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Writing Workshops

Looking to develop your own literary skills? We curated a list of writing workshops by Hoosier authors. These interactive workshops engage a variety of audiences and cover several genres. Nonprofits interested in bringing an Indiana writer to their community to provide a one-time writing workshop for a public audience can apply for funds to cover the writer’s fee as part of the Indiana Authors Awards writing workshop program.

Each year, Indiana Humanities will select a group of host organizations and match them to their preferred authors through an application process. Application guidelines, workshop descriptions and an event toolkit are available below. Participating organizations are responsible for working with authors to schedule engagements and cover any travel expenses.

Applications are now open for the 2024 round of workshops. Applications will close on September 29, 2023.

Please contact Bronwen Carlisle at bcarlisle@indianahumanities.org with any questions.

2024 Workshops

Workshop Title/sWorkshop Leader
THE BASICS OF WRITING SPECULATIVE FICTIONJohn F. Allen
HOW TO WRITE THE “SONASTIC POEM”Curtis Crisler
REMIX: WRITING EDITIONBryan Furuness
WRITER AS PHYSICIAN: THE HEALING POWER OF STORYTELLINGDave Grifith
YOUR LIFE AS A POEM;
ORDERING A CHAPBOOK  
Lydia Johnson
ORAL HISTORY FOR BEGINNERSSamuel Love
TENDER AND TITANIC: COMMUNITY, IMMORTALITY AND CARE THROUGH POETRY;
THE POWER OF QUESTIONS, IMAGINATION AND STORYTELLING IN POETRY
Chantel Massey
STORY-BUILDERS! LET’S GET STARTED PLOTTING!Alicia Rasley
THE BIG SECRET: STARTING AND FINISHING YOUR NOVELLarry D. Sweazy
POETRY AS MEMOIR: EXPLORING THE TERRAINShari Wagner
POETRY: PAINTING WITH WORDSKenneth Woods

HOST RESOURCES

If your organization is hosting a workshop in 2024, use these resources to help organize, promote and report your event. If you’d like to attend a workshop, check our events page for details.