let’s work together
I am a forthcoming Fall 2025 Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, an Associate Fellow at the Attic Institute for Arts and Letters, and have taught writing to teenagers and adults at Oxford Academia, the New York Times Student Journeys, Literary Arts, the Portland Writers-in-the-Schools, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, the National Writers Series of Traverse City, and the Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School in Sicily, among others.
I’ve also lectured, visited courses, and led workshops at Willamette University, the University of North Carolina, the University of Oregon, Bryant University, Vermont State University, Ithaca College, Bowdoin College, Portland State University, University of Michigan, University of Washington, and others.
Workshops and Lectures
Available to visit your class/school/office/library, virtually or in-person.
Topics: literary nonfiction; environmental writing; researched memoir; writing across genre; science-writing; journalism; “creative research”; building writing habits; freelance writing.
To request an in-person or virtual speaking engagement with me, please contact Authors Unbound, or view my speaking profile.
Freelance Editing/Brainstorming/Structure
Looking for an extra set of eyes on an in-progress work of fiction, memoir, or research, or for help getting a project off the ground? Whether you’re hoping for written feedback or a 1x1 conference, let’s chat, I’d love to help you accomplish your goal. Drop me a line with a few sentences about who you are and what you are hoping to gain working with me.
Andrea Lonas, 2022
Upcoming Classes
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Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers
Summer Fishtrap offers weeklong creative writing workshops in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, revision, and graphic storytelling, plus a cross genre virtual workshop. Each workshop is limited to no more than 13 participants, giving you the opportunity to build connections with a world-class instructor and your fellow writers. Throughout the week, we’ll bring the best of Summer Fishtrap to you through craft talks, discussions, open mics, and readings.
Cost: $975
Class Dates: July 7-13, 2025
Location: Wallowa Lake Lodge, Oregon
Jere Grimm, Visual Artist
“Working with an editor was a first for me, and Erica made it feel like the exact right thing for me to be doing at that exact moment in the development of my essay. Erica seemed to intuit the necessary and gently probing questions. It was a crucial and helpful step for which I was so very grateful.”
Agueda Pacheco Flores, Freelance Journalist
“Erica Berry’s class helped me regain that pure form of confidence one feels when they first realize writing is their “thing”…it was the push I needed to redirect my writing goals back to their roots, one where I saw writing not as a means to an end, but a passion that gives my life meaning.”
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Associate Teaching Professor Andrea Otáñez, Communication, University of Washington, Seattle
“Many descriptors come to mind when I think of Erica Berry: wise, incisive, generous…she creates a warm, encouraging environment while offering accessible tools to express our truths or explore what those truths may be. I always emerge so much smarter when I read ERica’s work or sit in the classroom with her.”
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Testimonials
Professor Deirdre Mahoney, Ph. D, Communications, Northwest Michigan College