Sexy Pens
One-Day Writing Workshop

Do you want to steam up the windows with words?

In this one-day, in-person writing workshop, we’ll invite each other to flirt with words and stories and imagery that make your toes (or someone else's) curl. Think of it like a hot date between your imagination and your love of language.

Whether you already have sexy stories you’ve been wanting to put into words, or you just want to explore the art of sensual prose, Sexy Pens might be for you.

Here's how it works:

We’ll gather at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse at the home of East End Arts, a historic lawn bowling club on the edge of Riverdale Park. There will be a lot of warm ups, guided exercises and playful prompts to help you settle in and let your writing rise to a slow boil.

We’ll explore our senses, unusual sources of pleasure, and how to write about desire. We will write — and yes, share — our saucy writing in a supportive, sex-positive, queer-and-trans-affirming, disability-affirming space.

The class will be designed for explicit and chaste writing, both. We’ll encourage everyone to find their own comfort level with uncensored content, whether that involves kink and BDSM or fluttering cheek kisses. The only exception is non-consensual sexual activity — we’ll ask that no writing is shared where consent isn’t explicit.

Together we’ll embrace the boldest and most timid voices, as well as everything in between.

If you’re not sure this is for you, you’re welcome to have a call with one of the facilitators before you commit.

- Have been longing to take a risk with erotic writing but don't quite know how to start.
- Are looking for an accepting place to creatively explore sexy and sensual writing.
- Have been meaning to start writing that super hot memoir or novel but need some help warming up and finding their flow.
- Want to support others to find their sexy voices, even if they have very different content, stories to explore, and vocabulary choices.
- Simply want a day to play with sexy gorgeous words.
- Feel aligned with our fundamental beliefs.
- A bounce in your step.
- Lots of new writing.
- A sense of who you are as an erotic writer, and how you want to move forward.
- A feeling of creative playfulness and possibility.
- Creative courage.
- Critique or competition. We’re all about the love.
- A place to write about rape or other forms of non-consensual sexual activity.
- Strict rules on “how to write.” We’ll work on developing your writing skills but we don’t subscribe to the idea that there’s one way to create powerful work.
- Pressure to write things you don’t want to write. We go where the joy is.
- Judgment for your writing ideas.
- A complete erotica novel to send to your editor.

Details for Winter 2026:

In-Person with Chris (she/her) and Kim (she/her) at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse (Toronto)

Sunday, March 1, 2026
10am–5pm ET

Registration opens November 11th!

Read the Healthcare Harm Reduction Policy for this in-person workshop.

Read about accessibility features of the in-person workshop space.

Cost:

The fee for this workshop is $285, If you prefer, you can pay in 4 monthly installments of $71.25. Tax will be added for Canadians in your local provincial rate. See our financial policies.

Four times a year, we give out bursaries for our programs to people with financial barriers. Check out our upcoming dates.

If you don’t have a credit card, let us know and we’ll gladly find a way to make it work.

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Registration opens on November 11th. You can also join our early bird mailing list for early access to future registration or sign up for our newsletter.