El Paso

 

Latest News for Barrio Writers at Borderlands:

All writing workshop participants will be offered FREE daily bus passes throughout the 1-week summer program. For more information or to register for our FREE workshops, contact BW at Borderlands via e-mail: bwatborderlands@gmail.com or call 915-229-1275.

 

UTEP to host Barrio Writers Summer 2018!
July 16-20, 2018

 

University of Texas at El Paso has partnered with Barrio Writers to host a free 1-week summer writing program!

We invite all youth between 13-21 years old to participate in a 1- week long college-level creative writing program founded by Sarah Rafael Garcia and led by Program Director Irma Nickiciz, along with UTEP students and local community educators/artists which will provide youth with an opportunity to learn different forms of writing (poetry, spoken word, hip-hop, short stories, essay), a path to college and free cultural arts field trip!

1-week Writing Workshops
(participants must attend all 5 days)

Monday, July 16, 2018 10-1pm
University of Texas at El Paso
University Library - Writing Center Room #227
Map: https://www.utep.edu/map/_Files/utepcampus.pdf

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 10-1pm
University Library - Writing Center Room #227
Field Trip 4-6pm: TBA

Wednesday, July 19, 2018 10-1pm
University Library - Writing Center Room #227
Guest Author: TBA

Thursday, July 20, 2018 10-1pm
University Library - Writing Center Room #227

Friday, July 21, 2018 10-1pm
University Library - Writing Center Room #227

Saturday, July 22, 2017 1-4pm - Live Reading 
Location TBD
Event Page: Coming Soon!

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Please feel free to submit your info and we will keep you on our contact list for next summer. The Barrio Writers (BW) program in El Paso is partnered with University of Texas at El Paso and supported by Red Salmon Arts.