The Porch Writers' Collective

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2811 Dogwood Place, Nashville, TN, USA

EIN Number: 46-4658139

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Website: http://www.porchtn.org/

Email: hello@porchtn.org

NTEE Code: A20: Arts & Culture

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

The Porch inspires, educates, and connects writers and readers of all ages and stages through classes and literary events.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Writing Workshops: The Porch offers multi-session as well as single-session writing workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, and special interest topics such as Writing for Healing, Travel Writing, or How to Interview Like a Pro. Workshops at the Porch are rigorous yet welcoming, encouraging creative expression while sharpening participants’ understanding of craft. Led by instructors with extensive teaching experience, each class focuses on a particular genre, approach, or use of writing, and allows participants to learn from one another in a supportive, friendly atmosphere. Two to three times a year, The Porch brings in high profile visiting authors to lead workshops. SLANT (Student Literary Artists of Nashville TN): In the fall of 2015, The Porch launched a city-wide youth writing program: SLANT (Student Literary Artists of Nashville, TN). SLANT offers a variety of creative writing programs and events for students in grades 3 - 12 and uses writing to foster creativity, confidence, introspection, and empathy. Overview of Youth Programs: Monthly High School Workshops: free workshops held in StudioNPL at the downtown Nashville Public Library. NAZA: creative writing enrichment for middle school students at 8 NAZA after-school sites. Whitsitt Elementary: twice-weekly, in-class workshops for Whitsitt 3rd graders through a grant from The Phoenix Club. Also monthly workshops for 4th graders through Whitsitt's "Power Monday" program. Summer Camps: two, week-long summer camps for grades 5-8. This is the only program that has a cost for participating families, but we have a scholarship program that provides free camp tuition for families in need. Outreach: The Porch believes competence in writing is an essential skill for success within both academic and professional lives. Incorporating creative writing as a supplement to traditional curriculums revitalizes writing instruction and student progress, and it inspires character development through deepened self reflection, self expression, and creativity. Outreach Partners: Nashville Public Library: The Porch offers approximately 20-30 free workshops per year at branch libraries. Curb Center: Offers space for our Creative Writing for Immigrants and Refugees program. OZ Arts: The Porch is creating an archive of writing in response to OZ's 2018-2019 programming. Community-building Events: The Porch hosts monthly events that serve to connect, entertain, and enrich Nashville’s writing community. Types of events incude: “Socials,” including the annual Heartbreak Happy Hour, Literary Trivia, and Books, Bars, and Guitars educational programs and panels, including "Paths to Publishing" in collaboration with Arts and Business Council"Lit Mag League," a monthly book club discussion of a literary magazine"Better Off Read," a bi-monthly book club done in partnership with Her Bookshopwriting retreats both locally and, in 2018, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico author and poet readingscollaboration with Metro Arts and MTA in 2018 for Poetry in Motion Educational panels, such as "Paths to Publishing" in collaboration with Arts and Business CouncilBrown Bag Lunch and Learns, Happy Hour Craft Lectures, and Open Studio Hours at Porch HQ annual fundraising event, a uniquely "Music City" literary evening, featuring the pairing nationally acclaimed authors and musicians. Poetry on Demand/Versify: This ongoing project is one of our most innovative programs. The project sends trained poets into Nashville neighborhoods to gather stories from community members, who then turn these stories into original poems which are shared with the story sharers. The project allows a new way for both community members and poets to experience the craft of poetry and the practice of oral history. It makes people aware of the power of poetry as an expressive and documentary tool, as a way to archive experience. The Porch has partnered with WPLN in creating a podcast based on the project: Versify. The podcast is in its third season. http://podcasts.nashvillepublicmedia.org/versify-podcast/

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  • Adults
  • Children & Youth

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