CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
The DWC hosts more than 40 different creative writing workshops each year.
Classes vary from season to season, and typically include workshops in poetry, fiction, memoir, drama,
non-fiction and screenwriting. Fees for workshops and classes
are very reasonable, and financial assistance is often available for low-income patrons.
All DWC instructors are serious, published writers—professionals who can help you learn
to improve your skills, and increase your chances of getting your work in print.
THE VISITING AUTHOR READING SERIES
Each year, the DWC hosts readings by 18-22 visiting authors, featuring the most exciting
local and national voices. Guests range from first-time novelists to Pulitzer Prize-winning poets,
and most readings are free and open to the public. Recent visiting authors include
Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Sam Hamill, Brian Turner, Cornelius Eady,
and
include Pulitzer Prize-winner Claudia Emerson and Lambda Award-winner Minnie Bruce Pratt.
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THE POET'S ROOM
The DWC also features a browsing library for use by patrons. Resources include a wide variety
of literary journals (well over 100 different journals are represented in the collection), publishing
guidebooks, and a growing collection of poetry, fiction and non-fiction books.
The Poet’s Room is a tremendous resource for writers seeking publication for their own work.
To donate books or recent literary journals to the DWC library, contact the director.
THE DWC POETRY BROADSIDE SERIES
Each year, the Downtown Writer’s Center commissions our friends at Boxcar Press
to print beautiful artistic renditions of poems by selected authors in our reading series.
These collectible, limited edition prints are available at very low prices,
and proceeds support the programs of the Downtown Writer’s Center.
