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Events

April 9 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Poetry is news that stays new, Ezra Pound said. What is it of our own lives that will stay new? How do we give voice to this moment in time? […]

April 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Join us at Wisebird Cider Co for a special edition of our Kentucky Great Writers series celebrating the upcoming Books In Progress conference with featured reader Willie Edward Taylor Carver, […]

April 17 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Winter Into Spring – A Series of Writing Retreats with Leatha Kendrick Bring your blank pages or your current writing project to the Carnegie Center for a series of intensive […]

April 22 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us for the April installment of our Burn The Mic poetry open mic series. Hosted by Claudia Love Mair April 22nd, 6-7pm

April 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

UK College of Arts and Sciences Department of English Division of Creative Writing MFA Graduation Reading Thursday April 23 5:00-6:30pm Graduating MFA in Creative Writing students will read short excerpts […]

April 25 @ 10:30 am - 1:30 pm

This class will encourage and inspire outdoor enthusiasts to write their stories for fun and profit, from opening lines to marketing their masterpiece. Our topics will include examples of good […]

April 27 @ 5:15 pm - 7:15 pm

“To write is to give our attention to something and then ask Why?” – Joy Sullivan Using our surroundings and our senses, we’ll allow our instincts to lead us in […]

May 11 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

A distinctive trait of much memorable writing is its (and its author’s) “sense of place.” But any “place” is much more than just its geographical location—it is also defined by […]

May 12 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

A draft of a poem isn’t a broken thing that needs to be fixed. It’s not a clear, rational argument that needs a little cleaning up, a little editing. It’s […]

May 14 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Winter Into Spring – A Series of Writing Retreats with Leatha Kendrick Bring your blank pages or your current writing project to the Carnegie Center for a series of intensive […]

May 16 @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Blah, Blah, Blah Writers’ Group will hold a Writers’ Crawl that will not only highlight places in Lexington important to writers and writing, but give writers an opportunity to write […]

June 5 @ 8:00 am - June 6 @ 5:00 pm

Save the date: June 5-6, 2026

June 20 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

This online workshop will detail the ekphrastic process and provide prompts that will serve you whenever you face the blank page. Elizabeth will guide you to respond to visual and […]