First Draft

Community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet at our First Draft workshop series, monthly virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories.

Upcoming Events

April 2024

Wednesday, April 10 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Virtual Literary Social with Tamiko Beyer

Community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet at our First Draft workshop series, monthly virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Theme: Poetry as Spellcasting This workshop will lead you through the process of creating a poem-spell for protection and liberation. Through simple rituals of breath and writing, we will access our creativity and intuition in order to send our protective energies and liberatory intentions to the beloveds in our lives. You are invited to bring any or all of the following if you have access to them: a candle or incense,…

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Past Events

March 2024

Wednesday, March 13 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Virtual Literary Social with Margot Kahn

Community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet at our First Draft workshop series, monthly virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Theme: Wanting: Women Writing About Desire Click here to RSVP What do women want? How do we communicate our desires? And who, ultimately, is listening? In this free, freewheeling workshop, you’ll get several writing prompts to explore these questions for yourself. We’ll draw on the themes of the essay collection Wanting: Women Writing About Desire,…

February 2024

Thursday, February 15 @ 6:30 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, United States

First Draft: A Literary Social with Ada Zhang

Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of free and informal writing events where community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet for monthly themed virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Presented in partnership with Books & Books and the National Book Foundation Click here to RSVP Instructor: Ada Zhang Ada Zhang is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her short stories have appeared in A Public Space,…

October 2023

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

Community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet at our First Draft workshop series, monthly virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Instructor: Talia Lakshmi Kolluri Theme: The Magic of the Natural World Talia Lakshmi Kolluri is a mixed South Asian American writer from Northern California. Her debut collection of short stories, WHAT WE FED TO THE MANTICORE (Tin House 2022), is a finalist for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction,…

September 2023

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Ella Jacobson

Community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet at our First Draft workshop series, monthly virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Instructor: Ella Jacobson Theme: Writing the Childhood Home Ella Jacobson is a cultural critic and writer originally from Alaska, and is the recipient of the 2023 Miami Book Fair Emerging Fellowship in Nonfiction. Much of her work explores how people metabolize their exposures to violence and death. Her writing has appeared in SLATE, THE DRIFT,…

August 2023

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Soleil Garneau

Community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet at our First Draft workshop series, monthly virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Instructor: Soleil Garneau Theme: Ghosts Soleil Garneau was born and raised in New Jersey, on unceded Lenape land. She is a writer, educator & restaurant worker. She is a Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellow, a Community of Writers alum, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Riverside. You can find her work in The Spectacle,…

July 2023

Wednesday, July 12, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Virtual Literary Social With Jonathan Escoffery

Community, craft, and rapid-fire creativity meet at our First Draft workshop series, monthly virtual salons where writers get social, share their work, and leave with great stories. Up next: award-winning author Jonathan Escoffery, who’ll lead participants through “Object Lessons: Building Narrative From Props.” See you there! Jonathan Escoffery is the recipient of the 2020 Plimpton Prize for Fiction, a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, and the 2020 ASME Award for Fiction. His fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, …

June 2023

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Jubi Arriola-Headley

A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back!…

May 2023

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Muriel Leung

A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back!…

April 2023

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Siham “Sam” Inshassi

A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back!…

March 2023

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Jennifer Maritza McCauley

A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back! Instructor: Jennifer Maritza McCauley Theme: Mirrors This program is in partnership with the 2023 NEA Big Read Miami Jennifer Maritza McCauley is the author of the cross-genre collection SCAR ON/SCAR OFF (Stalking Horse Press) and the short story collection WHEN TRYING TO RETURN HOME (Counterpoint Press.) She has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,…

February 2023

Thursday, February 16, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, United States

First Draft: A Literary Social with Joseph Han

A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Join us for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back! Instructor: Joseph Han Theme: Crossing Barriers,…

October 2022

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Dawn Davies

Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back! A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story.…

September 2022

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Kathy Fish

Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back! A guided writing prompt with a twist.…

August 2022

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Morgan Talty

Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back! A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story.…

July 2022

Wednesday, July 13, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Diamond Forde

Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back! Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty.…

June 2022

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Thomas Swick

Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back! Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty.…

May 2022

Wednesday, May 11, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Fabienne Josaphat

A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back!…

April 2022

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
On Demand (Virtual)

First Draft: A Literary Social with Joshua Nguyen

A guided writing prompt with a twist. Because writing is thirsty work. Have a drink. Write a story. Have another drink. Write a better story. Miami Book Fair presents First Draft, a series of informal writing events that turn happy hours into great stories. You’re inspired. But you’re also thirsty. Bring your own drink and log in for a First Draft event and a guided writing prompt. Share your writing. You never know what you might knock out as you knock one back!…

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