We're back for another Holiday Party with some fast-paced writing and short but powerful reading sessions! The readings and workshops will span genres such as poetry, fiction, memoir, and song-writing!

Get ready to stretch your writing muscles! This is going to be FUN!

Our readers and workshop leaders this year include well-known poets, prose, and song writers, including Lee Ann Roripaugh, Karla Hernandez, Patricia Henley, Jim Peterson, Zedeka Poindexter, Hope Dunbar, Terena Elizabeth Bell, Maria Nazos, and Steve Edwards.

The format is simple. We alternate five-minute readings with 15-minute mini writing workshops that start with a craft talk and end with a writing prompt. Five readings, four workshops, so you’ll not only leave the event inspired but you’ll have some new writing too!

Come prepared to write as well as listen! 

After the presentations there’s time for a Q&A with writers and other participants.

Fill up your fountain pens, sharpen your pencils or charge those computers! This event is flat out fast-paced fun!

2025 Schedule: 

12 – 12:05 pm – Introductions by Karen Gettert Shoemaker

12:05- 12:10 – Reading by Lee Horikishi Roripaugh

12:10 to 12:25 – Generative Writing Workshop with Zedeka Poindexter

12:25 to 12:30 – Reading by Karla Torijos Hernandez

12:30 to 12:45 – Generative Writing Workshop with Hope Dunbar

12:45 to 12:50 – Reading by Patricia Henley

12:50 to 1:05 – Generative Writing Workshop with Steve Edwards

1:05 to 1:10 – Reading by Jim Peterson

1:10 to 1:25 – Generative Writing Workshop with Terena Elizabeth Bell

1:25 to 1:30 – Reading by Maria Nazos

1:30 Thank you! Farewell! Have a great and productive Holiday Season!