workshops + events

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

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

Events

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

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