Woven Word Writing Workshops

Woven Word is a safe space where I feel that I can really be myself. I've written some of my favorite poems and stories and met unforgettable friends.
- Ollie Mae
Woven Word Young Writers Workshop is dedicated to fostering a love of creative writing in kids and teens. Run by Lynn Bowmaster, Woven Word Young Writers offers after school and home school workshops which meet weekly in Hadley throughout the academic year. Woven Word creates a writing environment infused with fun and challenge. Inventive prompts and positive feedback are offered to help writers understand the strengths of their work. Woven Word also offers schools in-class workshops as teacher training to enhance creative writing in the curriculum. During the summer Woven Word offers week-long programs featuring a river houseboat for a fun, intensive writing adventure.

​How to Register for 2021-2022 Classes

  1. Review the available workshops below.
  2. Click "REGISTSER HERE" button. 
  3. Fill out the registration form.
  4. Click submit.
  5. Choose your chosen workshop and pay. 

Thank you!
Sliding scale is available for families with limited incomes – Please email Lynn to inquire.)
The woven word writers workshop summer program is a perfect place to relax, write and swim, sometimes all at the same time. It is an amazing community and is the inspiration for many of my poems and ideas. Thank you Lynn for this lovely experience.
- Morgan Brown-McNeil

Summers on the Houseboat

​Session III
Ages 12-18
July 19-23
​$425

Very Young Writers Virtual Workshops (Ages 7-10)

Mondays 4:00-5:00 PM EDT

Very Young Writers Virtual Workshops​ are designed to be fun and friendly, with a focus on affirming the young writer’s natural voice in story and poetry.  Packed into a tight hour we include "Round Robin" introductions, a short reading, a prompt explanation (sometimes creating prompts together),  a 15 minute writing session, and 30 minutes of sharing our work with affirmative feedback. 

​Grandparents and Honored Elders are welcome into the virtual workshop to enjoy themselves and make affirmative comments on the writers’ work.  These workshops begin with a few free introductory sessions, then run in short weekly series. 
Series I:  9/20-10/25, not meeting 10/11   $100
Series II:  11/1-12/20   $160
Series III:  1/3-1/31  $100

FREEEEE Workshops for Very Young Writers (Ages 7-10)

 Not ready to commit your young writer to a class series? Sign them up for a free introductory session.
​Register, then choose one of three dates - September 8, 9, or 13, from 4:00-5:00 PM EDT

Virtual Workshops For Writers (Ages 10-14)

Tuesdays 4:00-5:30 PM EDT

We offer suggested prompts from Woven Word’s treasure trove to get our creative juices flowing.  These might include line prompts, a suggested exercise, and a group brainstorm.  A writing period follows where members are invited to do whatever they want with the prompts (including ignore them).  We try to have two writing/prompt periods "back to back". After a chunk of solid creating, writers are encouraged to share their pieces and receive affirmative feedback from Woven Word peers.  In this way we learn from each other.
9/21-1/25 (not meeting: 12/21, 12/28)  $365

In Person Teen Writers Workshop (Ages 12 -18)  

Wednesday 4:30-6:30 PM EDT

We will begin the 2021-22 fall season meeting in person (both inside and outside at our bonfire circle) in Hadley.  

​As we treasure our writing community, we will adapt to a virtual zoom setting if COVID cases rise and the state recommends it.
9/22-1/26 (not meeting 12/22, 12/29)  $380