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Sharing stories.
Spark Creative Writing Workshops
For Teens Ages 13 - 18
Mondays 12-1 p.m.
July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2024
At the Arts Building
301 E. 11th Street, 37403
Free to participants
Join us for a FREE workshop series exploring the genres of poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction. Discover and hone your unique voice as you write without worry about grades or exams. We'll work on elements of craft, share work, edit work, and share it again. Come ready to chase the ideas that spark your imagination, and put words on the page that surprise, amuse, move, and inspire you and others.
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Hosted by Kris Whorton
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Kris Whorton is an English Lecturer at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. where she teaches Creative Writing, Scientific Writing, and Literature. A desire to be useful in her community brought her to Hamilton County Jail where she has been teaching Creative Writing as part of Southern Lit Alliance's program, Turn the Page, since 2018. Her own fiction has appeared most recently in Scarlet Leaf Review, Eunoia Review, Askew Anthology, and Driftwood Press where she has also been a guest editor. Her poetry and creative nonfiction have been anthologized and have appeared as both weekly and feature pieces.