Writers' Block Party

You're invited to LitArts RI’s next Writers’ Block Party! Kickstart your writing this November with a day of micro workshops designed to move you past creative barriers while building skills and community to sustain your practice.

Choose from six 1.5-hour craft workshops, interspersed with time to write at LitArts RI, a brown bag lunch, a mixer and a closing zine workshop. From genre romance to short stories, navigating inclusivity in your writing to gonzo journalism, prose poetry to theatrics—join us on Sat, Nov 14 to break your writers' block.

Opt for one or more workshops, or sign up for the full day of workshops at a discount. All tickets include admission to the opening discussion, time to write in the LitArts RI Creative Workspace and participation in the closing zine workshop.

Scroll down to view the full agenda. After purchasing either a full day or single workshop ticket(s), you will be asked to register for your preferred workshops.

Community Access Lottery

LitArts RI offers a lottery for free admission to those who are from a community that has faced institutional barriers in the writing and publishing worlds or who lack access to resources and could not otherwise afford to attend. The lottery closes 2 weeks before each workshop, at which time entrants will be notified if they are a recipient of one of the free seats. For the Writers' Block Party, recipients will be issued a Full Day Admission.

To enter the lottery, press the red "Get tickets" button at the top right of your screen, then scroll down to add a "Community Access Lottery Ticket" to your cart and check out.

Please Note: Lottery tickets do not include registration for individual workshops. If selected, you will have an opportunity to register for your preferred workshops when confirming your Full Day Admission. Thanks for your understanding!

Funding for LitArts RI’s Community Access Lottery was provided in part by a Community Priority Grant from the Rhode Island Foundation.

Safe and Brave Space Policy

Writing workshops can be vulnerable spaces. As a literary arts organization, LitArts RI is committed to providing a safe, brave, inclusive and accessible space to all participants, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, citizenship status, age, size, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Be sensitive, be supportive, be respectful and engage with care. Discriminatory, hateful, and threatening content will not be tolerated; we ask that you bring any concerns to our attention immediately.

Accessibility

LitArts RI is wheelchair accessible. The organization is actively committed to cultivating a community that values and reflects diversity, equity and inclusivity and to providing programming that is accessible to all attendees. Please let us know about any accommodations we can make to allow you to participate fully in this event.

Health Safety Guidelines

If you have tested positive for Covid-19 within a few days of attending an event at LitArts RI, please contact Staff so we can let others know of possible exposure. We ask that you wait 14 days or until testing negative to return to the Center.

LitArts RI Refund Policy

All ticket sales are final except in the case of illness or emergency. If you are unable to make an event due to illness or other circumstances outside of your control, LitArts RI will issue a refund for the amount of the ticket (not including Eventbrite fees) as soon as we are notified.

If an event is cancelled at the discretion of the organization, we will issue refunds in the full amount (including Eventbrite fees) to all registrants.

LitArts RI’s Writers' Block Party is funded in part from the Community Priority Grant at the Rhode Island Foundation.