DREAM BIG. DREAM WRITE.

creative writing workshops

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SCHOLARSHIP GOODIES

Students receive a copy of brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, a tote with our logo to carry supplies to workshops, and our new Journal of Dreams to jot down ideas and brainstorm during writing sessions.

When girls blaze trails
When girls show strength
When girls dream and write
They simply recall Appalachian things
And then they are power and light

Young women in 54 Kentucky counties eligible

Photos = 1,000 words

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Is your organization hosting a special speaker or performer?

Do you want to elevate the event with your audience giving a small act of kindness?
Why We Write offers the “I Gave Gratitude” program free of charge to non-profits and for a small fee to a for-profit group.
We want to spread the feeling that Central Kentucky is the nicest place in the world!

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Contact our Executive Director if you're interested in giving gratitude at your next event.

YA author Nic Stone (center) receives notes of gratitude from her fans during a UK visit.

Never too young to write thank you!

Thank you is always in style/

Harpist Erin Hill (right) was thrilled with her notes of gratitude during her Harstad program. Kerstin Wendroth (center) and Jacqueline Hamilton coordinated the gift of gratitude.

Students Listen

Image of school children with Jacqueline Hamilton, Executive Director, and our blue sea turtle stuffed animal

Our writing camp director Mizz JJ loves to visit schools and read her stories. Left, a group from the 110 students at Strode Station Elementary School in Winchester, enjoyed her story Ocean Eyes about a blue sea turtle.

Writers are

shell-ebrities

A photo of our blue stuffed animal sea turte.