• Community Studios

    Page Turners: The Secret to Keeping Readers Hooked

    Participants will learn how to reveal (and withhold) information for maximum impact, experiment with pacing and tone, and discover how to sustain suspense in any genre.

    • Community Studios

    Mentor Think Tank (Mentor Support)

    A social circle for mentors to come and meet others, share ideas, ask questions or drop in to say, “Hello.” Come ask questions if you have a dilemma! Have a brilliant idea for the program, let us know! This is an hour for mentor talk!

    • Community Studios

    Blurred Lines: Grief and Love Through Poetry

    In this session, we will explore how poets may blur the lines when describing grief and love. Sometimes it is hard to even tell which one they are describing. Through close readings and writing exercises, we will discover how both can become a language of memory, of showing grace, and of transformation.

    • Community Studios

    Writing for Resilience (Expressive Art)

    The Life You Could Be Living: Explorations from the Edge – Through photographs and poetry, we explore the adventure of life. “Come to the Edge” and other poems inspire participants to write from a different perspective.

    • Community Studios

    Writing the Future in a Changing Climate

    In this lesson, participants will learn about the solarpunk movement and how these ideas can be applied to science fiction writing. They will then practice writing their own solarpunk stories that imagine a sustainable future.

    • Community Studios

    Childhood in Culture (Cultural Identity)

    Take a trip down memory lane and self-reflect on how your cultural identity played a role in your childhood experience.

    • Committee Studios

    IV Edit Print

    Learn about the 2026 Print Anthology and join the editorial committee! Discover how the book is produced and learn about the different roles you’ll play as an important member of this group.

    • Community Studios

    Define Your “Why” In Love

    Boundaries are invisible and yet crucial for loving ourselves and others. We’ll briefly define and discuss what boundaries look like for us before diving into a generative creative session.

    • Community Studios

    Let’s Laugh About It: Stand-Up Comedy & Late-Night Writing

    In this studio, we will learn about comedy writing and practice looking for a comedic angle in everyday events. The main focus for this second studio will be creating personal, stand-up-style jokes inspired by the news.

    • Community Studios

    Creating Through Uncertainty (Peer-Pair Support)

    In this studio we’ll be using sounds to tune into ourselves and lean into different emotions which we may be experiencing or have experienced in the past. Participants will be able to try out creative sound and audio techniques like audio journaling, song writing, and beat making.