Craft Talks

As the premiere multi-genre workshop for writers of color in the United States, VONA is grounded in social justice and the fostering of a community where our work is centralized in an environment that is safe, nurturing, and supportive. VONA's Craft Talks are focused sessions with one of our esteemed faculty to explore elements of craft, culture and literary production.

We're offering this online throughout the year. The workshops are held through Zoom. To attend you register on Eventbrite using the links below.

 

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Writing: Your Year Ahead

Melissa Rivero

Sat, January 25, 2025

The start of a new year is a great time to reflect and consider what your writing life might look like in the months to come. What role does writing play in your life today? What do you hope to accomplish in the year to come and how? In this interactive class, we will discuss how writers can frame and set writing goals; how to tap into the months and seasons to revisit your work and intentions; and ways to approach your goals that work for YOU!

  • Come ready to talk about your work-in-progress (if you have one); what your writing life looks like today; and/or what aspects of writing you would like to focus on this year.

  • You will journal about where you are at the moment in your writing life/practice and what you'd like to accomplish.

  • We'll discuss what "goals" mean and how to redefine them for ourselves.

Space is limited to help foster an open discussion during the class. Register today.

 

Melissa Rivero is the author of The Affairs of the Falcóns, which won the 2019 New American Voices Award and a 2020 International Latino Book Award. The book was also longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Her most recent novel, Flores and Miss Paula, was a finalist for the Gotham Book Prize. Born in Lima, Peru and raised in Brooklyn, she is a graduate of NYU and Brooklyn Law School, where she was an editor of the Brooklyn Law Review. She lives in New York City with her family.