This free live writing workshop will be offered hybrid, allowing you to join virtually or in person. To join virtually, please register HERE. After you register, the Zoom link will be automatically sent to you. To join in person, meet us on the appointed hour at PorchLight Literary Arts Center, 1019 Washington Street in Iowa City. Everyone’s welcome!

How can we stop and bear witness to the earth at this critical moment in history? Can we re-engage our senses and sensitivity to the natural world through words? This edition of The Free Generative Writing Workshops presents a call first put forth by inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, a "Prompt for the Planet." Join writing instructor Jennifer Colville as she walks you through approaches to Amanda's prompt.

Jennifer Colville is the founding editor of Prompt Press, a project connecting visual artists, book artists and writers. She holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. from the University of Utah. Elegies for Uncanny Girls, a collection of short stories, was published in 2017 by Indiana University Press. Jennifer leads creative writing workshops, and speaks on “The Inventive Female Voice,” and the intersection of writing and visual art. She directs PorchLight, a space for fostering community through the literary arts.