Washington Writers’ Workshop Zoom in May

Jorrell Watkins, from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will be our visiting writer. Jorrell is an educator, writer, and martial artist from Richmond, VA. He is an alum of Hampshire College, and current MFA Poetry student at the University of Iowa, Writer’s Workshop. He has received awards from the VQR Writer’s Conference, and Echo Theater Company and fellowships from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities and Smithsonian Institution. His disability inclusive play, Meet us at the Horizon, was produced by Combined Efforts Co. for its 2019 world premiere. His chapbook, If Only the Sharks Would Bite, was selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil as the winner of the inaugural Desert Pavilion Chapbook Series in Poetry. His poetry is published in Obsidian, Juke Joint Magazine, Diode Poetry Journal and elsewhere. Find him on social media @brothajorrell, and www.jorrellwatkins.com. He will give a presentation on craft during the first hour and we will workshop writers’ submissions during the second hour.
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