Easthampton, MA
Somehow School is a creative writing studio in Easthampton, MA. Our programs help kids and teens gain agency, confidence, and critical thinking skills through creative writing.
In our workshops, we help each student set and achieve their own creative goals, whether they’re writing a story from the point of view of a dog or a poem about time travel.
We celebrate mistakes. This approach helps students stop worrying about writing “correctly” and instead start to see language more like clay—a material they can build with.
In our workshops, we help each student set and achieve their own creative goals, whether they’re writing a story from the point of view of a dog or a poem about time travel.
We celebrate mistakes. This approach helps students stop worrying about writing “correctly” and instead start to see language more like clay—a material they can build with.
After-school workshops
Winter 2027
Winter 2027
Open for enrollment!
Section 2
Ages 7–13
Tuesdays 5:00–6:30 pm
January 12–March 30
Section 3
Ages 7–13
Wednesdays 5:00–6:30 pm
January 13–March 31
Studio II
Ages 10–13
Thursdays 4:00–5:30 pm
January 14–April 1
In this 10-week program, students ages 7–13 will write and publish four issues of The Strawberry, Somehow School’s official print newspaper. No journalism experience required!
Section 1
Ages 7–13
Tuesdays 3:15–4:45 pm
January 12–March 30
Ages 7–13
Tuesdays 3:15–4:45 pm
January 12–March 30
Section 2
Ages 7–13
Tuesdays 5:00–6:30 pm
January 12–March 30
Section 3
Ages 7–13
Wednesdays 5:00–6:30 pm
January 13–March 31
In this 10-week program, students ages 13–18 will write, design, print, and publish two issues of The Snail, Somehow School’s official print magazine. Any genre is fair game, from poetry to fiction to comics to personality quizzes to investigative journalism.
Ages 13–18
Mondays 5–6:30 pm
January 11–March 29
Mondays 5–6:30 pm
January 11–March 29
In this 10-week workshop, students will work on projects of their choice—stories, poems, comics, and everything in between, For anyone looking for ideas, we’ve got plenty of writing prompts. For those who already know what they want to write, we’ve got time, space, and writing implements galore (including lots of typewriters!).
Studio I
Ages 7–10
Mondays 3:15–4:45 pm
January 11–March 29
Ages 7–10
Mondays 3:15–4:45 pm
January 11–March 29
Ages 10–13
Thursdays 4:00–5:30 pm
January 14–April 1
In this 10-week workshop, we’ll be writing books and making zines of all lengths and varieties. Working on a novel? Bring it. Want to make a book in a day? Right on. Want 10 copies of your zine? We’ve got copy machines. Students will have access to a plethora of supplies, from typewriters to collage materials to spiral book binders.
Wednesdays 3:15–4:45
January 13–March 31
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Strawberry Subscription
Get ~16 issues a year via snail mail! Subscriptions support our commitment to offering sliding-scale tuition starting at free to every kid we work with.
$10/month
Bumper Stickers
$5 each
The Strawberry
Keep honking
Dark green mistakes
Neon green mistakes
Black white red mistakes
note: current hats are more of a washed faded black than in this picture. new picture coming soon
Baseball cap (adult) - $25
Baseball cap (youth) $25
About our teachers
Somehow School founder
Main instructor
Nora Claire Miller is a writer and educator with more than a decade of experience teaching creative writing to kids and teens.
Nora’s debut book Groceries was named one of the New York Public Library’s best books of 2025. Their poetry and nonfiction has recently appeared in The Paris Review and Hyperallergic. They hold an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a BA from Hampshire College.
Nora has taught after-school poetry classes in Pittsfield public schools through The Mastheads, led youth programs and camps with the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, the Iowa Youth Writing Project, the Junior High Writing Conference, and the Grant Wood Arts Colony Summer Camp. They have adjudicated submissions for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and served as an admissions reader for the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio. They have also privately tutored high school students in creative writing and college-application essays.
Nora lives in Western Massachusetts with their partner Kelly Clare and their cat Ramona. When they’re not teaching or writing, Nora can usually be found gardening or taking apart an old computer.
Accessibility
Our entrance is on the ground floor, but there is a short step leading to the front entrance. There is also a short step leading to the restroom.
To protect against COVID-19, the flu, and other airborne illnesses, the space is equipped with a high-quality air purifier that provides continuous HEPA filtration.
Students are not required to wear masks in workshops. Nora, our main instructor, often wears a mask while teaching. The space is cleaned between classes.