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Resonate: A BIPOC Writing Circle
2nd and 4th Fridays of each month
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
Free
Hosted on Zoom
Join a community of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) writers and listeners — all for FREE! Resonate is a 90-minute virtual writing session. No preparation or experience is required! Led by a Write Around Portland volunteer facilitator of color, Resonate consists of writing, sharing, and giving strengths-based feedback to each other. It’s a great way to unlock your creativity, build or maintain a writing habit, and get some writing done!
Freewrite Single Workshops
2nd Thursdays, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PST
4th Tuesdays, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
Sliding Scale: $5 – $50*
Hosted on Zoom
Freewrite is a 90-minute virtual writing session. No preparation or experience is required! Led by a Write Around Portland volunteer facilitator, Freewrite consists of writing, sharing, and giving strengths-based feedback to each other. It’s a great way to unlock your creativity, build or maintain a writing habit, and get some writing done!
*We have a limited number of free spots available in each Freewrite workshop for people experiencing financial hardship. Email us at freewrite@writearound.org to reserve a spot.
Prompt Workshop Series
Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 PM PT
Series of 8 Weekly Sessions, next workshop starts September 19
Sliding Scale: $195-$395*
Hosted on Zoom
Looking for accountability and new writer friends? Our popular Prompt workshop series is being held virtually in an 8-week series. Workshops include writing, sharing, and feedback with the same writers each week. It’s a great way to get some writing done while meeting likeminded literary folks. Check back soon to find out when our next series begins!
*We have a limited number of free or low-cost spots available for people experiencing financial hardship. Email us at prompt@writearound.org to sign up for our waitlist.
Agency Workshops
Thanks to donations and fees from workshops, we are able to hold therapeutic creative writing workshops for adults and youth in nonprofits, hospitals, schools, treatment centers, correctional facilities, homeless shelters, low income housing residences and other social service agencies.
The workshop curriculum focuses on experiential learning, generating new writing, and building on the writers’ strengths. Workshop participants write stories, poems, memoirs, letters and essays while experimenting with imagery, character development, dialogue and early-draft revision. To build community through writing, our workshops are facilitated by extensively-trained volunteers who write and share alongside participants through a series of freewrites and positive, strength-based feedback.