Register HERE: https://form.jotform.com/240595891401156

Place: Missoula Public Library

Cooper Space B - 4th Floor

455 E Main Street

Missoula, MT 59802

About the workshop: 

When the Place Comes Alive is a creative writing workshop for all ability levels. We will read excerpts from works of fiction with a strong sense of place, then, using three techniques and a series of prompts, each write the place of our choosing. At the close of our two-hour class, anyone who would like to share their writing is welcome to.  

Audience: This workshop is suitable for ages 16+. No experience is required.

What to bring: Everything you need for this workshop will be provided. If you have a favorite writing tool or notebook, you are welcome to bring them!

Cost: The workshop is free, but a suggested donation is appreciated! 

Registration: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the workshop begins.

About the Artist:  

Taylor Stein (she, her) is a writer who moved west to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. Taylor has taught with the University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the Free Verse Writing Project, which amplifies the voices of incarcerated and other historically erased youth across Montana. In 2020, Taylor was an Open AIR Artist-in-Residence at the Moon-Randolph Homestead. Two of Taylor's flash fiction pieces, "Minx, Siren, Norman, Stone" and "Apply Chapstick and Try Again," are available in the Second Edition of the Word Dog Quarterly, her short story "The Wilting House on the Mountain" can be read in Duplicitous: A WriteHive Compilation, and most recently, her manuscript, Bloodlands, was named a Top 50 Finalist in Launch Pad's 2023 Prose Writing Competition. 

Cancellation: If you are registered and cannot attend the workshop, please let us know at program@openairmt.org so we can open the spot for another participant! 

Questions? Email program@openairmt.org