Workshop Invitation Email Template — Registration Countdown

The workshop invite that reads like a magazine, not a flyer. An editorial split hero pairs a tracked kicker with oversized tight headline and a duotone image on the right, a live countdown timer ticks down to when registration closes, and a tight curriculum shows exactly what participants will learn across the sessions. Built for education programs, professional training, and cohort-based courses where the editorial feel signals the quality of the teaching.

Snapshot

• Goal: fill workshop seats before registration closes with a curriculum-first pitch.
• Audience & tone: professionals, lifelong learners, community members. Editorial, warm, credible — the tone of a program that’s proud of what it teaches.
• Palette: page #fafaf9 · container #ffffff · text #1c1917 / #57534e (muted) · accent forest #15803d
• Font: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif
• Artwork: one editorial-split layout hero (rasterized image) with a 55/45 magazine split + duotone image.

Build recipe

Each step is one block in the flat stack, top to bottom. [native] = a real email block. [layout] = a free-form layout embedded as a single image.

1. [layout] Hero — editorial-split layout template — keep the 55/45 split. Left column: kicker "FALL WORKSHOP SERIES" forest #15803d 11px Georgia tracked uppercase, oversized headline "Write the story only you can tell." #1c1917 44px Georgia bold tight leading, brand rule in #15803d, intro "A six-week craft workshop with novelist Adaeze Bell." muted #57534e 15px. Right column: a duotone-filtered portrait image (forest #15803d over cream #fafaf9). Text-only artwork — the working CTA is the native button in step 4.
2. [native] Countdown label — text. "Registration closes in" muted #57534e 14px Georgia, center, tight bottom padding.
3. [native] Countdown timer — countdown block. endDate: 2026-09-05, endTime: 23:59, timezone: UTC, boardBackground: #ffffff, boardBorderColor: #e7e5e4, boardBorderWidth: 1, shape: rounded, dividerStyle: colon. Digits: digitColor: #15803d, digitFontFamily: "Georgia, serif", digitFontSize: 42, digitFontWeight: 700. Units: unitsColor: #57534e, daysLabel: "Days", hoursLabel: "Hours", minutesLabel: "Minutes", secondsLabel: "Seconds". Center, generous vertical padding. This is the live timer — it animates in the inbox and ticks in the web preview. Blends with the warm-stone palette — light board + forest digits + muted-stone units + hairline border.
4. [native] CTA button — button. Label "Save my seat", forest #15803d fill, cream #fafaf9 text, pill corners, center.
5. [native] Curriculum title — text. "Over six weeks, you'll:" text #1c1917 20px Georgia bold, left.
6. [native] Week 1 — text. "Week 1 — Finding the story that won't leave you alone" text #1c1917 15px Georgia, left.
7. [native] Week 2 — text. "Week 2 — Structure: the architecture of a page-turner" text #1c1917 15px Georgia, left.
8. [native] Week 3 — text. "Week 3 — Voice: sounding like yourself on purpose" text #1c1917 15px Georgia, left.
9. [native] Week 4-6 — text. "Weeks 4–6 — Workshopping, revising, and preparing your piece for publication" muted #57534e 14px Georgia, left.
10. [native] Details line — text. "Six weekly sessions · Tuesdays 7–9pm ET · Cohort capped at 14 · $480" muted #57534e 13px Georgia, center.
11. [native] Divider — hairline #e7e5e4, generous vertical padding.
12. [native] Instructor line — text. "Led by Adaeze Bell, author of The Salt Year (National Book Award finalist)" muted #57534e 13px Georgia, center.
13. [native] Footer — social + address. Recolor both to the palette: social.color = #15803d, address.color = #a8a29e, address.fontFamily = Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif. Without this they fall back to a generic brand-blue that clashes with the forest.

Make it yours

1. Swap the workshop topic, instructor, and weekly curriculum for your real program.
2. Update the cohort size, schedule, and price to match your offering.
3. Recolor forest #15803d to your brand — keep the editorial split for the magazine feel.