The Yearning Hour: Poetry Workshop (led by Briana Grogan)

Submission Guidelines: 'The Yearning Hour' Poetry Workshop for Youth Writers 

Thank you for your interest in The Yearning Hour, a poetry workshop for Bay-Area based youth + emerging writers (ages 18-26) led by poet, doula, and Issue 7.1 Poetry Contributor Briana Grogan! 

This workshop will explore how Queer and Trans histories exist within us and beside us and consider how the threat of erasure shapes our relationship to ancestry, place, collective memory, and, of course, longing. 

Please note, this workshop is available for Bay Area residents only and will take place primarily in-person in San Francisco. Workshops will take place Thursday evenings, once a week, starting January 29th, 2026. Applicants will be informed by January 19th. While this workshop will be poetry-focused writers from all genres are welcome to apply. 

To apply:

1. Title your Work Sample (using the following titling convention: First_Last_Foglifter (i.e., Audre_Lorde_Foglifter)
2. Include your a 50-word or less bio (with pronouns)
3. Upload your work sample (as one DOC, DOCX, or PDF file)
4. Include in Your Work Sample:

• 3 poems (max 3 pages), or;
• up to 5000 words of fiction or nonfiction, or; 
• up to 3 pages of cross-genre or hybrid work, text-image hybrids, or drama
• Only one work sample submission per person. 

Click 'Submit!'