Community links
This is a list of all the organizations that have supported me, and given me a circle of writing friends/mentors over the last few years. I have created this section with the aim of acknowledging the path I've taken, and making it transparent to others.
I especially hope that this list can be helpful to people who, like me, don't have formal creative writing training - or who come from non-US/UK backgrounds, but are looking for ways to forge more networks in the world. With a little bravery (and sometimes, timezone-hopping) it can be done!!
I especially hope that this list can be helpful to people who, like me, don't have formal creative writing training - or who come from non-US/UK backgrounds, but are looking for ways to forge more networks in the world. With a little bravery (and sometimes, timezone-hopping) it can be done!!
- VONA/Voices Virtual Program (online) - two-week summer programme for writers of color, with both workshop (peer critique) and residency (generative writing) options.
- Vermont Studio Center (US) - mixed residency program for writers and visual artists, in rural Vermont. They have recently been hit by a devastating flood, and are currently holding a fundraising drive on their website.
- AWP Writer-to-Writer Mentorship Program (online) - one-to-one weekly meetings with an established writer in your genre, over the course of three months.
- Disquiet International (Portugal) - peer-feedback workshops and craft/performance classes in Lisbon over the summer. They also run a yearly writing competition across genres, and will fund the winners' attendance at the conference.
- Tin House Workshop (US/online) - peer-feedback workshops, intros to the business of writing, lots of craft lectures!
- Exposition Review (US/online) - community-minded, LA-based literary journal that has open applications for readers. (I was a reader, then an editor, here - and learned so much.)