2027 WORKSHOPS & CRAFT TALKS
Come Make Something.
Chicharra workshops bring poets together to write, experiment, study craft, and learn from working writers across literary traditions and approaches to poetry.
All Chicharra workshops are free. Whether you work primarily on the page, the stage, or somewhere between them, you're invited to join us.
The 2027 workshop and craft talk lineup will be announced soon.
2027 Workshops
Workshops will be updated soon!
Dave Weber:
How to Unlearn Writers Block: Contrapuntal & Sestina:
What if writer's block isn't a wall, but an invitation to approach writing differently? This workshop will cover two poetry forms that will hone your craft and build your skill set. The Sestina & The Contrapuntal. By constraining your writing to these forms, they will force you to step out of your comfort zone and to examine the work that you put to page with a new perspective.
Kwamise Fletcher:
Beyond the Scorecard!!
The central philosophy: Your performance is the introduction. Your artistry is the asset. Your business strategy determines what happens next. Make the Festival a Win Turning Competition into Career Opportunities Focus on maximizing festival investments, networking, visibility, booking opportunities, and post-festival follow-through.
TBA
More workshop information to come!
PAST WORKSHOPS & FACILITATORS
Chicharra has welcomed poets, writers, educators, and teaching artists from across the country to lead free workshops for our community.
2026
Michael Jasso
What Teachers Make
Kwamise "Lady K" Fletcher
Slam Strategies & Taking Your Slam Career to the Next Level
Anthony Azzarito
Poetry Heals
Chelsea Guevara
Retracing Our Steps
Brennan DeFrisco
New Shit: Freestyle Poetry & the Infinite Rough Draft
Working Classroom
'Zine About It
2025
Deborah Taffa
The Lyric Essay as Omen and Discovery
David Meischen
Ambient Noise in a Narrative Poem
LeJuane “El'Ja” Bowens
Tell Me a Story
Billy Tuggle
Write to Resist
Brennan DeFrisco
Chaos as Craft
2024
Seth Walker
How to Tour Professionally
Billy Tuggle
Write to the Future: A Speculative Poetry Workshop
LeJuane “El'Ja” Bowens
Black Chakra
The Myth of Writer's Block
Izzy Kaye
Writing to Heal as a Survivor
ALWAYS FREE
Chicharra workshops are offered free of charge as part of our commitment to making opportunities for artistic development accessible to poets and our community.