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  • - ILJ 2024 Fall Issue Call for Submissions CLOSES!, Memoir Workshop for Seniors: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge *FULL, Writing for Children with José Chávez
    ILJ 2024 Fall Issue Call for Submissions CLOSES!

    ILJ 2024 Fall Issue Call for Submissions CLOSES!

    September 30, 2024

    Inlandia's Online Literary Journal
    2024 Fall Issue Call for Submissions

    Submit art, creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry

    Window Open September 1–30

    Submit at https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaSubmittable

    Whatever your literary or artistic bent, Inlandia Institute will be accepting submissions of art, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry during the month of September for the Fall 2024 issue of our online literary journal, Inlandia: A Literary Journey. To learn more about the journal's offerings — and get a taste of the rich variety of content — please visit: https://inlandiajournal.net/7059-2/. And while you’re there, enjoy the gorgeous original artwork.

    Submissions open Sunday, September 1, 2024, and close Monday, September 30, 2024, at midnight Pacific Time.

    Memoir Workshop for Seniors: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge *FULL

    Memoir Workshop for Seniors: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge *FULL


    September 30, 2024

    Memoir Workshop for Seniors: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge

    (All levels)

    In person at the Janet Goeske Center (Art Room), 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside, 1:00-3:00 PM.

    Class size is limited. Seniors only.

    *This workshop is full. No new registrations will be accepted at this time.

    Writers are encouraged to respond to prompts about universal themes related to the human condition: key relationships, physical places, historic events, personal hardships/recovery, love and loss, and personal achievement and development. These ties bind us all in different stages of our lives, and each of us brings a unique perspective to every story. Maybe it's time to write yours. Space is limited.

    Rose Y. Monge has facilitated memoir classes at the Goeske Center since 2009. She encourages everyone to leave a written legacy for future generations. As an immigrant from Mexico, her memoir honors her parents’ legacy of life lessons. Her activism since retirement has been advocating for social justice, diversity, and inclusion.

    Writing for Children with José Chávez

    Writing for Children with José Chávez


    September 30, 2024

    Writing for Children with José Chávez

    (All Levels)

    Alternating Mondays, 9/16, 9/30, 10/14, 10/28, and 11/11/24, 6:00-8:00 PM PT, on Zoom.

    $50. Registration required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2024CWW

    This workshop is designed to meet the needs of those who wish to write or are writing for children. We’ll explore the writing voice for children, define a “picture book,” story arc, story introductions, appropriate vocabulary, children’s poetry, and more. There will be time to flex our writing muscles and develop the beauty and strength of our “voice” for children.

    José Chávez is a retired bilingual teacher who dedicates his life to writing. His poetry has been published in the Multilingual Educator Journal, Acentos Review, and the Inlandia anthology, and he is the author of two award-winning bilingual poetry books for children. José lives in Riverside, California, is married, and has three grown children.

  • - The Art and Craft of Writing Poetry with Romaine Washington
    The Art and Craft of Writing Poetry with Romaine Washington

    The Art and Craft of Writing Poetry with Romaine Washington


    October 1, 2024

    The Art and Craft of Writing Poetry with Romaine Washington

    (All Levels)

    Alternating Tuesdays, 9/17, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, and 11/12/24, 6:00-8:00 PM PT, on Zoom.

    $50. Registration required.

    To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2024CWW

    Discover the art and craft of writing poetry with generative prompts and other forms of poetic inspiration. Brief group feedback will help you uncover images and language that resonate for you and for your audience.

    Romaine Washington, M. Ed., is the editor of These Black Bodies Are... A Blacklandia Anthology and the author of Purgatory Has an Address and Sirens in Her Belly. She has been published in various anthologies and periodicals. Ms. Washington is a graduate fellow of The Watering Hole, South Carolina, and the Inland Area Writing Project at the University of California, Riverside. She was a public school educator for over twenty years. The proud mother of two sons, Romaine Washington is a native Californian from San Bernardino who resides in the Inland Empire.

  • - All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello *FULL, Artswalk at Riverside Main Library - Sons of El Rey
    All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello *FULL

    All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello *FULL


    October 3, 2024

    All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello

    (All Levels)

    Thursdays, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Redlands Community Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave, Redlands, Ongoing. Meets Weekly. (A Zoom option may be available; contact Inlandia for details.)

    *This workshop is full. No new registrations will be accepted at this time.

    This ongoing writing workshop meets weekly at Redlands Community Center. Memoir writing, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writing are all encouraged and welcome. Discover the pure joy of writing and creating with others in a supportive environment.

    Mae Wagner Marinello has been a part of Inlandia since a 2008 writing workshop with Ruth Nolan. In 2014, she began facilitating a weekly writing workshop called Joslyn Joy Writers, at the Joslyn Senior Center in Redlands. During the pandemic lockdown, the weekly workshop continued on Zoom; it is now a hybrid class averaging between 10-20 combined participants on Zoom and in-person.

    Artswalk at Riverside Main Library - Sons of El Rey

    Artswalk at Riverside Main Library - Sons of El Rey


    October 3, 2024

    Thursday, October 3 – Artswalk – Sons of El Rey Book Launch with Alex Espinoza and Susan Straight

    Book Talk and Launch

    7-8 PM

    Riverside Main Library Community Room

    3900 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside

    Our October Artswalk event is one you won’t want to miss!

    On Thursday, October 3, Inlandia Institute will celebrate the launch of Alex Espinoza’s newest book, The Sons of El Rey, at Riverside Main Library in downtown Riverside. Alex will be joined by acclaimed author Susan Straight in a conversation about Alex’s timeless, epic novel about a family of luchadores contending with forbidden love and secrets in Mexico City, Los Angeles, and beyond. The program begins at 7:00 PM; doors open at 6:30. Free and open to all.