Let’s face it—a college degree comes with a hefty price tag!! In this workshop, mentees will learn how to find money for school, the difference between grants, loans, and scholarships, and tips for writing stand-out essays and short answer responses. Writing Works Mentors will help mentees craft their written scholarship application materials.
Poetry has the power to change someone's day, their mind and even the world. It is the articulation of dreams and hopes. Who better to honor with poems than Martin Luther King Jr. who shared his dream in the form of poetry. Influenced by Audre Lorde's belief in using the pen to fight the fight, join spoken word artist Brittany Barker as she shares her poetry and invites you to write your own.
Queens native and O. Henry Prize recipient, Daphne Palasi Andreades, will discuss drawing from what we intimately know—our lived experiences, our hometown, our family—and combining this with our imagination to fill in the blanks. A creative combination that will make your fictional world and characters jump off the page, Daphne Palasi Andreades will also speak about her writing process and publication journey behind her debut novel, Brown Girls.
Work one-to-one with an editor on your piece, ask questions about submission requirements or get technical help with a software or tool you're not sure how to use!
Come bond with your fellow mentors at the Writing Works Mentor Midyear Training while taking a deeper dive into Wellness & DEI training. Exchange valuable tips with each other to strengthen your pair relationship and realign on program requirements!
Join National Book Award finalist Karla Cornejo Villavicencio and notable CAA literary agent Mollie Glick, for an evening of frank conversation about the publishing business and the author/agent relationship. Learn about the importance of writing with conviction and how the publishing world works to move your story from the page to a larger stage.
Come get to know your fellow Writing 360 Mentees at this Mentee only workshop where you will have the chance to work together on a creative small group project, de-stress in a wellness session and have a refresher on program requirements!
Come bond with your fellow mentors at the Writing 360 Mentor Midyear Training while taking a deeper dive into Wellness & DEI training. Exchange valuable tips with each other to strengthen your pair relationship and realign on program requirements!
Get ahead of the dread with this lively workshop in which the tables will turn—Mentees will play the part of employers interviewing BiC “Mentors for the Day” for the silliest, most unusual jobs ever!
Maya Eaglin, digital reporter for NBC News, will share information about pitching ideas, the skills employed to get a great interview, as well as the production process used to create her stories. You can see her features on the company's Gen Z and Millennial brand "Stay Tuned", which has over 10.7 million subscribers, as well as on NBC News Now and NBCNews.com.
