The Last Sunday Sessions are free, open to the public genre-based writing workshops brought by a partnership with the JaxbyJax Literary Festival and Cork Arts District, and funded by a generous donation by Alternate Roots, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.

The Last Sunday Sessions are held at Cork Arts District, from 12-3 on the last Sunday of each month. Workshop genres include storytelling, memoir writing, screenwriting, spoken word poetry, lyricism, songwriting, fiction, poetry, and playwriting.

So far, we have held workshops with talent leaders such as Barbara Colaciello, Tricia Booker, Melissa Gopp-Warner, Taryn “LoveReigns” Wharwood, Willie Evans., Jr., Lynn Skapyak Harlin, Franklin Ritch, and hosted by Erica Saffer.

The workshop breakdown is: 

12-1: The hosted genre workshop, given by a community leader with expert knowledge in the highlighted genre with learning focused on that genre. (Cork Classroom) 

1-2: A writing circle based on the monthly genre, hosted by Erica Saffer to engage in the content of the workshop and express creative connections.

2-3: An open mic hour to share in our words, ideas, and creative efforts. Work can be produced in the workshop or pre-composed for sharing.