Writing Workshop: Prompt Marathon

Join writer and teacher Kenyatta Rogers for this in-person writing workshop during Fountain Square Lit Fest. This session will present various prompts and writing activities to give participants a body of work that they can take with them. Activities will be open but also push writers to break their traditional voice and see if there is a poem or narrative deep down that maybe just hasn’t come to fruition yet. The prompts will work with a writers’ craft, style, content and personal experiences. This class will include writing exercises, discussion, light reading and Q&A. Participants are encouraged to bring an original poem and a personal computer, but neither are required.

After the workshop, head outside to the festival for curated readings and more activities.

Kenyatta Rogers is a Cave Canem Fellow and has been awarded scholarships from the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference. His work has been previously published in or forthcoming from The Academy of American Poets, Poetry Magazine, Jubilat, Vinyl, Bat City Review, The Volta, PANK, MAKE Magazine among others. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, he is as a co-host of the Sunday Reading Series with Simone Muench and is the Creative Writing Department Head at The Chicago High School for the Arts.

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