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SUMMARY:Telling a Story of Your Life: A Personal Essay Workshop with Kendra Allen
DESCRIPTION:Write your truth\n  \nThursday(s) April 2\, 9\, 16 & 23 6:30-8:30pm CT\, via Zoom\nNonmember: $200; Member: $170; Student/Educ/Mil $140\n*EARN CPEs; TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE \n \n  \nIn the span of every life are countless moments\, stories\, and revelations. When writing a personal narrative\, how do writers go about selecting what will most speak their truth and resonate with readers? \nIn this four-week course\, we’ll demystify the personal narrative process by figuring out the difference between a snapshot and a story. First-time writers may assume they have to include their entire lives in one piece\, which can make getting started on a personal essay confusing and overwhelming. This workshop will help you pinpoint storylines within yourself by leaning into your unique style and tone. Through games\, prompts\, and other exercises\, we’ll focus on generating work every week. \nThis course is open to adult writers of all skill levels. \nWorkshop participants will leave with the following:\nA starting point for a personal essay\nAn understanding of how to differentiate between a situation and a story\nTechniques for nurturing your voice on the page\nIdeas on how to create prompts for yourself to generate material \n\nAn award-winning essayist and poet\, Kendra Allen was born and raised in Dallas\, TX. She loves laughing\, leaving\, and writing. Some of her other work can be found in The Paris Review\, High Times\, The Rumpus\, and more. She’s the author of the New York Times lauded poetry collection The Collection Plate (Harper Collins\, 2022) and essay collection When You Learn the Alphabet\, which won the 2018 Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction. Fruit Punch (Ecco\, 2022)\, her memoir\, is out now and receiving praise from all corners. Jaquira Díaz\, author of Ordinary Girls\, states: “A stunning and original memoir about Black girlhood and coming of age. Allen is both storyteller and poet\, observing the world with curiosity and humor. Fruit Punch is simultaneously brilliant cultural commentary and an intimate portrayal of family and community\, and it will stay with me for a long\, long time.”
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/telling-a-story-of-your-life-2/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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SUMMARY:In Short Order: Finding Form in Flash Fiction with Kathryn Kulpa
DESCRIPTION:Flash fiction is for readers on the go\n  \nMonday(s)\, April 6\, 13\, 20 & 27\, 6:30pm – 8:30pm CT online via Zoom\nNonmember: $200; Member $170; Student/Educ/Mil: $140\n*EARN CPEs; TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE \n \n  \nFlash fiction–very short stories with the distilled power of poetry–may be the ideal form for busy writers and readers. These stories take minutes to read\, but linger in the mind long after the last sentence. \nThis four-session workshop will introduce you to a range of flash fiction forms–from the shortest pieces\, such as 50-word dribbles and 100-word drabbles\, to microfiction (400 words or fewer)\, flash fiction (1\,000 words or fewer)\, and short-short stories (under 2\,000 words). We’ll learn how to apply poetic techniques like anaphora\, metaphor\, lists\, and short sections to create vivid\, memorable stories that prove less is more.  \nWe’ll read example stories\, write our own\, and talk about our work\, with the goal of shaping drafts for publication. By the end of the workshop\, you will have at least two completed flash stories and ideas for where to publish your work. \nThis workshop will help students:\n\nExperiment with different forms and structures\nLearn how constraint and compression can\, paradoxically\, free your inner writer\nWrite at least two complete flash stories\nGather ideas on where to publish flash fiction works\n\n\nKathryn Kulpa was born in Rhode Island\, the smallest state\, and her favorite kind of stories to write are also small: flash and microfiction. She is an editor at Cleaver magazine and has stories in Flash Frog\, Florida Review\, Fractured Lit\, Ghost Parachute\, HAD\, Monkeybicycle\, Smokelong Quarterly\, Women’s Studies Quarterly\, and other journals. Her work has been chosen for Best Microfiction\, Best Small Fictions\, and the Wigleaf longlist. Kathryn won the Gold Line Press chapbook competition for her collection A Map of Lost Places (Gold Line Press). She is also the author of For Every Tower a Princess (Porkbelly Press) and Cooking Tips for the Demon-Haunted (New Rivers Press). 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/finding-form-in-flash-fiction/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260415T183000
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SUMMARY:Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran’s Writing Collective (VWC) encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest\, positive\, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The workshop is open to all active-duty military\, veterans\, retirees\, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome. \nThe VWC meets monthly online via Zoom.\nIf you would like an invitation to this class\, send an email to veteranscollective@geminiink.org\n\nSarah Colby was born in northern New Mexico and raised in the Rocky Mountains. She is married to a retired Army Chaplain and is mother to a son in the Navy. Sarah has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada College and an exuberant interest in making the ordinary luminous. Her war-time experiences have motivated her to be a voice for the mostly untold stories of families and loved ones during these years of protracted conflict. She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about her experiences as a military family member.\n \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/veterans-writing-collective-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2026-04-15/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Teen Writing Circle with Daniel Ramirez
DESCRIPTION:Register\nLast Saturday of Every Month 12-1:30pm cst via Zoom \nFor ages 13-19 years old \nAre you a teen who enjoys writing in their free time? Or are you someone who’s never had the chance to write on their own? If so\, this Online Teen Writing Circle is for you!  \nIn this once-a-month writing circle\, teens will enjoy writing in a judgment free zone. We’ll break the ice with one another and perform various writing exercises. You are encouraged to share your work with your peers and get constructive feedback\, but it is not required. Our only goal is to keep you writing! \nThis course is open to teen writers of any skill level. \nParticipants will leave the writing circle with:  \n\nNew\, unique written work\nListening and sharing experience\nConstructive feedback to help improve their writing\n\nWant to learn more about our Teen Writing Circle? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions!\n \n\nDaniel Ramirez has been an educator for over 15 years. After studying History in grad school\, he tromped around the outdoors doing conservation with teenagers. Spending time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of incorporating creativity with learning. Encouraging youth to tap into their creative abilities convinced him to discover his own. Since then\, in addition to his original love of storytelling\, he’s found a penchant for calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he explores the crystalline waters of Central Texas in his free time. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2026-04-25/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop,Youth
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:Voices of San Anto Workshop with Daniel Ramirez
DESCRIPTION:Class is Full\nWhether it’s that funny anecdote you share at parties or an event that changed your life\, we want to help you bring your story to life.\nJoin writer and performer Daniel Ramirez for a free\, two-session bilingual storytelling workshop at the San Antonio Public Library. \nWorkshop participants will craft a 5-7-minute story about a significant moment in their lives and present it at a live storytelling show. \n\nAttendance at all three sessions is mandatory.\nWorkshop dates: Sat\, April 25 & May 2\, 2026\, 1-5pmFinal Celebration: May 9\, 2-4pm \n\nRegistration is required.\nSpace is limited to 15!\nPlease email Sarah.DeLaRosa@sanantonio.gov to request being added to the waitlist.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/voices-of-san-anto-workshop-with-daniel-ramirez/
LOCATION:Schaefer Library\, 6322 US Hwy. 87 E.\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78222
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Catherine Burianek":MAILTO:cburianek@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260427T183000
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SUMMARY:Open Writers' Labs
DESCRIPTION:These peer-driven workshops\, held the last Monday of each month\, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry\, flash fiction\, and short creative non-fiction.\n \n  \n\n\nOnline Via Zoom\nFor the online workshop\, sign up the day before the class to ensure you receive the Zoom link. \nThis workshop is facilitated by Kevin Ramos. Originally from the northeast\, Kevin studied theater arts at Rutgers University and The University of Washington. He’s lived all over the country before making his home in San Antonio\, Texas. Kevin has written several novels and short stories. Most recently\, publishing a short memoir called Enough about addiction\, mothers\, and missing graves. And a novel\, Hayley’s Sense of Fire (DLG Publishing Partners)\, a modern re-telling of the classic fairy tale\, The Little Matchgirl. \n\nIn-Person at Gemini Ink\n \nJoin our in-person Open Writer’s Lab with Robert Allen at Gemini Ink’s office\, 1111 Navarro St.\, San Antonio\, TX 78205. \nRobert Allen has worked as a librarian and an electrical contractor for most of his life. Many moons ago\, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin\, where he studied poetry under David Wevill. Allen has been active in local writer’s groups and open mics\, including the Sun Poets Society. He’s been published in The Ocotillo Review\, the Texas Poetry Calendar\, Voices de la Luna\, di-verse-city\, the San Antonio Express-News\, and Poetry on the Move. In 2006\, he started attending Gemini Ink’s free Monday night writing classes and has attended regularly ever since. With more than a decade of attending writers’ groups\, classes\, and open mics\, he now co-facilitates Gemini Ink’s Open Writer’s Lab. \nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/open-writers-lab-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2026-04-27/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Poetry’s Cinematic Propositions with Elena Karina Byrne
DESCRIPTION:Explore parallels between poetry and film\n  \nFive Tuesdays • April 28–May 266:30–8:30 PM CT • Zoom\nNonmember $250 | Member $215 | Student/Educ/Mil: $175\n*EARN CPEs \nFilm has the power to evoke striking images\, capture history\, and transport us to alternate realities. Poetry does the same. But what happens when poets borrow elements from film? \nOver five weeks\, we’ll explore the intersections between cinema and poetry\, and imagine the poet as director\, cinematographer\, actor\, screenwriter\, stage designer\, documentarian\, and editor–all at once. Through an eclectic mix of poems\, essays\, and screenplay excerpts\, we’ll uncover how poetry and film share the key elements of discovery\, the transformative tools of language and image\, and the uniting of the speaker’s inner and outer worlds. This class will strengthen your writing skills\, help you to see your work with new eyes\, and deepen your revision process. \nFor intermediate poets (18+) \nWorkshop participants will leave with the following:\n\nAn understanding of how film elements can strengthen poetry\nStrategies for using cinematic elements in poetry\nFresh revision techniques \n\n\nFormer 12-year Regional Director of the Poetry Society of America\, Elena Karina Byrne worked as a Contributing Editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books\, a final judge for PEN’s “Best of the West” award\, one of the final judges for the Kate and Kingsley Tufts Poetry Awards in Poetry from 2016-2018\, and one of three 2018-2019 Georgia Circuit visiting poets. Elena also served as a co-judge for the 2022 international Laurel Prize\, the annual award for the best collection of environmental poetry. \nElena Karina Byrne holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA from Antioch University. She has curated programs for the J. Paul Getty Center\, MOCA\, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center\, and USC’s Doheny Memorial Library\, among others. She is a private manuscript editor\, freelance lecturer\, longtime Programming Consultant and Poetry Stage Manager for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books\, and Poetry Programs Director for the historic Ruskin Art Club. A Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry recipient\, she is the author of five poetry collections\, including If This Makes You Nervous\, No\, Don’t\, Squander\, MASQUE\, and The Flammable Bird. Her work has appeared in POETRY\, The Kenyon Review\, The Paris Review\, Ploughshares\, and elsewhere. \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/poetrys-cinematic-propositions/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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