Writers in the Community @ EWU
@witcewu.bsky.social
Writers in the Community is an internship project at Eastern Washington University. Graduate students in the MFA program partner with organizations throughout Spokane, WA to teach free community creative writing classes.
Thank you so much to everyone who attended the Youth Poetry Workshop this last Saturday led by Rosa Lane! We had such a great turnout and an amazing lesson by Rosa. We're so grateful to all the adults who helped make this happen and all of the teens who shared their incredible poetry with us.
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who attended the Youth Poetry Workshop this last Saturday led by Rosa Lane! We had such a great turnout and an amazing lesson by Rosa. We're so grateful to all the adults who helped make this happen and all of the teens who shared their incredible poetry with us.
Just because a WITCer graduates, doesn't mean they stop WITCing!
Check out alum @mixophrygonium.bsky.social in the Spokesman talking about her ongoing library workshop series, Poetry is for Everyone!
Check out alum @mixophrygonium.bsky.social in the Spokesman talking about her ongoing library workshop series, Poetry is for Everyone!
Shadle Park Library workshops shows 'Poetry is for Everyone'
Poetry isn’t just for the romantics, the literary types or the melancholic. Poetry can be for everyone. American poet Lucille Clifton said, “Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.”
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November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just because a WITCer graduates, doesn't mean they stop WITCing!
Check out alum @mixophrygonium.bsky.social in the Spokesman talking about her ongoing library workshop series, Poetry is for Everyone!
Check out alum @mixophrygonium.bsky.social in the Spokesman talking about her ongoing library workshop series, Poetry is for Everyone!
New creative writing class for seniors!
WITC intern Hannah will host a weekly workshop at SPL. This class is designed to be welcoming to folks living with dementia and was designed in collaboration with a dementia resource specialist. All are welcome! And, like all WITC programs, it's free!
WITC intern Hannah will host a weekly workshop at SPL. This class is designed to be welcoming to folks living with dementia and was designed in collaboration with a dementia resource specialist. All are welcome! And, like all WITC programs, it's free!
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
New creative writing class for seniors!
WITC intern Hannah will host a weekly workshop at SPL. This class is designed to be welcoming to folks living with dementia and was designed in collaboration with a dementia resource specialist. All are welcome! And, like all WITC programs, it's free!
WITC intern Hannah will host a weekly workshop at SPL. This class is designed to be welcoming to folks living with dementia and was designed in collaboration with a dementia resource specialist. All are welcome! And, like all WITC programs, it's free!
Our long-running drop-in generative poetry workshop, Poetry After Dark at Spark Central, is moving to a new time with new instructors. Please join us Saturday at 12:30pm to welcome first year WITC interns Harley & Sophia to Poetry After Dark! We know they are going to do great!
Poetry After Dark — SPARK CENTRAL
SATURDAYS • 12:30 - 2 PM IN THE SPARK CENTRAL STUDIO Adults · Join us for a workshop catered to driven poets. Eastern Washington University MFA students will lead us in discussions about craft elem...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Our long-running drop-in generative poetry workshop, Poetry After Dark at Spark Central, is moving to a new time with new instructors. Please join us Saturday at 12:30pm to welcome first year WITC interns Harley & Sophia to Poetry After Dark! We know they are going to do great!
WITC is delighted to be working with Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Smith in support of the Youth Poet Laureate program. What fun to see teens engaging with poetry all over town!
Join us this Wed. Oct. 29 from 6:30-9 at Neato Burrito for an Open Mic Night Featuring students from the Community School!
Join us this Wed. Oct. 29 from 6:30-9 at Neato Burrito for an Open Mic Night Featuring students from the Community School!
October 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
WITC is delighted to be working with Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Smith in support of the Youth Poet Laureate program. What fun to see teens engaging with poetry all over town!
Join us this Wed. Oct. 29 from 6:30-9 at Neato Burrito for an Open Mic Night Featuring students from the Community School!
Join us this Wed. Oct. 29 from 6:30-9 at Neato Burrito for an Open Mic Night Featuring students from the Community School!
Have you met WITC's new student director? Mackenzie is doing tremendous work for our community already. We are so lucky to have them!
Introductions & A New School Year
From Mackenzie Draper, WITC Student Director
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October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Have you met WITC's new student director? Mackenzie is doing tremendous work for our community already. We are so lucky to have them!
Tomorrow! Reading with Poet Laureate and WITC community partner Mery Smith! Gonna be a good one for sure!
Poet Laureates of the Inland Northwest
The Poet Laureates of Ellensburg, Coeur d'Alene, and Spokane gather together to share their work and celebrate Marie Marchand's newest collection, 'Mostly Sweet, Lovely, Human Things.'
spokanelibrary.libnet.info
October 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Tomorrow! Reading with Poet Laureate and WITC community partner Mery Smith! Gonna be a good one for sure!
Wow! WITC interns did so much during the 24-25 school year! Here's all the things we taught, led, organized, and made.
WITC End-of-Year Round-up
By WITC Faculty Director Leyna Krow
open.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Wow! WITC interns did so much during the 24-25 school year! Here's all the things we taught, led, organized, and made.
New on the Substack:
Reflections from teaching creative writing at Odyssey Youth Movement!
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Reflections from teaching creative writing at Odyssey Youth Movement!
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June 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
New on the Substack:
Reflections from teaching creative writing at Odyssey Youth Movement!
witcewu.substack.com/p/rememberin...
Reflections from teaching creative writing at Odyssey Youth Movement!
witcewu.substack.com/p/rememberin...
Biggest congrats to EWU's 15 newest Masters of the Fine Arts! This cohort has been such a joy to work with - talented writers, thoughtful educators, dedicated community arts organizers, and such good friends to each other! We are sad to see you all go, but so excited to see what you will do next!
June 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Biggest congrats to EWU's 15 newest Masters of the Fine Arts! This cohort has been such a joy to work with - talented writers, thoughtful educators, dedicated community arts organizers, and such good friends to each other! We are sad to see you all go, but so excited to see what you will do next!
More great press for Bruce & Mery's workshop project at Airway Heights Corrections Center!
Local writers Mery Smith and Bruce Asper bring poetry workshops to Airway Heights Corrections Center
Mery Smith's tumultuous journey to the title Spokane Poet Laureate included flunking out of college due to alcoholism and navigating life as a single parent....
www.inlander.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
More great press for Bruce & Mery's workshop project at Airway Heights Corrections Center!
New on our Substack: WITC Intern Mackenzie shares lessons from Longfellow Elementary's 2nd grade poets.
From the Mouths of Babes: Reflections on Teaching Poetry at Longfellow Elementary
From Mackenzie Draper, WITC Intern
witcewu.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
New on our Substack: WITC Intern Mackenzie shares lessons from Longfellow Elementary's 2nd grade poets.
Biggest congrats to @mixophrygonium.bsky.social who won this year's EWU Student Leadership Award in Community Service for their work with WITC!! We are so lucky to have you!!
May 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Biggest congrats to @mixophrygonium.bsky.social who won this year's EWU Student Leadership Award in Community Service for their work with WITC!! We are so lucky to have you!!
Great article in the Spokesman yesterday about Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Smith's partnership with WITC to bring creative writing classes back to the Airway Heights Corrections Center!
Mery Smith brings poetry to the inside: 'Poetry does save lives'
The role of Spokane poet laureate asks laureates to, putting it plainly, bring poetry to one and all. To do this, laureates host classes and workshops, among other projects, which give members of the ...
www.spokesman.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Great article in the Spokesman yesterday about Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Smith's partnership with WITC to bring creative writing classes back to the Airway Heights Corrections Center!
Get Lit! Festival shoutout for Friday! WITC intern Emily Ladd is moderating a panel - "Dynamic Identities in YA Fiction." 2pm at the Central Library!
Get Lit! Festival 2025: Dynamic Identities in YA Fiction: The Se...
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April 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Get Lit! Festival shoutout for Friday! WITC intern Emily Ladd is moderating a panel - "Dynamic Identities in YA Fiction." 2pm at the Central Library!
What a night! Big thanks to everyone who came out to the InRoads release party! And a biggest thanks of all to the authors who shared their work with us. A number of readers said this was their first publication & even their first time reading creative work in front of a crowd!
April 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What a night! Big thanks to everyone who came out to the InRoads release party! And a biggest thanks of all to the authors who shared their work with us. A number of readers said this was their first publication & even their first time reading creative work in front of a crowd!
Come help us celebrate the release of this year's InRoads anthology! Tonight at Spark Central at 5:30pm. We'll hear readings from InRoads authors and celebrate the good work of all our WITC interns and their students.
Get Lit! Festival 2025: Writers in the Community: InRoads Releas...
View more about this event at Get Lit! Festival 2025
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April 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Come help us celebrate the release of this year's InRoads anthology! Tonight at Spark Central at 5:30pm. We'll hear readings from InRoads authors and celebrate the good work of all our WITC interns and their students.
Happy first day of Get Lit! Spokane's amazing annual literary festival is happening now! Can't wait to see everyone at all of the things!
The Get Lit! Festival
Get Lit! Festival celebrates the power of the written word.
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April 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Happy first day of Get Lit! Spokane's amazing annual literary festival is happening now! Can't wait to see everyone at all of the things!
Just 1 week until we celebrate the launch of InRoads issue 28! Hope you can join us!
April 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just 1 week until we celebrate the launch of InRoads issue 28! Hope you can join us!
Are you at #AWP25? Come visit us & @willowspringsmag.bsky.social at booth T522!
March 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Are you at #AWP25? Come visit us & @willowspringsmag.bsky.social at booth T522!
From our Substack - WITC Intern Avery Knochel reflects on her experience teaching fiction at Airways Heights Corrections Center, and her favorite writing prompt for helping students explore conflict.
What Subway Sandwiches Can Teach Us About Choice
From Avery Knochel, WITC Intern
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March 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
From our Substack - WITC Intern Avery Knochel reflects on her experience teaching fiction at Airways Heights Corrections Center, and her favorite writing prompt for helping students explore conflict.
Big news! WITC student director Bruce Asper is teaming up with Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Smith to lead weekly creative writing workshops at Airway Heights Correctional Facility. WITC has a long history of work with Airway Heights and we are so excited to be back there as part of this project.
March 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Big news! WITC student director Bruce Asper is teaming up with Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Smith to lead weekly creative writing workshops at Airway Heights Correctional Facility. WITC has a long history of work with Airway Heights and we are so excited to be back there as part of this project.
New on our Substack, WITC intern & incoming @willowspringsmag.bsky.social managing editor Maki Thiersch reflects on their experience mentoring 3rd-5th graders in creative writing, visual art, and journalism through the Level-Up afterschool program.
3 Lessons I Learned About Teaching from Volunteering at the Level-Up Afterschool Program at Holmes Elementary School
From Maki Thiersch, WITC Intern
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March 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
New on our Substack, WITC intern & incoming @willowspringsmag.bsky.social managing editor Maki Thiersch reflects on their experience mentoring 3rd-5th graders in creative writing, visual art, and journalism through the Level-Up afterschool program.
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Thank you @witcewu.bsky.social for the amazing opportunities this year. Odyssey Youth Movement has fun, creative artists and I can't wait to see where they go!
March 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Thank you @witcewu.bsky.social for the amazing opportunities this year. Odyssey Youth Movement has fun, creative artists and I can't wait to see where they go!
Tomorrow!
WITC intern @mixophrygonium.bsky.social is leading a generative poetry workshop at the Shadle Park Library. They are a fantastic teacher and this workshop is certain to be a lovely time. Free & open to all!
WITC intern @mixophrygonium.bsky.social is leading a generative poetry workshop at the Shadle Park Library. They are a fantastic teacher and this workshop is certain to be a lovely time. Free & open to all!
Poetry for Everyone: A Writing Workshop with Sarah Rooney
A friendly, accessible poetry workshop for everyone and anyone.
events.spokanelibrary.org
March 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tomorrow!
WITC intern @mixophrygonium.bsky.social is leading a generative poetry workshop at the Shadle Park Library. They are a fantastic teacher and this workshop is certain to be a lovely time. Free & open to all!
WITC intern @mixophrygonium.bsky.social is leading a generative poetry workshop at the Shadle Park Library. They are a fantastic teacher and this workshop is certain to be a lovely time. Free & open to all!