Detroit Writing Room

08/30/2026

Interested in feedback on your writing?

Writing Room members can attend our monthly fiction and non-fiction Writing Groups to get feedback from coaches and fellow writers! Each participant can share up to 2 pages of their work, or come just to listen and offer advice!

Writers can share work at any stage: early drafts, manuscripts ready to publish and even ideas for stories they want to develop. Feedback is friendly and intended to make your work better!

Coaches include:
📝 Non-Fiction Group Leader - Detroit Writing Room Coach Laura Berman
📝 Fiction Group Leader - New York Writing Room Coach Johanie Martinez-Cools
📝 Substitute Leader - New York Writing Room Coach Amy Parlapiano

Writing Groups are free for Writing Room members. Not a member yet? Join our community at detroitwritingroom.com/services.

08/26/2026

What can a coffee cup, a scarf, a photograph or a piece of jewelry reveal about a moment in time, an experience or a special person in your life?

Join essayist and journalist Della Cassia for an interactive workshop exploring the literary technique known as the Objective Correlative — the use of objects to evoke emotion, reveal meaning and deepen storytelling.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a meaningful object. Everyone will leave with new writing, fresh insights and a deeper understanding of how the things we keep can help us tell the stories that matter most.

📍Sante Wine Tasting Room
🕰️ Sept. 22 from 6-7:30 p.m.
🍷 Includes a glass or flight of wine
✨ Writing Room members get 20% off with their member code!

🎟️ Get tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-stories-we-keep-using-objects-to-unlock-memory-and-meaning-tickets-1991811270127?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

08/24/2026

Our 2026 Detroit Writers Conference is Saturday, Oct. 10 at Michigan Central!

The day-long experience includes:
🖊 Writing and publishing workshops
🖊 Industry panel talks
🖊 Book signings by local authors
🖊 Networking with publishers, editors and fellow writers!

DETAILS:
📍Michigan Central Station’s 5th Floor
🕰️ Oct. 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
🍽️ Includes breakfast, lunch and happy hour sponsored by MAYS Printing & Multimedia
✨ Writing Room members get 20% off with their member code.
👫🏾 Select Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Detroit members and students can attend for free.

🎟️ Space is limited for this inaugural Detroit Writing Room experience! Secure your seat at detroitwritingroom.com/writers-conference

🎥 by Maria Witcher

08/24/2026

Reserve your ticket for our 2026 Detroit Writers Conference on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Michigan Central Station!

The day-long experience includes:
🖊 Writing and publishing workshops
🖊 Industry panel talks
🖊 Book signings by local authors
🖊 Networking with publishers, editors and fellow writers!

DETAILS:
📍Michigan Central's 5th Floor
🕰️ Oct. 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
🍽️ Includes breakfast, lunch and happy hour sponsored by MAYS Multimedia
✨ Writing Room members get 20% off with their member code.
👫🏾Select Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Detroit members and Coaching Detroit Forward students can attend for free.

Space is limited for this inaugural Detroit Writing Room experience! Secure your seat at detroitwritingroom.com/writers-conference

🎥 by Maria Witcher

08/23/2026

Thank you to all the writers who attended our first Writers' Supper Club last night at Parc!

A special thank you to writer Jen Williams who was inspired to create this evening after her travels to literary spaces in Europe! There, she saw how writers of the past and present connected over food and drinks in intimate spaces. There, the seed for a Detroit Writers' Supper Club was planted.

We loved getting to know all the writers who attended and engaged in honest conversation about their craft. Something magical happens when you get writers around a table to converse and connect!

Thank you Schuler Books for donating a variety of books for writers to take home and enjoy! 📖

Stay tuned for details of a future Writers' Supper Club meetup. See what else is coming up at detroitwritingroom.com/events.

08/21/2026

New Fall Workshop Series!

Join Detroit Writing Room Coach Elizabeth Ann Atkins for two 4-part courses at Michigan Central starting this October!

Elizabeth is a trusted expert who has helped hundreds of authors across America turn scattered ideas into finished manuscripts again and again, by providing the structure, accountability, and confidence to finally start writing a book that will make you proud — and maybe even become a bestseller.

Sign up now for these 2 courses!

📖 Write Your Book in 4 Weeks 📖
Thursdays, Oct. 1 - 22, 2026
6 - 7:30 p.m.

📖 Be Your Own Publisher 📖
Thursdays, Oct. 29-Nov. 19
6 - 7:30 p.m.

Bonuses:
✨ Sign up for a 4-week course and receive a free autographed copy of Elizabeth's bestselling workbook, "Write Your Book in a Day: The Blueprint for Turning Your Book Dreams into Published Reality."

✨ Enroll in both 4-week courses, and receive a branded Two Sisters Writing & Publishing notebook!

✨ DWR members get 20% off. A few spaces are reserved for Michigan Central Boys & Girls Club members to attend for free.

Space is limited! Reserve your spot now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/write-your-book-in-4-weeks-tickets-1993721510708?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

08/20/2026

The early bird rate for Sound Questions: The Art & Craft of Audio Interviewing ends next week!

Join Detroit Writing Room coach and public radio and podcast veteran Zak Rosen at Michigan Central!

Whether you’re an aspiring podcaster, journalist, documentarian or just trying to get better at talking to friends and strangers, the participatory workshop will help lay the groundwork for one of the most important parts of being alive: listening deeply and responding authentically.

🎟️ Get early bird tickets by Aug. 27 at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sound-questions-the-art-and-craft-of-audio-interviewing-tickets-1988289563608?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

08/19/2026

From our 2026 Journalism Camp:

Cass Tech High School senior Valery Ortiz Sanchez reports on twin sisters Alexka and Angely Jerez-Medina, 18-year-old asylum seekers from Venezuela and Western International High School students, who were detained by ICE in June while traveling to summer job in Buffalo.

The sisters’ detention is another immigration case that’s shaken Southwest Detroit, where many immigrant families face uncertainty despite contributing to the city’s workforce, schools, and neighborhoods.

Community members say the case reflects a growing pattern of immigration enforcement that is affecting students, families, and educators in the city.

Read more in Planet Detroit and the next print issue of EL CENTRAL Hispanic News!

The detention of twin sisters by ICE while traveling to summer job illustrates fear of enforcement in Southwest Detroit community.

08/19/2026

Meet DWR children’s book coach Amy Nielander - Illustration and Design at our Detroit Writers Conference on Oct. 10!

Amy is leading “Picture Book Training: From Concept to Publication.” Whether you are in the early stages of story development or are seeking publication, this session will walk you through a Training Plan that will help you stay focused on the finish line: submitting your story for publication.

✨ The 2026 Detroit Writers Conference offers a full day of workshops, expert panels, networking and publishing guidance to help writers learn, connect and get published.

📅 Oct. 10, 2026
🕤 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
📍 Michigan Central

🎟️ Tickets are limited! Register at or detroitwritingroom.com/writers-conference

08/17/2026

The deadline to get Writers' Supper Club tickets has been extended! 🎟️🍽️

Join fellow writers for an intimate meal and conversation at Parc on Saturday!

Writers of all genres and experience levels are invited to attend. Reserve your seat today for a creative evening where you’ll leave with deeper connections and literary goodies from Schuler Books!

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writers-supper-club-tickets-1988966039967?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true