Poetry Workshop with Scott Woods - In-Person Option

This is a hybrid event. In-person and virtual registrations are separate. This is the registration for in-person attendance. If you wish to attend virtually (via Zoom), please go to this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-workshop-with-scott-woods-virtual-option-tickets-913979014837

For our fall poetry workshop, the Ohio Poetry Association is thrilled to welcome Columbus poet and cultural critic Scott Woods. Also founder of Streetlight Guild, Scott Woods has worked hard to establish an open, welcoming space for poets and artists from diverse backgrounds.

About the Workshop: "Poetry Boot Camp"

What is your poetry capable of under pressure? Are there missed opportunities in the nooks and crannies of your poems? Like a real boot camp, this session takes poems through the paces, running them through obstacles and challenges, and taking the work through the ringer in a series of exercises. Bring a poem (or create it in session) and watch it transform!

About the Poet

Scott Woods is an Emmy award-winning writer and event organizer in Columbus, Ohio, and founder of Streetlight Guild, a performing arts non-profit. Woods is the author of three books and has been featured multiple times in national press, including appearances on National Public Radio. He is the Greater Columbus Arts Council winner of the 2017 Columbus Makes Art Excellence Award for his event series “Holler: 31 Days of Columbus Black Art," and a 2018 Columbus Foundation Spirit of Columbus Award recipient. He is the 2022 winner of the Press Club of Cleveland’s Ohio Excellence in Journalism award for Best in Ohio Essay Writing. He is the co-founder of the Writers’ Block Poetry Night and in 2006 became the first poet to ever complete a 24-hour solo poetry reading … a feat he bested seven more times without repeating a single poem.

Workshop location details

We are excited to partner with the Royal Oak Initiative to hold this year’s quarterly workshops at the Cooperative Chess Cultural Arts Center (80 Parsons Avenue) in the Olde Town East neighborhood near downtown Columbus.

In-person attendance is limited to 40. This event is open to the public.

Registration closes on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 5 p.m. EDT. Any handouts will be emailed to registrants at that time.

Donations to OPA are welcome and support OPA's mission of promoting and supporting Ohio poets and poetry.

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