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