Nurturing a community of writers, young and old, novice and expert, students and teachers.
Our teacher-consultants (TCs) are local educators who have participated in a rigorous summer leadership institute. Trained to provide targeted professional development about writing teaching, TCs can meet with you and your faculty, offer workshops and resources, teach demo lessons, and provide peer coaching and ongoing teacher support. To find out more about our targeted professional development offerings, please contact our Professional Development Coordinator Mari Aviles.
The Tampa Bay Area Writing Project will be hosting its Summer Leadership Institute at the University of South Florida (USF) Tampa campus in summer 2020.
“Dear Writer” will reconnect you with the outside world and reignite your love of writing.
by Patricia Tuzzolinoinspired by TBAWP 2020’s Heritage Lunch A long standing expectation in my family is that all the women can cook the most magnificent foods and bake the most delicious desserts. My Nanny, who I am named after, could…
In case you missed our latest Fumes for Friday session on Thursday, 02-18-21, at 8:30pm, please check out the video below. Elvira Randall shared a beautiful lesson on writing nature field notes that was also a tribute to TBAWP legend…
Read More Elvira Randall “Nature Field Notes” – Fumes for Friday
by Courtney Nickelinspired by TBAWP’s 2020 quickwrite A Younger Version of Myself: Money, numbers, offers, interest rates, mortgage payments, down payments. My head is spinning. This is a major purchase. Will they take our offer? Can we make…
by Emily Kentinspired by Mari Aviles’ mini-lesson I’m from open oceans and sunburns, from the smell of sunscreen as it smears across your skin,from the struggles against the hands that tried to reapply,and the subtle pride of a resulting heat and…
In a wonderful second session of our new “Fumes for Friday” series, we got behind the wheel with Eric Vona for a lesson on “Transformative Haikus” and fueled up for Friday and beyond! If you didn’t catch the live version…
Read More Eric Vona at “Fumes For Friday”: Transformative Haikus
by Mike Sherryinspired by Emily Kent’s demo-lesson I know what it is to wear a maskOr masks, for there is more than one My father’s explosive angerMy mother’s entrapping innocenceBut mostly the ingratiating snake: Love me or I lash outLet me…
by Mari Aviles a humble imitation of Ted Kooser’s “Abandoned Farmhouse” He is an older man, says his receding hairline and wrinkles that rest in the corners of his eyes; A poor, older man, say the ill-fitting dentures, removed to eat and…
by Emily Kentinspired by TBAWP’s 2020 Heritage Lunch When I was young, my dad was a superhero. He could do no wrong, and despite his unshakeable exterior, he had a soft heart that could take one look at me and…
Did you catch co-director, Mari Aviles’ mini-lesson on Gestalt Poetry at last week’s “Fumes for Friday” event? If not, it’s just the thing to fuel your week. Check out the video below and Mari’s presentation here: Like what you saw?…
