Creative Writing Workshops

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About

The Creative Writing Workshop occurs in the spring and fall seasons with weekly workshops that last 12 weeks. Each session runs for 1-1.5 hours either in-person or remote, teaching its residents writing techniques, texts, and themes from diverse and dynamic authors.
 
At the end of every workshop, Writers in Residence publishes chapbooks filled with the residents’ poetry and prose and distributes printed copies inside juvenile facilities, on campuses, and throughout the local communities to raise awareness about the juvenile justice system and advocate for juvenile justice reform. We expect student volunteers to spend at least 1-3 hours/week for the duration of the service experience. Please reconsider applying if you cannot meet this expectation.
 
Goals:
  1. Increase our residents’ literacy levels and writing dispositions. 
  2. Build our residents’ self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-awareness. 
  3. Provide our residents with positive peer mentorship. 
  4. Publish our residents’ creative writing into chapbooks to showcase and distribute within juvenile facilities, on campuses, and throughout the local communities.
  5. Advocate for our residents by raising awareness and educating our communities about the criminal justice system/juvenile justice system.
Transcribers:
  • Type up our residents' artifacts from the creative writing workshops.
  • Edit our residents' artifacts by correcting their spelling, syntax, and grammar.
  • Review the instructions and transcriptions to minimize mistakes and errors.
Student Volunteer:
  • Engage with 3-5 residents.
  • Participate in creative writing workshops.
  • Enforce the creative writing workshop’s expectations for the residents and student volunteers.
  • Promote the program and organization to individuals within their personal and professional spheres.

Please see the following dates/times for your college/university:

  • University of Dayton
    • Mondays @ 5:10-6:30 PM (1.25)
    • Start/End Date: TBD (accepting volunteers for the spring program season)
  • Baldwin Wallace University
    • Saturdays @ 1:50-3 PM (1.00)
    • Start/End Date: Sept. 10 - Dec. 3
  • Bowling Green State University
    • Saturdays @ 11:45-1:00 PM (1.25)
    • Start/End Date: Oct. 1 - Dec. 3
  • John Carroll University
    • Tuesdays @ 4:50-6 PM (1.00)
    • Start/End Date: Sept. 13 - Nov. 29
  • Ohio University (Chillicothe Campus)
    • Wednesdays @ 3:45-5 PM (1.25)
    • Start/End Date: Sept. 21 - Dec. 7
  • Ohio State University
    • Wednesdays @ 3:45-5 PM (1.25)
    • Start/End Date: Sept. 21 - Dec. 7
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