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Speculative Fiction ✳︎ Caribbean Voices ✳︎
Every Caribbean Person Carries a Story. What's Yours?
There are some stories only we can tell.
Stories seasoned with salt air and Sunday dinners. With market chatter, migration, missed homes, and impossible laughter. Stories that travel from Kingston to London, from Trinidad to Toronto, from Barbados to Brooklyn, from St. Lucia to Birmingham, carrying pieces of us wherever we go.
Whether you call yourself Caribbean or West Indian, whether you were born on an island or raised abroad, your voice belongs in this circle.
Join us for a four-week writing series where we'll gather online for two hours each week to write, reflect, and listen. Using the Amherst Writers & Artists method, we'll respond to timed writing prompts inspired by Caribbean life, memory, identity, language, family, joy, resilience, and everything in between.
You don't need writing experience.
If you've lived a Caribbean story—or inherited one—you already have everything you need.
Let's write the stories only we can tell.
Four weeks. Two hours each week. One community of Caribbean voices.
September 8, 15, 22, 29 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Cost: $120 USD
Every Caribbean Person Carries a Story. What’s Yours?
There are some stories only we can tell. Stories seasoned with salt air and Sunday dinners. With market chatter, migration, missed homes, and impossible laughter. Stories that travel from Kingston to London, from Trinidad to Toronto, from Barbados to Brooklyn, from St. Lucia to Birmingham, carrying pieces of us wherever we go.
Whether you call yourself Caribbean or West Indian, whether you were born on an island or raised abroad, your voice belongs in this circle.
Join us for a four-week writing series where we'll gather online for two hours each week to write, reflect, and listen. Using the Amherst Writers & Artists method, we'll respond to timed writing prompts inspired by Caribbean life, memory, identity, language, family, joy, resilience, and everything in between.
You don't need writing experience.
If you've lived a Caribbean story—or inherited one—you already have everything you need.
Let's write the stories only we can tell.
Four weeks. Two hours each week. One community of Caribbean Voices.
October 6, 13, 20, 27 | 2-4 PM ET / 7-9 PM UK
Cost: $120 USD
What if the future isn't written yet?
What if dragons live beside us, time bends, memories can be traded, or one small decision changes the fate of an entire world?
Whether you're drawn to dystopian futures, science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, climate fiction, alternate histories, or stories that simply ask "What if?", this four-week series invites you to explore the limitless possibilities of speculative fiction.
Using the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method, we'll write from inspiring prompts, discover surprising characters, and build unforgettable worlds in a welcoming, judgment-free community. There are no critiques, no pressure to perform, and no experience required—only curiosity and a willingness to see where the page leads.
In this four-week writing series, we'll journey somewhere new:
Imagine futures that challenge today's world.
Create magical realms and mythical beings.
Explore parallel universes and alternate realities.
Write stories that ask bold questions about humanity, hope, technology, love, and survival.
You'll leave each session with fresh writing, renewed creativity, and the encouragement that comes from writing alongside others who believe in the power of imagination.
Whether you've always wanted to write speculative fiction or you're simply ready to step beyond the ordinary, this series is your invitation. Come write the worlds only you can imagine.
Four weeks. Two hours each week. One community of speculative fiction voices.
October 8, 15, 22, 29 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Eastern
Cost: $120 USD