FlowerSong Press Writing Workshop Series: Spring 2025!
FlowerSong Press is excited to present our Spring 2025 workshops, designed to enhance your writing skills, connect you with other writers, and support your publishing goals.
Open to writers at all levels, these online workshops provide a supportive environment for learning, sharing, and receiving feedback.
Each workshop is capped at 20 participants, and optional private consultations are available with workshop leaders.
Schedule
January
The Philosophical Poem
Instructor: Rodney Gomez
Genre: Poetry
Description: Explore and craft philosophical poems that delve into life’s big questions and meditate on deeper realities. Study examples, write your own, and receive feedback.
Dates: Jan. 19, 26, & Feb. 2, 2025
Time: 11 AM–12:30 PM CST
Cost: $150
Consultation Options:
A. $50 for feedback on one poem (max 2 pages) + 30-minute follow-up.
B. $200 for a manuscript review (max 75 pages) + 1-hour follow-up.Registration Deadline: Jan. 14
Registration Link: TBD
February
Visual Poetry as Poetry (2025-02)
Instructor: Rodney Gomez
Genre: Poetry
Description: Learn about visual poetry—its unique qualities, examples, and techniques—and create your own visually compelling works.
Dates: Feb. 9, 16, & 23, 2025
Time: 11 AM–12:30 PM CST
Cost: $150
Consultation Options: Same as above.
Registration Deadline: Feb. 4
Registration Link: TBD
March
The Prose Poem
Instructor: Rodney Gomez
Genre: Poetry
Description: Study the history and form of prose poetry, explore its defining features, and craft your own pieces.
Dates: Mar. 2, 9, & 16, 2025
Time: 11 AM–12:30 PM CST
Cost: $150
Consultation Options: Same as above.
Registration Deadline: Feb. 26
Registration Link: TBD
April
From Idea to Publication (2025-04)
Instructors: Edward Vidaurre & Rodney Gomez
Genre: Poetry/Prose
Description: Gain insights into preparing your work for publication, from submission strategies to finding the right venues.
Date: Mar. 30, 2025
Time: 11 AM–2 PM CST
Cost: $100
Consultation Options: Same as above.
Registration Deadline: Mar. 18
Registration Link: TBD
About the Instructors
Rodney Gomez
Rodney Gomez was the inaugural winner of the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Poetry Prize in 2014. His chapbook Spine was selected by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. His books include Arsenal with Praise Song (Orison Books, 2021), recipient of the Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for best book of poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters and the Writers’ League of Texas Book Award, and Geographic Tongue (Pleiades Press, 2020), winner of Pleiades Press Visual Poetry Series. His other honors include an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a Mellon Arts & Practitioner Fellowship from Yale, and a De Groot Foundation grant. He serves as advisory editor for FlowerSong Press, where he founded the Bougainvillea Prize to honor working class poets or collections for/about the working class. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rodney-gomez https://poets.org/poet/rodney-gomez
Edward Vidaurre
Edward Vidaurre is an award-winning poet and author of nine collections of poetry. He is the 2018-2019 City of McAllen, Texas Poet Laureate, 2022 inductee to the Texas Institute of Letters, and publisher of FlowerSong Press. His writings have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Texas Observer, Los Angeles Review of Books, as well as other journals and anthologies.