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Writers' Café is an on-campus writing and meeting space
housed in the Writing Center.
The Café meets during Fall and Spring Terms.
 Writing
can be a solitary art. Take time on alternate Friday afternoons
to find an informal community of Pitt writers at the Writers'
Café. Make contacts with other writers, try your hand
at different genres, let guided freewriting exercises jumpstart
your process, and share feedback on works-in-progress with
peers from all over campus. At the Writers' Café, you'll
get leads on publishing opportunities and contests and enjoy
a supportive environment for trying out your work on new readers
and listeners. As a participant in the program, you'll have
the opportunity to shape this new program according to your
needs and interests.
Each
session is facilitated by at least two practicing creative
writers from the Pitt faculty and is structured loosely so
that you can, if you choose, spend time writing, sharing work,
and engaging in small-group discussion of works-in-progress.
Coffee, soft drinks, and snacks are available free of charge.
Start your weekend the "write" way by being part
of the Writer's Cafe.
Who can come
to the Café?
Students
who are writing majors or who are just deeply interested in writing are
invited to come share their creative work and interests with other Pittsburgh
area writers. You can bring poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and
uncategorizable hybrids.
The
Writing Center has a number of creative writing faculty on
staff as tutors, and you are ALWAYS WELCOME to get one-on-one
feedback on poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction at the
Center. To schedule an appointment with a creative writing
tutor, call the Writing Center at (412) 624-6556.
How
do Writers' Café sessions work?
Sessions offer you a chance to participate in either a workshop or a freewrite
exercise led by a writer from the Pitt faculty.
All of
the meetings are held in the Writing Center, M2 Thaw Hall. (For a map
to the Writing Center, go to our main
page.) If you plan on workshopping, please bring 5 copies of a work
in progress (no more than 5 pages of prose or poetry at a time, please).
Otherwise, bring an open and relaxed self along for guided exercises.
When you
attend, be sure to check out the folder we've been keeping with news on
contests and opportunities for writers (For instance, did you know that
Hallmark cards offers great internships for creative writers?). We have
also posted some opportunities on our learning
and contests pages.
If
you have questions, contact Ellen
Smith and Keely Bowers,
Writers' Café Coordinators at (412) 624-6556.
Visit
our Writing Center/Prosody Writing
Contest page.
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