Words of Resistance & Restoration

Words of Resistance and Restoration is a literary arts fellowship that provides writing pedagogy as well as performance and publication opportunities to justice -involved and impacted storytellers.

Words of Resistance and Restoration is a 12-week writing-intensive Fellowship wherein RWW’s faculty of acclaimed BIPOC literary artists teach justice-involved and impacted individuals interested in the literary arts (“Storytellers”) the art of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and speculative fiction. Words of Resistance attempts to cultivate healing, resilience, and community for storytellers. The beneficiaries are Black, Latina/e/x, Indigenous, Asian, Southeast Asian, and all People of Color (BIPOC)-identified storytellers who are formerly and/or currently arrested, incarcerated, and/or under state control, as well as those who have been impacted by the incarceration of a loved one.

Words of Resistance and Restoration culminates with a virtual public performance where storytellers perform writing they generated during the Fellowship. Storytellers are also published a professional print anthology containing the pieces they pen.

Application Details Applications are now closed. Applications to participate in the Words of Resistance and Restoration Fellowship opened on Saturday, July 1st and closed at 11:59 pm PT on Monday, July 31st, 2023.

Dates & Location Words of Resistance and Restoration will be held weekly from Saturday, September 9th - Saturday, December 2, 2023 virtually via Zoom.

Tuition & Scholarships This Fellowship is completely tuitionless. Application and participation in Words of Resistance and Restoration is completely free.

Honorarium Fellows receive an honorarium for their culminating performance and commissioned anthology piece/s.