Write Pittsburgh
@writepittsburgh.bsky.social
Write Pittsburgh is a program collective that amplifies voices, empowers writers, and encourages writer agency. Workshops for teens & adults throughout SWPA. Member of Dave Eggers' International Alliance of Youth Writing Centers. linktr.ee/writepgh
Introducing our new executive director, Dr. Amber Epps! 🥳🎉 Amber is a teacher and an artist, a visionary leader and a get-your-hands-dirty kind of team member—we are so lucky to have her at Write Pittsburgh!
Meet Amber in person at our summer picnic on June 29! RSVP at the link in the comments.
Meet Amber in person at our summer picnic on June 29! RSVP at the link in the comments.
June 10, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Introducing our new executive director, Dr. Amber Epps! 🥳🎉 Amber is a teacher and an artist, a visionary leader and a get-your-hands-dirty kind of team member—we are so lucky to have her at Write Pittsburgh!
Meet Amber in person at our summer picnic on June 29! RSVP at the link in the comments.
Meet Amber in person at our summer picnic on June 29! RSVP at the link in the comments.
Do you have our picnic on your calendar? There will be an open mic, writing games, food, a 50/50 raffle, silent auction items, and more! We would LOVE to see you there. 🥰 Saturday, June 29, 6:30-8:00 p.m., at Borland Green in East Liberty! RSVP now at writepittsburgh.com/tickets.
June 4, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Do you have our picnic on your calendar? There will be an open mic, writing games, food, a 50/50 raffle, silent auction items, and more! We would LOVE to see you there. 🥰 Saturday, June 29, 6:30-8:00 p.m., at Borland Green in East Liberty! RSVP now at writepittsburgh.com/tickets.
We had a great time writing together this weekend! Hope to see you at the next event!
May 27, 2024 at 10:31 PM
We had a great time writing together this weekend! Hope to see you at the next event!
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🌳 Take a moment to reset and engage in mindfulness and contemplation with Schereéya in the first Write on Site of the year. Maybe you've neglected your writing practice for a while. Maybe you're stuck on a problem in your story or poem. Join us in this restful, creative writing space.
April 25, 2024 at 9:30 PM
🌳 Take a moment to reset and engage in mindfulness and contemplation with Schereéya in the first Write on Site of the year. Maybe you've neglected your writing practice for a while. Maybe you're stuck on a problem in your story or poem. Join us in this restful, creative writing space.
Come to the Write Pittsburgh picnic fundraiser! There will be poetry! And a raffle, and a silent auction, and writing activities! Mark your calendars: June 29, 6:30-8:00 p.m. More details coming soon...
May 16, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Come to the Write Pittsburgh picnic fundraiser! There will be poetry! And a raffle, and a silent auction, and writing activities! Mark your calendars: June 29, 6:30-8:00 p.m. More details coming soon...
May is going to be a ROCKING month at Write Pittsburgh! Keep your eyes peeled for all of these fantastic happenings. Visit WritePittsburgh.com or linktr.ee/writepgh for more information.
May 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM
May is going to be a ROCKING month at Write Pittsburgh! Keep your eyes peeled for all of these fantastic happenings. Visit WritePittsburgh.com or linktr.ee/writepgh for more information.
Got poetry or other words to share on stage? Here’s a great opportunity to hear wisdom from an experienced panel—an actor, a storyteller, and a spoken word artist. Practice and get feedback! Sunday, 5/19 from 3-6 PM in the South Hills. Learn more here: www.ironedwordsproductions.com/rehearse-you...
Ironed Words Productions, LLC - Rehearse Your Story Write Pgh
Craft your spoken story!
www.ironedwordsproductions.com
April 26, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Got poetry or other words to share on stage? Here’s a great opportunity to hear wisdom from an experienced panel—an actor, a storyteller, and a spoken word artist. Practice and get feedback! Sunday, 5/19 from 3-6 PM in the South Hills. Learn more here: www.ironedwordsproductions.com/rehearse-you...
🌳 Take a moment to reset and engage in mindfulness and contemplation with Schereéya in the first Write on Site of the year. Maybe you've neglected your writing practice for a while. Maybe you're stuck on a problem in your story or poem. Join us in this restful, creative writing space.
April 25, 2024 at 9:30 PM
🌳 Take a moment to reset and engage in mindfulness and contemplation with Schereéya in the first Write on Site of the year. Maybe you've neglected your writing practice for a while. Maybe you're stuck on a problem in your story or poem. Join us in this restful, creative writing space.
We're looking for our next executive director! This full time role involves program management and administration, fundraising, donor relations, planning, scheming, dreaming, and more. Are you someone who loves writing and is ready to be a champion for writers? writepittsburgh.com/jobs
April 17, 2024 at 4:08 PM
We're looking for our next executive director! This full time role involves program management and administration, fundraising, donor relations, planning, scheming, dreaming, and more. Are you someone who loves writing and is ready to be a champion for writers? writepittsburgh.com/jobs
Want to help cultivate a strong writing community? Become a Write Pittsburgh board member! Bring your skills as a fundraiser, a leader, a teacher, an organizer, an artist—whatever it is you do best. Apply at writepittsburgh.com/board.
Know someone who would make a great board member? Let them know!
Know someone who would make a great board member? Let them know!
April 16, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Want to help cultivate a strong writing community? Become a Write Pittsburgh board member! Bring your skills as a fundraiser, a leader, a teacher, an organizer, an artist—whatever it is you do best. Apply at writepittsburgh.com/board.
Know someone who would make a great board member? Let them know!
Know someone who would make a great board member? Let them know!
TEEN WRITERS! Submissions are open for Starry False Lily Issue 3! The theme? 🎶 MUSIC 🎵
Let your writing sing, baby! Let it make noise! Get philosophical. Get discordant. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid. Deadline: May 24. Submission info at writepittsburgh.com/starryfalselily
Let your writing sing, baby! Let it make noise! Get philosophical. Get discordant. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid. Deadline: May 24. Submission info at writepittsburgh.com/starryfalselily
March 27, 2024 at 11:07 PM
TEEN WRITERS! Submissions are open for Starry False Lily Issue 3! The theme? 🎶 MUSIC 🎵
Let your writing sing, baby! Let it make noise! Get philosophical. Get discordant. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid. Deadline: May 24. Submission info at writepittsburgh.com/starryfalselily
Let your writing sing, baby! Let it make noise! Get philosophical. Get discordant. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid. Deadline: May 24. Submission info at writepittsburgh.com/starryfalselily
We're hosting a writing career event for teens on 5/16, and we're looking for: screenwriters, speechwriters, food writers, sports writers, graphic novelists, librarians, ghostwriters, copywriters, and more. Interested? Email info@writepittsburgh.com. Asynch or virtual participation. Volunteer event.
March 25, 2024 at 5:51 PM
We're hosting a writing career event for teens on 5/16, and we're looking for: screenwriters, speechwriters, food writers, sports writers, graphic novelists, librarians, ghostwriters, copywriters, and more. Interested? Email info@writepittsburgh.com. Asynch or virtual participation. Volunteer event.
Only a few days left to sign up for this memory-writing workshop. events.humanitix.com/the-remember...
The Remembered, The Forgotten: A Memory-Writing Workshop | Humanitix
A memory-writing workshop that explores not only what we remember but what we forget.
events.humanitix.com
March 16, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Only a few days left to sign up for this memory-writing workshop. events.humanitix.com/the-remember...
Our memories make us—but what about all the things we have forgotten? Join Sharon Fagan McDermott and Write Pittsburgh's interim executive director M. Christine Benner Dixon, co-authors of Millions of Suns, for a 3-week workshop on memory, forgetting, and writing. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction.
February 27, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Our memories make us—but what about all the things we have forgotten? Join Sharon Fagan McDermott and Write Pittsburgh's interim executive director M. Christine Benner Dixon, co-authors of Millions of Suns, for a 3-week workshop on memory, forgetting, and writing. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction.
NEW ISSUE ALERT!! 🤩 From algebra
to aliens, from new worlds to old ones, these stirring
poems explore the implications of being thinking,
breathing creatures in an infinite universe. 👽🐦🔬
Let yourself be dazzled by three
teen poets in Starry False Lily, Vol. 2: www.starryfalselily.com/issue-two #SFF
to aliens, from new worlds to old ones, these stirring
poems explore the implications of being thinking,
breathing creatures in an infinite universe. 👽🐦🔬
Let yourself be dazzled by three
teen poets in Starry False Lily, Vol. 2: www.starryfalselily.com/issue-two #SFF
January 10, 2024 at 6:04 PM
NEW ISSUE ALERT!! 🤩 From algebra
to aliens, from new worlds to old ones, these stirring
poems explore the implications of being thinking,
breathing creatures in an infinite universe. 👽🐦🔬
Let yourself be dazzled by three
teen poets in Starry False Lily, Vol. 2: www.starryfalselily.com/issue-two #SFF
to aliens, from new worlds to old ones, these stirring
poems explore the implications of being thinking,
breathing creatures in an infinite universe. 👽🐦🔬
Let yourself be dazzled by three
teen poets in Starry False Lily, Vol. 2: www.starryfalselily.com/issue-two #SFF
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What do the books Slaughterhouse Five, Our Wives Under the Sea, Spaceman of Bohemia, Outlander, Kindred, & A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court have in common? They're some of the books we'll be discussing in the upcoming @writepittsburgh.bsky.social workshop, Write On Time. Join us!
January 9, 2024 at 9:15 PM
What do the books Slaughterhouse Five, Our Wives Under the Sea, Spaceman of Bohemia, Outlander, Kindred, & A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court have in common? They're some of the books we'll be discussing in the upcoming @writepittsburgh.bsky.social workshop, Write On Time. Join us!
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Kicking off the new year with another speculative fiction workshop series from @writepittsburgh.bsky.social ! I'll be teaching this one, about time and its uses in fiction (from using time as a literary device to literal time travel). It's a 6-week series on Sunday nights, ONLINE. #writingcommunity
January 4, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Kicking off the new year with another speculative fiction workshop series from @writepittsburgh.bsky.social ! I'll be teaching this one, about time and its uses in fiction (from using time as a literary device to literal time travel). It's a 6-week series on Sunday nights, ONLINE. #writingcommunity
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Book bans tell young writers that some stories aren’t worth listening to. Our mission is to amplify voices and empower writers! You can help! givebutter.com/writepgh
Freedom of Expression is a Human Write
Write Pittsburgh Empowers Writers
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November 28, 2023 at 2:17 PM
Book bans tell young writers that some stories aren’t worth listening to. Our mission is to amplify voices and empower writers! You can help! givebutter.com/writepgh
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I spend a good part of my time working to support these efforts! Write Pittsburgh does an amazing job of reaching teens where they are and recognizing their agency and autonomy. We’re counting on this to set up the next generation of kickass writers who know the power of their own voices!
Book bans tell young writers that some stories aren’t worth listening to. Our mission is to amplify voices and empower writers! You can help! givebutter.com/writepgh
Freedom of Expression is a Human Write
Write Pittsburgh Empowers Writers
givebutter.com
November 28, 2023 at 4:22 PM
I spend a good part of my time working to support these efforts! Write Pittsburgh does an amazing job of reaching teens where they are and recognizing their agency and autonomy. We’re counting on this to set up the next generation of kickass writers who know the power of their own voices!
Book bans tell young writers that some stories aren’t worth listening to. Our mission is to amplify voices and empower writers! You can help! givebutter.com/writepgh
Freedom of Expression is a Human Write
Write Pittsburgh Empowers Writers
givebutter.com
November 28, 2023 at 2:17 PM
Book bans tell young writers that some stories aren’t worth listening to. Our mission is to amplify voices and empower writers! You can help! givebutter.com/writepgh
Got plans for Giving Tuesday? How about funding freedom of expression efforts? We're doing the work in schools, in the jail, in our online workshops. We invite you to join us so that every voice gets a chance to speak!
November 26, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Got plans for Giving Tuesday? How about funding freedom of expression efforts? We're doing the work in schools, in the jail, in our online workshops. We invite you to join us so that every voice gets a chance to speak!
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#GivingTuesday is just a week away! We would love it if you added us to your list for year-end giving. We're working hard to empower writers and amplify their voices, even in the face of incarceration, book bans, and other enormous challenges. Join us in this important work! givebutter.com/writepgh
November 21, 2023 at 5:08 PM
#GivingTuesday is just a week away! We would love it if you added us to your list for year-end giving. We're working hard to empower writers and amplify their voices, even in the face of incarceration, book bans, and other enormous challenges. Join us in this important work! givebutter.com/writepgh
#GivingTuesday is just a week away! We would love it if you added us to your list for year-end giving. We're working hard to empower writers and amplify their voices, even in the face of incarceration, book bans, and other enormous challenges. Join us in this important work! givebutter.com/writepgh
November 21, 2023 at 5:08 PM
#GivingTuesday is just a week away! We would love it if you added us to your list for year-end giving. We're working hard to empower writers and amplify their voices, even in the face of incarceration, book bans, and other enormous challenges. Join us in this important work! givebutter.com/writepgh
Did you hear? ✨ We've extended the deadline for our Fall/Winter Issue: STEAM & Sci-Fi! Poems, essays, and fiction from writers ages 13-18! Any writing re: math, science, engineering, etc.—including sci-fi material—is welcome.
Submissions due by Nov. 30: www.starryfalselily.com/fall2023
Submissions due by Nov. 30: www.starryfalselily.com/fall2023
November 10, 2023 at 2:57 PM
Did you hear? ✨ We've extended the deadline for our Fall/Winter Issue: STEAM & Sci-Fi! Poems, essays, and fiction from writers ages 13-18! Any writing re: math, science, engineering, etc.—including sci-fi material—is welcome.
Submissions due by Nov. 30: www.starryfalselily.com/fall2023
Submissions due by Nov. 30: www.starryfalselily.com/fall2023
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Friends! For NaNoWriMo, I'll be hosting @writepittsburgh.bsky.social 's online Open Studio hours on Sunday nights (though the people hosting on Mondays are pretty awesome too). It's free but registration is required. Visit writepittsburgh.com/calendar to learn more! #writingcommunity
October 30, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Friends! For NaNoWriMo, I'll be hosting @writepittsburgh.bsky.social 's online Open Studio hours on Sunday nights (though the people hosting on Mondays are pretty awesome too). It's free but registration is required. Visit writepittsburgh.com/calendar to learn more! #writingcommunity