will be one part workshop, one part writing residency, and one part mentorship. It consists of an online workshop from September to May, and an intensive in-person residency at a retired farmhouse in New Hampshire, on the East Coast of the so-called USA, traditionally Abenaki land. This is a place where I have written many stories and hosted many friends over the years. It is where I’ve been able to grow a relationship between my trans body and the surrounding land, and I hope it will do the same for others.

Workshop

  • Monthly 3-hour workshop in which students workshop each others’ manuscripts-in-progress. Includes brief lectures about aspects of craft and suggested readings. 1st Sunday of the month, Sept-May.

  • While this workshop isn’t exclusively for trans and nonbinary writers, this is the population I work with the most, and I am a bit biased.

  • This workshop is best suited to those who are writing and living beyond and outside of categories. My particular focus as a writer, editor, and teacher is on speculative fiction and hybrid or strange nonfiction, including a diversity of unusual forms and perspectives. You don’t have to be working in these genres to participate, but this workshop is prose-forward and porous—it may include constructions that look or sound like poetry, visual art as a component of the writing, etc.

  • I conduct workshop using a combination of Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process, somatic exercises to focus and relax awareness, and gentle questions. If you want to know more about my approach to teaching, read my Pedagogy of the Dysphoric.

Residency

  • June 2027 intensive writing residency, 4 days, 5 nights, at a retired 5-bedroom farmhouse in southern New Hampshire (to be scheduled by the writer between June 16-27, 2027). The location is about 1.5 hours north of Amherst, MA. 

  • The cost of the workshop covers all lodging and food. Transportation to and from the nearest Amtrak station (10 min) and bus station (45 min) will be provided. 

  • This is a special place that’s been in my family for many years, and where I am looking forward to hosting more residencies. It consists of 20+ acres of woods and fallow pasture, and a pond for swimming. There is Wifi, running water, and all modern amenities (no air conditioning). More information will be provided when the application goes live, and upon acceptance. For reasons of privacy and safety, I will not be disclosing the exact location of the residency openly online.

Community & Add-ons 

  • One-on-one sessions with instructor online & in person, including written feedback.

  • Access to weekly online cowriting sessions, including with other celium alums, both during and continuing after the workshop concludes.

  • Option to add on a full manuscript review with written feedback and in-line comments for an additional fee to be negotiated. Note that I only offer manuscript reviews to current workshop students. It is not a service I offer outside of this context.

Cost & Scholarships

  • The full cost of the celium residency is $1,500. This covers the virtual workshop portion, as well as the in-person residency in June 2027. All food will be provided, though participants are welcome to bring items to contribute. Transportation to and from the residency is not included, but I do offer pick-ups at the Amtrak and Dartmouth Coach bus station, with advance notice.

  • One full scholarship is available. Two partial scholarships are also available, covering 50% of the cost for two writers.

  • Scholarships will be distributed based on need, as articulated in the application. I also maintain a list of those who requested a scholarship but did not receive one, and I make every effort to move through this list with each iteration of the workshop. 

Applications open June 1 and close July 31, 2026.

Click here to access the application.