All these workshops/events are free or offer financial aid.

Check out: “Literary Organizations that serve writers of color”

Events

• Asian American Writers’ Workshop
• Cave Canem: A home for Black poetry
• Mizna is a critical platform for contemporary SWANA lit, film + art.
• Radius of Arab American Writers
• Roots. Wounds. Words. offers literary arts programming for BIPOC storytellers.

Workshops

Brooklyn Poets

• Where: Online and in Brooklyn, New York
• When: Varies
• Who: all writers
• Genre(s): poetry
• Cost: Tuition varies, fully funded fellowships available

BIPOC Writing Party (on hiatus)

• Where: Online
• When: Mondays
• Who: BIPOC writers
• Genre(s): all
• Cost: free

Cave Canem Regional Workshops

• Where: New York City
• When: Mondays, 6:00PM – 9:00PM
• Who: Black poets
• Genre(s): poetry
• Cost: ?? (application on submittable)

Kundiman Online Classes

• Where: Online
• When: Varies
• Who: Varies (some classes are limited to BIPOC or Asian American-identifying writers)
• Genre(s): Varies
• Cost: $495 for an 8-week workshop, $50 for a 3-hour craft class (scholarships are available)

Get Lit: Saturday drop-in classes

• Where: Get Lit Office (672 S. La Fayette PL #10 Los Angeles, CA 90057)
• When: Saturdays 10am-2pm; August 6th, 2022 – June 3rd, 2023
• Who: Youth writers ages 13 to 19.
• Genre(s): poetry
• Cost: free

The Root Slam (on hiatus)

• Where: Online and based in Oakland
• When: 2nd + 4th Saturdays
• Who: everyone!
• Genre(s): poetry
• Cost: free

The Telling Room: Young Writers and Leaders

• Where: The Telling Room office (225 Commercial Street, Suite 201, second floor, in Portland, ME.)
• When: 9 month program meets weekly in two groups (on either Tuesdays and Thursdays) from 3:30pm – 6pm from October – June
• Who: 32 high school students who are selected
• Genre(s): poetry, spoken word, personal narrative, and documentary storytelling
• Cost: free

Write Girl

• Where: Online and based in Los Angeles
• When: Varies
• Who: teenage girls and gender-expansive youth 13 to 18 years old
• Genre(s): all
• Cost: free

Youth Speaks: Afterschool Writing Workshops

• Where: Youth Speaks Office (265 Shotwell St, San Francisco)
• When: Every Wednesday, 4:30-6:30pm PT
• Who: Youth writers ages 13 to 19.
• Genre(s): poetry
• Cost: free