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PorchLight: Poetry Exchange

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

This writer guided critique group offers poets the chance to receive carefully considered feedback, and find writerly community. Writers share drafts of work in advance so readers have enough time to provide considered feedback. Feedback is mostly positive, and descriptive, but writers can ask for proscriptive feedback if they wish. This workshop model centers the

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PorchLight: Queer Writers’ Check In

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

Similar to their Long Project Check In, this group is for queer writers looking to build literary community together. Each session will include free writing, discussion of works in progress, and general literary support. Occasionally, there will be guests and opportunities for trading work. Visit their website to RSVP!

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PorchLight: Writing Grief

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

Grief Writing - A monthly exploration of loss and heartbreak Jennifer New leads this monthly group that uses writing as a reflective tool to explore loss. Francis Weller's Five Gates of Grief provides a backbone to consider grief from multiple angles, e.g., death of loved ones, loss of health or ability, grief for the world. This is an

Free Generative Writing Workshop for July: Griffin Rockwell

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry and PorchLight Literary Arts Center The Free Generative Writing Workshops provide a space for career writers, curious beginners, writers of all levels and stages of life. Their goal is to make it easy to meet and learn from some of the most talented writer/teachers living in or passing through Iowa

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PorchLight: Write Now – Community Supported Writing Group

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

PorchLight's Write Now Writer's Group provides community, and learning opportunities for beginning to intermediate writers. At their monthly meetings, share short craft lessons, generate writing from prompts, and, on occasion, provide responses to participants' work in progress. Writers working in any genre are welcome. This is a great group for writers who have not had the

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PorchLight: Writing Grief

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

Grief Writing - A monthly exploration of loss and heartbreak Jennifer New leads this monthly group that uses writing as a reflective tool to explore loss. Francis Weller's Five Gates of Grief provides a backbone to consider grief from multiple angles, e.g., death of loved ones, loss of health or ability, grief for the world. This is an

Recurring

PorchLight: Poetry Exchange

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

This writer guided critique group offers poets the chance to receive carefully considered feedback, and find writerly community. Writers share drafts of work in advance so readers have enough time to provide considered feedback. Feedback is mostly positive, and descriptive, but writers can ask for proscriptive feedback if they wish. This workshop model centers the

Recurring

PorchLight: Queer Writers’ Check In

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

Similar to their Long Project Check In, this group is for queer writers looking to build literary community together. Each session will include free writing, discussion of works in progress, and general literary support. Occasionally, there will be guests and opportunities for trading work. Visit their website to RSVP!

Recurring

PorchLight: Write Now – Community Supported Writing Group

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

PorchLight's Write Now Writer's Group provides community, and learning opportunities for beginning to intermediate writers. At their monthly meetings, share short craft lessons, generate writing from prompts, and, on occasion, provide responses to participants' work in progress. Writers working in any genre are welcome. This is a great group for writers who have not had the

Recurring

PorchLight: Writing Grief

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

Grief Writing - A monthly exploration of loss and heartbreak Jennifer New leads this monthly group that uses writing as a reflective tool to explore loss. Francis Weller's Five Gates of Grief provides a backbone to consider grief from multiple angles, e.g., death of loved ones, loss of health or ability, grief for the world. This is an

Recurring

PorchLight: Queer Writers’ Check In

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

Similar to their Long Project Check In, this group is for queer writers looking to build literary community together. Each session will include free writing, discussion of works in progress, and general literary support. Occasionally, there will be guests and opportunities for trading work. Visit their website to RSVP!

Recurring

PorchLight: Write Now – Community Supported Writing Group

PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City

PorchLight's Write Now Writer's Group provides community, and learning opportunities for beginning to intermediate writers. At their monthly meetings, share short craft lessons, generate writing from prompts, and, on occasion, provide responses to participants' work in progress. Writers working in any genre are welcome. This is a great group for writers who have not had the