Free Writing Workshops with Austin Poet Laureate Zell Miller III

Aspiring and experienced writers alike are invited to explore creativity, identity and self-expression during a free three-part writing workshop series led by Austin’s inaugural Poet Laureate, Zell Miller III, at Spicewood Springs Branch Library. Presented through Badgerdog Creative Writing, a program of The Library Foundation in partnership with Austin Public Library, the workshops require no […]
Badgerdog offers online college essay writing workshops

From Story to Submission: The College Essay Workshop | Online via Zoom Writing about yourself is hard. Most college essays end up sounding like a AI wrote them — or a very bored teenager. Badgerdog’s week-long intensive changes that. On the writing side, students will work with instructor Nour Al Ghraowi, a writer who has led […]
Free Badgerdog writing workshops for youth and adults

This fall, our Badgerdog writing program offers free writing workshops for youth and adult at branch libraries around Austin.
College Essay Writing Workshop

Are you a high school student with college on your mind? Over the course of this five-day online workshop, high school students will move through a generative writing process that guides them through brainstorming, drafting, and revising college application essays. By the end of the week, each student will have studied the craft of the […]
In the community, Badgerdog celebrates voice new and old

This spring, our Badgerdog program brought the joy of creative writing to Valley View Elementary in Westlake, where our Teaching Artist Teresa Johnson led in-school workshops with two 3rd-grade classes. As the school prepares to merge and close its doors, students captured their favorite memories in heartfelt poems and stories — memorializing Valley View in a chapbook, a […]
New! Badgerdog College Essay Writing Workshop

When: 9 a.m. 12 p.m. August 4-8 Cost: $250 Only 10 spots available. Reserve your place now! Are you a high school student with college on your mind? Need help with your application essay? Over the course of this five-day online workshop, high school students will move through a generative writing process that guides them […]