This session helps participants develop a confident and authentic digital voice, blending personal identity with values-based communication. Participants will explore tone, storytelling, and how to build online presence with intention.
We are less than a month out from the pub day for Hope Lives in Our Words: 2025 Girls Write Now Anthology! Join us for this IV Edit Print community studio to help brainstorm ways to promote the book and to read excerpts from the anthology.
This month, we will catch up on where everyone is with their writing and introduce prompts that go deeper into meaning and questioning.
Through reflective writing exercises and dynamic group discussions, mentors will examine how unconscious bias and power dynamics shape the mentoring relationship, while developing strategies to address these challenges and foster greater empathy and equity in their practice.
In this session, we will be exploring cultural values as a means of storytelling and of finding yourself in your writing.
In this session, we will immerse ourselves in the world of artistic expression by learning about how artists use physical tools and digital platforms to give form to fears, hopes, and experiences. First, we will observe and discuss a few art pieces. Following this, participants will engage in a drawing activity of their own.
In this workshop, creative powerhouses Je’Vel and YawnyBlew will explore how songwriting can be another tool to tell one’s truth. Whether you write poems, essays, fiction, or journal entries, music can help you express emotion, set tone, and connect with people in new ways.
In this session, we’ll discuss how to use a character’s associations with their environment to build a compelling sense of place in your story. We’ll also explore the reverse: the ways a sense of place can help create dynamic characters.
Join us on Tuesday, August 19, from 4:45–6:00 PM ET for Navigating the MFA Experience, a College Chat featuring poets, fiction writers, and screenwriters Nicole Caplain Kelly, Christine Singleton, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, Sheena Daree Romero, Marya Cohn, and Jessie Keyt, who will share insights from their MFA journeys, followed by breakout discussions and a Q&A session.
This session will focus on fine tuning personal essay hooks and beginning opening paragraphs for college applicants. For MFA candidates, we will facilitate choosing portfolio pieces that connect with their chosen theme.
