The Porch

The Porch The Porch is Nashville's nonprofit writing center, offering workshops, youth outreach, and events to
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To learn more about us and our current offerings, please visit porchtn.org.

05/05/2026

The sneakiest peek. Designed by and fresh off the press. R&R ticket link in bio - join us Friday to get the news. 🗞️

Keep your writing community close. ☀️🏡 Sign up, drop by: Events & Meetups link in bio. Porch Director of Education Maria...
04/17/2026

Keep your writing community close. ☀️
🏡 Sign up, drop by: Events & Meetups link in bio. Porch Director of Education Marianne Manzler will facilitate Sunday’s AAPI Writers Meetup. Come say hello? ✨

03/07/2026

☀️Applications for all 3 upcoming Blue Springs Creek writers’ retreats (May 1-6 / May 15-20 / June 12-17) are due April 1. ✍️ Meanwhile, we’d love to show you around. ☀️We are located in Ashland City, TN, just outside of Nashville. Apply at link in bio 👉

12/19/2025

Not captured: Moody mountain fog, the sound of warm chatter, the smell of the coffee and the sound of the rain. SWING shots is up — keep watch for the cover reveal of .lit Vol. 3 Issue 1, coming soon. ✨

12/19/2025

👉👉👉Watch the full message from about our beloved SWING Magazine (.lit) on Screen Porch (2nd link in the🌲), or head to youtube.com/ 📽️
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12/04/2025

Our Fall 2025 Rivendell Retreat was nearly a month ago, hard to believe! We just announced a *new* residency opportunity at Rivendell, separate from our retreats. ✨ If you need creative solitude in February 2026, apply for the residency by Dec. 31 (link in Link🌲). If this is more your scene—workshops, group dinners, a bit more structure and community—join our next retreat, March 27-29, 2026 (link a smidge farther down, same 🌲). ✨

Writing creates worlds of possibility. Support your local writing community—the truth tellers, storytellers, poets, and ...
12/02/2025

Writing creates worlds of possibility. Support your local writing community—the truth tellers, storytellers, poets, and story makers—with a donation to The Porch. 👉 Tap "Donate to The Porch" in our Link🌲 👈 Just below that, shares why writing community matters on Screen Porch, or swipe to read a few of her powerful words right here.

We have winners! Congratulations to Eli Harvey (fiction), Aaron Herschel Shapiro (poetry), and Beth Kephart (creative no...
11/26/2025

We have winners! Congratulations to Eli Harvey (fiction), Aaron Herschel Shapiro (poetry), and Beth Kephart (creative nonfiction)  and to our runners-up! 🎉This year’s prize-winning story, essay, and poem will be published in an upcoming issue of .lit. Our gratitude to final judges Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Cecily Parks, and John T. Edge — and to everyone who submitted!

11/21/2025

Hat tip: Order by Dec. 9 to knock a gift (or two) off your list and help us meet our hat goals. Tap “Hats!” in Link🌲

Apply now, tap “Scholarships” in our Link🌲, or head to the website, “Write”, then “Financial Assistance” then take a lit...
11/18/2025

Apply now, tap “Scholarships” in our Link🌲, or head to the website, “Write”, then “Financial Assistance” then take a little scroll. Just a little one.

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