Starting and leading a group
Nothing here yet.
Mission, Values, Practices, and Distinctives of Speak Up Writing Communities
What is a Speak Up Writing Community? A group of people who gather in person, write together, and read their work to one another,…
Building a Successful Writing Community
Speak Up writing workshops are simple gatherings where people from all walks of life gather in person, write together, and listen to one another…
Timeless Treasure Trove
We are sitting on a gold mine. For a decade, Speak Up published a printed magazine that gave voice to people facing homelessness. That…
Prompt sheets
28 sheets
Every sheet as one PDF- Some Seriously Silly Writing Prompts
- Laughter and Imagination Writing Prompts
- Justice and Mercy Writing Prompts
- Light and Beauty and Darkness and Death Prompts
- From the Group Writing Prompts
- Here and Now Writing Prompts
- Curiosity and Hope Writing Prompts
- Three One Five Writing Prompts
- Types and Gaps Writing Prompts
- Coffee is Good, Part 31 Writing Prompts
- Crunch and Munch Writing Prompts
- Sweet Comparisons Writing Prompts
- Books and Life as Art Writing Prompts
- Crazy Siblings Writing Prompts
- Mealy Mouthed Advice Writing Prompts
- A Bucket of Aliens Writing Prompts
- Moms and Smells Writing Prompts
- Dessert Decisions Writing Prompts
- Books, Chores, and Topics Writing Prompts
- Decisions Decisions Writing Prompts
- Memory and Voice Writing Prompts
- Cooking and People Writing Prompts
- This and That Writing Prompts
- Food and Chicken Writing Prompts
- Playing Games with People Writing Prompts
- Sensory Overload Writing Prompts
- Noticing the Little Things Writing Prompts
- Get Thinking Writing Prompts
Writing about the work
Nothing here yet.
Publish your work from the writing groups
For summer 2026, here's a sharpened approach to Speak Up writing groups publishing.
We are writing to these prompts right now.
At this exact moment I’m sitting with others around a cluster of round tables writing to shared prompts. We’re sipping coffee, munching donuts, and…