creative Writing
Community in Atlanta
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Lostintheletters believes creative writing gives people the tools to express and amplify their unique, artistic voices. We provide an inclusive, community-based alternative to academic creative writing programs by bringing together writers, readers, and literary enthusiasts through low-cost, high-quality programs, including a reading series, generative workshops, and the annual Letters Festival.
Our History
Lositntheletters was founded as a reading series in 2012 that featured authors from Atlanta and the Southeast. In 2013, we created the inaugural Letters Festival to build a bridge between Atlanta and the national writing community. We currently host the quarterly Reading & Workshop Series, annual Letters Festival, and Saturday Studio Hours, an intentional space where anyone can write, read, revise, and pursue any other activity to push their practices forward.
We have worked with some of the most exciting contemporary authors in the U.S. and beyond for our reading series, generative workshop series, and annual Letters Festival, including Jericho Brown, Roxane Gay, Scott McClanahan, Leesa Cross-Smith, Morgan Parker, Dorthea Lasky, Carmen Maria Machado, Tommy ‘Teebs’ Pico, Solmaz Sharif, Sarah Rose Etter, Susan Steinberg, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Sabrina Orah Mark, Mathias Svalina, Nicholas Goodly, and many others.
Staff & Board
Staff
Scott Daughtridge DeMer
Founder and Director
scott@lostintheletters.org
2023 board of directors
Noah Reyes Chair
Anya Vostrova Chambers Treasurer
Jenny Sadre-Orafai Secretary
Get in touch.
Reach out for questions regarding workshops, readings, the Letters Festival, press and media.