Share your PROM STORY through a series of written and visual prompts from Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons (No, YOU Tell It!) and Zach Rothman-Hicks (Gabbing with Gays).
The first half of this free workshop features generative writing prompts to help participants brainstorm their prom stories—or what they did instead.
Plus, Kelly Jean will read from her memoir After, After Prom.
In the second half, the story partners will trace each other’s faces on transparency paper and incorporate their prom stories to create a symbolic, composite portrait of their partner.
Workshop participants are encouraged to submit their prom poem or story for publication in the forthcoming Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers anthology from Poets of Queens.
Upcoming Prom Queens: Prom Story and Portrait Trading Workshops
- May 14, 6:30-8 pm at The World’s Borough Bookshop
- June 8, 4:30-6 pm, at The Astoria Bookshop
- June 21, 2-3:30 pm, at the Queens Public Library at Broadway – More info & REGISTER HERE
Coming Soon!
Call for Submissions for the Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers anthology.
The Prom Queens workshop and anthology aim to give voice to a diverse range of prom stories instead of the prom myth polished by pop culture.